28. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the trends in the numbers seeking jobseeker payments; the number who are being facilitated into pathways of training and work experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6100/23]
17. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that are being taken to reduce child poverty; the impact of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6099/23]
305. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered supports for persons to change career into a teaching role; if he will consider waiving the rules for grant aiding at a level of study previously undertaken, in view of the particular value of attracting people with wide career experience into teaching; and if he will indicate whether this issue arose in his consultation on the future of support for higher level education. [5630/23]
195. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will indicate the initiatives which her Department have taken to attract career changers into areas in secondary education where there are shortages of suitably qualified teachers; and if she will provide details of the programmes involved. [5631/23]
79. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered allowing NCT certificates to last two years from the delayed date on which they were tested, since the delay was in no respect caused by the motorist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5632/23]
117. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education how her Department assesses standards of literacy and numeracy at school entry and through primary education. [5214/23]
98. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied with the model being piloted for the transfer of patronage in schools; and if modifications in that approach are planned. [5215/23]
52. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how European defence policy has evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine. [5217/23]
50. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline the implications of the ongoing war in Ukraine for Ireland’s security and defence. [5216/23]
687. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health when the working group on community pharmacies is scheduled to come forward with proposals for his consideration. [4311/23]
366. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the European initiatives in support of the Ukrainian people in the wake of the unprovoked attack by Russia. [58430/22]
344. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way the timeframe of construction was decided in relation to building defects; and if support should be extended to older housing stock in which defects have been identified. [4321/23]
242. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the rapid exit of very small landlords from the housing market, who typically have rent added to personal income to be taxed at the top rate; if restrictions still remain on the allowability of interest payments, or other legitimate expenses: and if his Department is considering the scope to build on the concessions outlined in Budget 2023 in order to consolidate supply in the market. [3929/23]
194. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if charges at airports are subject to oversight or approval to prevent overcharging by near monopoly operators. [3872/23]
179. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider establishing a pilot project to test the approach of having sustainability coaches in local communities (details supplied). [3874/23]
174. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the planning regime designed to make it easier to develop renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2838/23]
117. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the initiatives being developed to activate some of the many outstanding planning permissions for apartment developments which have not yet been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2837/23]
79. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress that has been made to date in the pilot scheme to provide a basic income to artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2836/23]
33. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the changes that are under consideration to the terms of Sports Capital Grants. [2835/23]
290. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the need for more compact development of homes to meet population growth in a sustainable manner calls for a change in the way new public facilities are planned. [2209/23]
289. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the need for more compact development of homes to meet population growth in a sustainable manner calls for a change in the way new public facilities are planned, as the planning and delivery of the NDP-type project in transport, health and education fall under the remit of his Department. [3273/23]
102. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the criteria his Department intends to use in deciding whether temporary tax concessions should be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2755/23]
81. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken an assessment of the impact the phasing out of tax warehousing will have on the rate of business failure; and if he is satisfied existing policy options are appropriate to manage this situation. [2756/23]
151. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has undertaken any cross-cutting work on the operation of means tests across Government and, in particular, the fairness and appropriateness of the diverse approaches. [2208/23]
51. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has specific initiatives in place to facilitate vehicle-sharing platforms; and the role he envisages they can play in a more sustainable transport strategy. [2216/23]
43. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he receives regular reports on the performance of public transport services; if he will outline the successes, the challenges and the way further progress can be made. [2217/23]
1721. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the FEMPI changes, which were introduced affecting the income of pharmacists; if there is a process in place for considering the restoration of such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2371/23]
1720. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the case for making the flu vaccine free to accelerate uptake at this time of acute pressure. [2370/23]
1661. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the backlog in re-registering Irish doctors who seek to return to work in Ireland; and if steps will be taken to urgently clear the backlog in view of the urgent needs at present. [2011/23]
1433. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is in a position to indicate a start date from which free GP care will be extended to those under eight years of age. [1250/23]
1428. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the urgent need to recruit additional staff for children's disability network teams in order to address lengthy waiting lists for early intervention in the north Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1232/23]
1424. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if, as part of the Government's commitment to retaining doctors in Ireland, a medical intern doctor job will be made available to every eligible graduating doctor in an Irish medical school in 2023 similar to that which was offered during the Covid-19 pandemic. [1198/23]
1423. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he intends to extend the enhanced travel and subsistence scheme for student nurses and midwives to student doctors also known as medical students, who face the same costs in relation to meals, subsistence, scrubs purchase, laundering and travel to placement sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1197/23]
1420. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the indexation-up of outstanding amounts under the fair deal scheme is being reviewed in view of the fact that the rate of inflation is now far in excess of interest rates and the cost to the State of funding the outstanding amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1181/23]
1366. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the provision that is being made in 2023 to fund waiting list initiatives for child orthodontic work; and if new categories will gain access to the option of private treatment. [63948/22]
749. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many Irish students who have completed teacher training in the UK, but are prevented from returning home to assist with the present teacher shortage given that they have not yet completed a UK based probation; and if she has considered measures which would allow them to work in Ireland to complete their probation. [1228/23]
661. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she has considered the possibility of setting up a panel through which second level teachers could seek to apply to swap positions where they had a need to move, as has been suggested by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63209/22]
218. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if some members of the Dublin Fire Brigade have been excluded from the €1,000 bonus for front-line workers; if so, the reason for same. [63093/22]
212. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the risk of flooding in Sutton and Baldoyle has been assessed a part of his nationwide flood assessment; if measures are being considered which would reduce this risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63092/22]
145. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding that was provided by county from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [62872/22]
113. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has received any early indications of the trend in emissions during 2022 and the factors influencing those trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62747/22]
110. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered the policy implications of the ESRI's assessment of the embodied emissions in Irish imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62746/22]
67. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has an early indication of the uptake of connected hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62744/22]
50. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential of the high-speed broadband network to create potential for rural development; and the number of projects emerging for support from her Department's programmes which utilise its potential. [62743/22]
74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the risk to public health caused by blockages on private drains which are no longer addressed as an environmental health hazard by the environmental health officers attached to the HSE, and which are not addressed by the councils or by Irish Water; and his views on whether this lacuna should be addressed by giving local authorities the power to serve a notice on all the houses connected to a blockage informing them that they have an obligation to address a potential public health hazard. [62769/22]
32. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has a role in deciding whether the pension fund in the State bodies under his authority are providing sufficient increases to their members to match rising costs of living, where the fund has adequate resources to pay more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62550/22]