718. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the means test for cost rental that has been agreed for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40999/22]
509. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the increase paid in February 2022 under the public service pay agreement will be extended to those who have retired; and if so, if a date has been set for making the payment. [41588/22]
391. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the supports that now apply to encourage the purchase of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. [40988/22]
390. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the total number of returns for the local property tax that have been made; and their distribution across the house value thresholds. [40987/22]
389. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the way that unoccupied homes were categorised under the recent data analysis of local property tax, distinguishing the different reasons for being empty and the owners' liability to pay the tax under existing local property tax rules; the way that the cohort for which a vacancy tax might be applied has been distinguished; and if he will elaborate on his recent statement regarding his plans to introduce such a vacancy tax. [40986/22]
259. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the charges that are being made for charging electric vehicles in the different categories of public chargers; and the way that they compare with the charge made to domestic users charging at home and to those using a smart meter to charge at off-peak times. [40994/22]
127. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the procedure for approving the increase in An Post pensions has been agreed by the fund trustees; and when the outstanding 2% will be paid. [41022/22]
126. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the terms of the low interest loans for retrofitting have been agreed; and if he will outline the provisions of same. [40998/22]
125. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the contractors under the one-stop-shop arrangement will confine themselves to deep retrofits to achieve the target BER rating; and if not, if they will also deliver service to those doing shallow retrofits. [40997/22]
124. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of contractors who are now participating in the one-stop-shop for the roll-out of retrofitting; the estimated aggregate capacity in terms of homes done per month that they can deliver; and his plans to recruit more to the scheme. [40996/22]
36. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the start date for the sick pay scheme; and the date on which it is proposed to increase cover from the current three days. [40973/22]
590. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if the terms of the means test for a qualified adult allowance will be adversely affected if the savings of a continuous positive airway pressure claimant are put into joint names due to the claimant’s diminishing capacity to take decision; and if she will consider protecting the qualified adult allowance payment in such circumstances. [39571/22]
166. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if the criteria for assessment of savings needs to be updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34937/22]
134. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the proportion of persons on the contributory pension and on the invalidity pension who qualify for the fuel allowance scheme; if many are excluded who are experiencing fuel poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34938/22]
74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the speed with which the framework to support carbon farming will be put in place in Ireland; and the countries that are the best international exemplars in this respect. [38221/22]
69. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland’s lead in carbon efficiency over other European Union Member States has changed significantly in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38222/22]
404. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to continue with the present system of funding for the your place your space scheme; and if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by community organisations that valuable networks could be damaged if the current system is changed. [38397/22]
402. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the medical and psychological supports which are provided for those seeking asylum, who may have difficult experiences to overcome as they seek to develop a new life, and in particular services to help divert people from alcohol or other substance dependencies and whether such services are delivered on site where larger numbers are accommodated together. [38208/22]
125. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way that the court decision striking down the preliminary assessment of children with special needs will affect the children who have been assessed and listed for therapeutic services; and the additional resource implications for the HSE to act upon the ruling. [37521/22]
94. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the waiting list initiative has been impacted by the latest surge in Covid-19 hospital admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37520/22]
305. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the implementation plan for the disability capacity planning to 2032 has been completed; if it will be published; and if pre-planning for the forthcoming budget has incorporated the outcome of this work. [36819/22]
248. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider modifications in the threshold for the fuel allowance, particularly in cases in which both spouses have a constrained application protocol (details supplied). [36912/22]
224. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education when a detailed review of the need for new second level schools across Dublin will be undertaken in view of the surge in housing development. [36807/22]
223. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will give a breakdown by gender of the pupils entering or leaving Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling. [36806/22]
222. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the way that the factors such as, a very high proportion of pupils exiting the catchment, the lack of balanced mix of places for girls and boys and lack of options for those who wish for a non-religious school are taken into account when setting a framework for additional school places in a catchment area; and if this will cause her to consider a new school rather than extensions to existing school as in the case of a school planning area (details supplied). [36805/22]
195. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans to mark the death of Arthur Griffith as part of the centenary celebrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36820/22]
137. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered concerns of childcare providers that the new core funding scheme poses challenges for smaller providers. [35722/22]
91. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has sought reports from the childcare committees in the various Dublin local authority areas on the availability of childcare for children under two years of age; if there are measures which could be taken in the short term to meet supply constraints; if he will request that local authorities undertake assessments of childcare supply needs as part of their five-year development plan exercises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35723/22]
51. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has received any estimates of the cost of participating in third level education, both when living at home and living away from home and the impact that the rising cost of living is having on those costs; and the ways in which he is supporting with these extra costs. [36447/22]
10. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of advertising of apprenticeship opportunities posted on the apprenticeship website; and the initiatives to get more sectoral organisations to get their members to advertise in this way. [36446/22]
303. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the bodies delivering services to the HSE during Covid-19 will become eligible for the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment, for example section 39 organisations. [36520/22]
209. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received reports of the difficulty of persons in finding a general practitioner to accept them, particularly on the medical card scheme; and if he has discussed with the HSE the possibility of developing a better clearing-house system in order to assist patients in accessing care. [36341/22]
129. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if there is a pathway into the masters programme in primary teaching for graduates whose pass grade in some of the core subjects in the Leaving Certificate, although sufficient at the time their Leaving Certificate was taken, is no longer adequate for entry into primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36519/22]
57. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the scheme of basic income for artists. [36339/22]
423. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have lost the adult dependent allowance as a result of a fresh means test undertaken in the past 12 months; if she will consider increasing the savings disregard given that the present threshold of €20,000 has not been revised in a long time and does not go very far in meeting the contingencies of old age for which many people will wish to prepare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36133/22]
370. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her Department has acquired a site for a school (details supplied); and if commencement work to service the site has begun. [36123/22]
63. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice her views on recent crime trends in Dublin; and the reports she is receiving from the Garda Commissioner on changes in operational policing. [35975/22]
14. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the way the environment for a person suffering domestic violence will improve under the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. [35976/22]
218. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedure for a divorced person to revert to their original surname; the documentary evidence that is required; and if there is a consistent approach to the matter across all public bodies. [35166/22]
81. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that children who do not wish to participate in the religious life of a school are being adequately accommodated. [34941/22]
42. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if the supports in the DEIS scheme are sufficient to meet the needs of schools in the most acute areas of disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34942/22]
114. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if arrears of household benefits are payable in cases in which a person was unaware of their entitlement. [34686/22]
109. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the practice whereby a person who has an entitlement to retire from their public service job is obliged to sign on weekly for jobseeker’s benefit in order to obtain their entitlement under co-ordinated pension as in the case of a person (details supplied). [34617/22]
40. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate each of the programmes or work streams of the Land Development Agency and, in each case, the target volume of land that it will release for housing development and the target number of homes to be developed, that is, public lands acquired and master-planned by the agency; the existing outstanding private planning permissions it activated for affordable construction through joint venture arrangements and other joint ventures with local authorities or other housing bodies; and the nature of the public subsidy in each case that will ensure they are delivered at an affordable price. [34602/22]
923. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there has been much wastage or resale of items procured during the Covid emergency; if so, the types of items involved, that is, protective gear, medication, beds and equipment; the way these items are being stored or disposed of; and whether there has been a review of the procurement approach for future learnings. [34497/22]
895. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the increase in mental health funding in each of the past five years; the increase in front-line staff who have been put in place; and his vision for the sector in the coming years. [34417/22]
771. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the target response times for ambulances in Dublin; if he receives a regular report of performance against these; and his views on recent difficulties experienced in meeting these targets. [33712/22]
756. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the infrastructure put in place to date to address long-Covid; if he has assessed the level of regional response that will be needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33677/22]
653. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy of refusing to allow persons setting up as self-employed under a franchise qualify for short-term enterprise allowance; and if such persons will instead be allowed the opportunity to demonstrate independently the viability of their initiative. [34372/22]