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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2022
126. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role of Ireland in tackling the future challenges for the European Union in the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine. [22925/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
148. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on replicating the microgeneration process in Northern Ireland in which projects do not require additional planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
147. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the changes that can be introduced in order to speed up the planning permission process for other forms of microgeneration aside from solar panels, such as wind turbines and hydropower; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22403/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
115. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a potential market to expand the sale of carbon credits to other industries outside of the agricultural sector such as construction and aviation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
114. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to introduce carbon credit schemes similar to the one introduced by Dublin City Council which would invest in carbon offsetting projects that would result in generating carbon credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22419/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
113. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of carbon credits this country purchased in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
112. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that can be taken to prevent companies from using carbon credits to buy themselves out of reducing their emissions; the steps that can be taken to prevent the use of carbon credits as a greenwashing technique; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
111. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is potential to create a carbon credit system for companies here to help lower emissions and to help this country reach its global climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22416/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
110. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if time of use tariffs will be made mandatory along with smart meters in order to make use and production cheaper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22414/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
109. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there will be additional supports introduced particularly in the area of the food and beverage production industry to incentivise companies to establish anaerobic digestion plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22411/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
108. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to develop potential opportunities for farmers from anaerobic digestion as was outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22410/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
107. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if anaerobic digestion as a renewable energy will be used as an alternative policy measure to cut emissions from the agricultural sector instead of cutting the herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22409/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
106. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on whether large centralised anaerobic digestion is being underutilised as a form of renewable energy as this country has a large number of livestock producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22408/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
105. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of potential policies and legislation relating to anaerobic digestion plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22407/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
104. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the use of micro-generation for domestic use will offset rising energy costs and the increased cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22406/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
103. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to expand the microgeneration support scheme to make it more accessible for schools, community groups, large housing developments and businesses to partake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22405/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
92. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that is being made under project Tosaigh to bring sites with outstanding permissions forward to deliver homes at affordable prices. [22141/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
58. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he proposes to introduce to address the needs of people arriving from Ukraine. [22142/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2022
23. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proposed approach that Government is taking to the report by the Media Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22144/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
320. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the acute problems in reinstating important services for rehabilitating drug dependent young person's due to the lack of community employment youth workers such as in a case (details supplied); and if she will consider changing current community employment regulations to allow key support workers be retained. [22241/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
294. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering allowing contributions to be made for pensions from rental income given the move to auto-enrolment. [21702/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
257. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she has completed the assessment of the starting date for the new secondary school (details supplied) taking into account the very large number of new homes completed or under construction in the area. [21703/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
256. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if a permanent site for a school (details supplied) has been identified; and construction of a permanent building is scheduled. [21700/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
178. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the scheme undertaken on a pilot basis to carry out a cull of seagulls has been assessed; and if there are plans to consider extending that approach elsewhere. [21771/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
175. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if steps are being taken to adopt modular building material methods with off-site manufacture of modules in order to speed up the construction time of needed housing. [21698/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
161. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if persons who are paying into public service pension schemes have to continue making contributions after they have reached the maximum 40 years' service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22070/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
111. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider grant aiding the conversion of fossil-fuelled cars to electric as a way of acceleration of the conversion of the fleet to electric. [21714/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2022
95. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of smart electricity meters installed; the geographic distribution of the smart meters installed; and the amount of funding that has been spent on the installation of smart meters. [22225/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2022
121. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department measures the penetration of green procurement within total procurement; the estimated penetration levels achieved; and the adequacy of policies to achieve increased penetration. [21001/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2022
99. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his approach to calls for pay increases to match rises in the cost of living; the way he will calculate the affordability of such calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2022
41. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the support to consumers in rearranging their affairs as banks exit the Irish market; and if he has discussed the matter with the Central Bank. [21003/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1799. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the commitment in the programme for Government to work with key stakeholders to introduce a public health obesity Bill, including examining restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20992/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1202. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the cost of graduate-entry courses to medicine and the lack of loan options for students to fund the cost; and if he will consider support for the cost in order to promote a greater supply of graduating doctors. [20438/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
645. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to ensure that persons who surrendered their home to the financial crisis but who did not enter bankruptcy or similar arrangements will be able to access the local authority loan, the Fresh Start and other appropriate schemes on the same basis as first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20091/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
324. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department intends to introduce further legislative measures pertaining to existing industrial emissions licence holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20994/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
323. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress that is being made as regards to reviewing the policy position on the development of private wires and direct lines; if a public consultation will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20993/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
232. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will list the extended producer responsibility schemes that are in place for recovering waste material funded by a levy on the product put on the market; if he will list in respect of each the volume of material recovered in weight and the way that compares with the current volume of sales; if he will indicate in each case the level of the levy imposed to fund the operation; the outlets for the recovered material; and if he will provide the latest report on the operation of the respective schemes. [19287/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
215. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the consultation that his Department is holding with industry representatives in relation to rising energy costs; the mechanism by which the consultation operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20996/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
214. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Enterprise Forum last met; if the forum has discussed rising energy costs within the industry sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20995/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
153. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has assessed the potential to move travel requirements to a service model by using sharing platforms, vehicle sharing and ride sharing; and if he will consider providing a fund to stimulate innovation in this area. [20999/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
143. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if the lifetime costs of electric versus fossil fuel vehicles justifies recommending to public bodies under his auspices to switch procurement strategies bearing in mind the likely trends in fuel costs. [21000/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 2022
145. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that he is contemplating which might strengthen Irish resilience in the face of explosion in the cost of oil and gas. [18484/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 2022
139. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline how secure Irish energy systems are. [18485/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 2022
60. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the sectors which he believes are most vulnerable in the face of the explosion in the cost of oil and gas. [18474/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 2022
9. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that his Department is preparing to implement the circular economy ambitions of the Government. [18475/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2022
235. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the criteria used in early assessment of the special needs of a child under the new system of triaging children operated by the HSE; and if the form of assessment is sufficient to determine access to early intervention classes. [18622/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2022
228. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the criteria used in the early assessment of the special needs of a child under the new system of triaging children operated by the HSE; and if the form of assessment is sufficient to determine access to early intervention classes.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18574/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2022
139. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the fuel allowance in order that the presence of a person receiving community employment payments after a period of long-term unemployment would not serve to disqualify a pensioner who would otherwise qualify for the scheme. [18582/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2022
138. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered whether a maintenance recovery unit could remove the need for repeated Family Court hearings and ensure that social welfare evaluation of the means of single parents would be more fairly assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18579/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2022
73. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of proposals from each of the local authorities and from the Land Development Agency for housing developments, either social or affordable homes, that are awaiting approval from his Department; the aggregate number of homes involved; and the average turnaround time for approvals. [18518/22]