The world's political record
Person
Ireland · Official source
7,591 records where Richard Bruton is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2022
130. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the challenge of responding to the impact of climate change in Africa and the global strategy that is needed. [57741/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
307. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way that waiting lists compare now to the situation prior to the pandemic at the Mater, Beaumont, Cappagh, Temple Street and Blanchardstown; and the way that the waiting list initiative and winter bed initiative will impact on these services. [57187/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
268. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if she has received a report on the extent to which a community policing structure has been put in place in the districts covering Dublin’s northside. [57185/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
267. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank and other support staff in each of the northside of Dublin Garda stations; and the way that this has evolved since 2016. [57184/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
215. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if a timescale for implementation of the Leaving Certificate reform process has been put in place. [57186/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
164. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work in which the OPW is engaged to develop a flood relief plan for the Clontarf seafront; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57183/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
146. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the estimated investment to date in the Dublin BusConnects initiative; the estimated final cost; and the expected impact when it is fully in place in terms of extra passengers, extra peak hour share, extra buses in the system, and reduced emissions from city transport. [57182/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
145. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the way that it is intended to classify electric scooters in the context of use of cycle lanes, speed restrictions and obligations to get insurance; and his views on the separations between the traditional divide between mechanically-propelled and those propelled by personal power. [57181/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
137. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications that have been received to date for grants to install EV chargers in the car parks of multi-unit residential developments; and if he plans initiatives to accelerate their take-up. [57180/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
136. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress that has been made in setting up structures for a deposit return scheme; when is it expected to commence; and the value of the deposit expected of consumers. [57179/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
118. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the latest level of take-up of the core funding model for childcare for providers; if any need to adapt the existing suite of supports has been identified for providers who have sought additional transitional support and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56604/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
87. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his Department's plans for an agency which will drive forward the development of the childcare sector. [56603/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2022
20. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a review of sports capital is underway; if any changes in the format for the next round of funding calls are planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56605/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2022
571. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of private residents, that is, non-healthcare workers, who have completed a course of training certified by PHECC under SI 449 2015, in order that they may hold and administer adrenaline in community settings, as was intended by the 2015 measure. [56555/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2022
197. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has requested the Revenue Commissioners to review the present tax reliefs for remote working with a view to making the relief less cumbersome to operate; the estimated number of persons who have made a claim under this provision in the most recent year for which data is available; the way in which the tax code might better promote such practices into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56169/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2022
195. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the value of the moneys raised from private pension funds in each of the years during which the emergency pension levy applied; the estimated number of fund members who were affected by the levy; the way that the pension payments to members were affected; if these funds have recovered any of the sums contributed with the recovery of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56147/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2022
111. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the funding model for housing has evolved since the financial crash; and if finance remains a constraint on reaching the Government’s housing targets. [55847/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2022
104. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if the EU taxonomy has yet started to influence the pattern of investment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55848/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2022
62. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the pace of growth of the EV fleet in the main vehicle categories; the main barriers to further adoption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55846/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2022
8. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the present emissions profile of the Irish public transport fleet; the past and future trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55845/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2022
74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that teachers who have qualified as primary teachers in the UK cannot return to do their on-the-job training year; and if such a requirement could be waived given the shortage of teachers being experienced at present. [55727/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2022
42. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a payroll issue of a person (details supplied). [55747/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2022
5. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has set a deadline for the establishment of the approved body to run the deposit return scheme for beverage bottles and cans; the estimated total cost of the scheme; the proposed deposit to be charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55726/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
919. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if proposals have been presented to his ministerial management committee to accelerate the conduct of assessments of need for children with special needs, in the aftermath of a recent court case which deemed that preliminary assessments did not meet the obligations of the existing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54254/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
760. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the payment level for the ECCE scheme was last revised; if he has assessed whether it continues to adequately cover the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54602/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
711. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered suggested innovations in the management of the pool of funds generated by the auto-enrolment scheme, whereby the individual's pot would continue to be managed in a single pool, and drawdowns could be made at a smoothed rate rather than the market value of the moment, given that this approach could allow pooled savings to be invested in higher yielding investment categories and could avoid individual management fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55278/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
666. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider including persons who are on sickness benefit for over one year on the autumn cost-of-living payment. [54864/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
269. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if there is a record kept of properties which have come into the possession of mortgage holding institutions, which have not been sold or rented, or of properties which are held by an official assignee in a bankruptcy case, which have not been sold or rented; and if such properties have been made the target of any public policy initiative to bring them back into use. [54621/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
192. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on planned upgrade works to the N4 between Mullingar and Longford. [54596/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
102. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the requirement to have a minimum efficiency uplift, a requirement to achieve a B2 rating or better, prevents the achievement of cheaper and shallower measures which could deliver rapid reductions in energy use at this time of heightened energy uncertainty. [54184/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
101. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will indicate the extent to which the annual target of energy efficiency obligated entities will increase in 2023 compared to the existing obligation. [54183/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
100. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will list the energy efficiency obligated entities for the most recent year for which data is available; the energy savings credits which they earned through delivery of efficiencies; and the proportion in each case which was delivered by buying credits. [54182/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
40. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department measures progress in reducing energy poverty; if closer alignment with the system of energy upgrades could be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50625/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
264. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the procedure through which degrees in early childhood education and education studies in a not-for-profit college (details supplied) are excluded from the free fees system; if he will consider an application for inclusion from the college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54071/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
184. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the terms of the grant to build accommodation for a person with a severe disability, or to substantially modify an existing home; and if he will indicate whether he is considering the revision of these terms as the cost of building has substantially changed since they were set. [54087/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
181. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is possible for pensioners to get a printed copy of their civil service pension payments in the event that they are not available online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54011/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
120. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the town centre first initiative; and when a fresh round of calls is planned. [53401/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
73. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will develop a set of initiatives to support the strengthening of new communities in rapid growth areas on the fringe of Ireland's cities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53400/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
58. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the exports of Irish-owned companies are being successfully diversified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53403/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
33. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is developing sectoral strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53402/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022
Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022
134. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an external review of the investigation into mother-and-baby homes will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53667/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022
47. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to extend rights to consult on changes in pension schemes in the workplace to the representatives of pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53660/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
696. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in paying the Covid bonus to section 39 bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53472/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
681. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if new policy approaches are being considered for the delivery of therapy services to pupils who need them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53390/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
579. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the condition that mental illness is only covered by the long-term illness card for those under 16 years has been challenged by the Ombudsman as discriminatory; if it is still being used as grounds for refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52727/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
486. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to have an appointment system put in place for a public service card procedures in view of the inconvenience of the present limited number of places each day resulting in many disappointed clients and long waiting periods. [53565/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
330. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the analysis that led to setting the threshold for cost rental at €53,000 net income, given that this is far below income levels which would give the capacity to families to purchase in Dublin even with the shared equity schemes; and if he will allow persons with income somewhat in excess of this threshold to apply for cost rental now or in the foreseeable future. [53478/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
33rd Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
353. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department is satisfied that there are robust systems in place to prevent payments continuing to be issued under the GMS system to persons who are deceased; if overpaid moneys can be recovered when detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52616/22]