171. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the value of greenhouse gas savings over a twenty-year timeframe, calculated at the carbon price used in capital project evaluation under the public spending codes of diversification initiatives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26875/22]
163. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest estimates of the margins per hectare in terms of family farm income generated from the different main forms of farming that is, dairy, beef herds, grain and so on. [26876/22]
92. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the concession of a €14,000 disregard on rental income for social welfare purposes will be extended to a disregard of rental income for the fair deal scheme. [26878/22]
25. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has informed him of its strategy for 2022 in terms of planned procedures and planned outpatient visits for persons who have been waiting for a long-time; if so, the specialties; the targets for each specialty; the waiting time threshold at which the respective interventions would occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26877/22]
120. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the authority, the budget and the mandate of the facilitators who seek to achieve the transfer of patronage in eight pilot areas; if their new role has taken learnings from the previous initiative by the education and training boards which have had limited success; the form that the consultation with parents will take in the eight areas; and the way that parents will be chosen for participation. [26890/22]
119. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she plans to initiate a programme of transfer of patronage at second level in areas in which there is substantial demand for non-denominational patronage, but no schools are serving that need. [26889/22]
118. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her Department has undertaken a review of the manner in which schools with religious patrons have delivered on the obligations to children for whom it has been indicated that they do not wish to participate in religious arrangements; and if she is considering issuing guidelines on the matter. [26888/22]
113. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if special schools have a high take-up of summer programmes; and if steps can be taken to encourage a higher take-up given that these children are those most likely to benefit from such a programme and are likely to regress if they do not attend, even if some home tuition is provided. [26811/22]
14. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has examined the merit of requiring persons to switch-off the engines of their vehicles when queuing in areas in which there are problems with air quality. [26563/22]
546. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if she has received reports of delays in the Probate Office and if the delays that arose during Covid are being overcome. [26204/22]
423. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if the CSO has provided her Department with a projection of population for the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area over the next five years. [26177/22]
422. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the existing pattern of children entering or leaving the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling. [26176/22]
421. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary schools in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area which are mixed and non-denominational; and the capacity of each school. [26175/22]
420. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the aggregate capacity of secondary schools in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf catchment area; and the extent to which it exceeds current enrolment. [26174/22]
364. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the strategy that is in place to support young persons who were abused in secondary boarding schools; and if recent recognition by religious orders of abuse will result in additional supports or steps to be taken by her Department. [25799/22]
355. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the way in which admission to special schools will be determined (details supplied); if she will reassure parents that children will not lose out during this transition required by the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25690/22]
222. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the undertaking made by each local authority to the development affordable homes for purchase in each of the coming years for which he has sought a commitment. [25949/22]
221. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of respondents nationally to the call by the Land Development Agency for projects under Project Tosaigh; the number of respondents for same in Dublin; the aggregate potential in terms of homes; the approach that the LDA proposes to take in selecting sites on which to deliver homes at an affordable price. [25948/22]
32. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the progress that is being made in implementing the plan Supporting a Victim's Journey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25982/22]
27. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the actions that her Department is taking, including legislative action to break the link between gangland criminals and children they try to recruit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25983/22]
319. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that is being made on CAO reform; and the initiatives that have been taken to make it easier for students to apply for apprenticeships. [25449/22]
318. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the student involvement that he envisages in testing the value of spending in higher and further education as he plans to increase investment in the sector. [25448/22]
214. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if the support scheme for chauffeurs to bring fully-electric vehicles into their fleet has been reduced or suspended; if those now-buying fully-electric vehicles will again become eligible for a rebate soon and the way the rebate will be paid. [25554/22]
176. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress to date in the roll-out of public sector apprenticeships and the sectors in which further progress will be made. [25377/22]
67. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main challenges to be overcome in the development of a living wage; and if this concept includes terms of access to protection and services needed by those at work. [25379/22]
62. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the top competitiveness challenges for small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25378/22]
138. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has reviewed policies in relation to assisting persons with restricted mobility to get access to support with their travel needs; and if there are initiatives which she or the agencies under her remit are considering to improve the situation. [25111/22]
129. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if a process will be introduced to promote the reconfiguration of the patronage of schools in school planning areas in cases in which there is limited diversity in terms of denomination, non-denomination or single sex and co-education; the way that school planning areas will be chosen; and the way local parents can become involved. [25110/22]
715. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the new role that has been assigned to the WHO in the context of pandemics; and if the role reduces the discretion of Government in framing responses to any future pandemic. [24666/22]
612. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if there is a protocol operated by the gardaí in relation to when to intervene with persons who are joyriding on stolen motorbikes. [24623/22]
343. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there have been instances of overcharging for passports in 2022; if the error giving rise to this has been corrected; and if refunds are being arranged for those affected. [24135/22]
113. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the action that is planned to explain and promote the auto-enrolment scheme for a pension top-up. [24507/22]
109. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is undertaking a review of the fuel scheme in the context of the rising prices and the ongoing climate crisis. [24506/22]
329. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the date from which children under eight years of age will become eligible for general practitioner services without a means test. [23934/22]
146. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the measures that are planned to roll-out the new format for the leaving certificate as quickly as possible. [23747/22]
77. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the steps that are required in moving the successful pilot model of therapeutic support to preschools and schools to become available on a nationwide basis. [23748/22]
56. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will indicate the trend in the private rents sub-index within the CPI over each of the past five years; the way in which data on the average rents paid by tenants is collected by the CSO, and the way that differs from the data on rents collected by the Residential Tenancies Board which only looks at properties in which new rentals have commenced; and if he will indicate whether further research on rental trends is underway. [23778/22]
589. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if persons who undertook undergraduate study without access to free fees that is, in a private college will be given the opportunity to access free fees in another degree course undergraduate entry in cases in which a career change became necessary. [22622/22]
588. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if dates have been set for the publication for the first round of CAO offers. [22833/22]
498. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if dates have been set for the publication of the leaving certificate results 2022. [22833/22]
250. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if a person who paid for a ten-year licence, but whose duration was curtailed due to their reaching 70 years of age before the ten years were reached, should now be able to extend the cover of the ten-year licence to its full ten-year duration without incurring further charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23282/22]
214. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union creates new concerns from an energy security point of view; if not, if it creates new obligations for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23289/22]
213. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the volume of recoverable gas which remain in proven fields in the Irish offshore; and the way that it compares to Irelands annual gas consumption. [23288/22]
212. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the aggregate offshore areas in which licences to explore for gas or oil exist; the areas in which recent activity in terms of surveys or preliminary drilling have been sought; if these have been approved; and his views on their potential. [23287/22]
211. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the obligations in Ireland to share access to gas supplies should the supply of gas from any source to be curtailed; and the way that this is being factored into preparations. [23286/22]
210. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total capacity of battery storage either held by energy utilities or through supply and demand management agreements; and the way that the capacity compares to average daily usage. [23285/22]
209. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of Irish energy interconnection for the supply of energy that is, gas, electricity, oil and so on; and the way that the capacity for delivery compares to average daily usage in each case. [23284/22]
208. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the Irish reserves of oil and gas; the way that they are held; if they comply with European Union requirements; and if there are plans to expand such reserves. [23283/22]
186. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the terms of the financial support made available to the generators of renewal energy under RESS 1 for the different types of renewable energy. [22826/22]