153. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the additional number of gardaí who have been allocated to special units the past three years; the activities which have been enhanced through these units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57741/21]
48. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has enhanced the developmental capacity of the services provided by her Department so that workers displaced by Covid-19 will not experience permanent distancing from the workforce. [57717/21]
145. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the change in the rate of theft offences in the Dublin metropolitan area in the past five years; the change in the rate of detection of such crimes over the period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57743/21]
144. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the change in the rate of drug offences recorded in the Dublin metropolitan area in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57742/21]
654. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the capacity for MRI diagnostics and treatments for public patients is short of what is needed; if he has plans for new investment in capacity or initiating new operating protocols; and the way such extra capacity, when planned, is allocated between different regional hospital groups. [57421/21]
360. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that there is enough capacity in PPLI to meet the demand to sit leaving certificate Mandarin. [57237/21]
331. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will make arrangements for a hybrid examination for the leaving certificate in 2022 mirroring the approach which was taken in 2021 in view of the continuing anxiety and disruption to study through student or teacher absences. [56892/21]
328. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence if there has been a change in policy regarding the Civil Defence being deployed to transport vulnerable persons to health appointments in situations in which the next of kin are front-line health workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56965/21]
300. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the most recent data from each local authority on the number of voids within their housing stock; and the average time which elapses between a home being vacated and a new tenant being placed in each authority. [57494/21]
299. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the local authorities that have reported that they have a full-time vacant property officer in place. [57493/21]
298. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and aggregate area of vacant sites registered on the vacant sites register in each local authority; and the estimated liability and collection of revenue from the levy. [57492/21]
297. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of properties which are vacant for longer than a transitional period which might become the target of policies to tackle vacancy. [57491/21]
296. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the take-up in each local authority in each year since 2016 to date by option (details supplied). [57490/21]
214. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has introduced legislation or protocols to ensure that electric vehicle owners in multiple-unit developments have a right to install a charger in their parking spot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57052/21]
186. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to support the provision of segregated bins in public places which have high usage. [57060/21]
71. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will put in place arrangements to facilitate a hybrid leaving certificate in 2021 given the education of exam students has been disrupted during the cycle and will continue to be in the foreseeable future. [57045/21]
43. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role the United Nations can usefully take to protect citizens and their rights in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55588/21]
36. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role the United Nations can take to protect citizens and their rights in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55589/21]
303. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional procedures which must be completed for issuing a passport to a child of Irish citizens who are not Irish born; and if there are steps which can be taken to speed up this process. [55582/21]
287. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the contribution anticipated from financial institutions to the various schemes to restore buildings which have suffered from building product defects, in view of the benefit they enjoy in the value of the security of their portfolio of property as a result of the restoration of these properties at the taxpayer's expense. [55751/21]
94. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the ambitious national development plan can be delivered smoothly; and the measures being put in place to remove obstacles which have delayed projects in the past. [55587/21]
81. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the methodology to ensure that public capital projects and public procurement avail of every opportunity to minimise carbon footprint and avail of opportunities for sequestration of carbon; and if he is planning to put in place a reporting format to ensure that it will happen. [55586/21]
190. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her assessment of the challenges facing local media in a post-Covid environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55052/21]
118. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has assessed the number of enterprises supported by her Department that are reporting financial distress; and the capacity of policy initiatives to ensure that viable activities can be sustained. [55053/21]
101. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the milestones for measuring progress which he has set for the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55051/21]
94. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress which has been made in finalising the parameters for eligibility for the various affordable purchase and rent schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55050/21]
57. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to lift the restriction under the warmer homes scheme of not revisiting homes which have previously had a shallow retrofit in view of the new Climate Plan with its target of B2 retrofits. [54816/21]
400. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will reassess the application to expand the first-year intake of a secondary school (detail supplied); the schools adjoining it which have spare capacity; and if she has collected details of the waiting lists of this school and of the schools adjoining and the practicality of local children in this rapid growth area having to leave their area for school. [54053/21]
378. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives being taken at United Nations Security Council level or elsewhere within the European Union to protect human rights and opportunities in Myanmar. [54270/21]
358. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has sought to enunciate general principles which should apply in relation to patient visiting opportunities; if particular considerations are suggested in circumstances in which the patient’s vulnerability may call for greater family support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53799/21]
342. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if Ireland has made provision for the recognition of Covid digital certificates issued by countries outside the EU for the purpose of entering hospitality or alternatively, if an EU Digital COVID Certificate can be issued to prospective visitors to Ireland. [53800/21]
298. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the guidance provided by her Department to schools outlining the way they should meet their obligation to outline their provision for children who wish to opt out of religious instruction; if it is set out explicitly in admission policy statements; and the other means that are available to a prospective parent to consider the policy in place. [53798/21]
292. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if the CSO has provided her Department with a projection of population for the Drumcondra school catchment area over the next five years. [53764/21]
291. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the existing pattern of children entering or leaving the Drumcondra school catchment area for secondary schooling. [53763/21]
290. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary schools in the Drumcondra school catchment area which are mixed and non-denominational; and the capacity of each school. [53762/21]
289. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the planned opening date for the proposed new secondary school in the Drumcondra school planning area which did not go ahead on the date originally announced. [53761/21]
288. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the aggregate capacity of secondary schools in the Drumcondra school planning catchment area; and the extent to which it exceeds the current enrolment. [53760/21]
188. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied that the challenges to rolling out Ireland’s renewable power capacity are being resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53624/21]
126. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the way the penetration of plug-in electric vehicles in vehicle purchases and the roll-out of public chargers have changed in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53623/21]
74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which Ireland’s climate targets for respective sectors relate to the evolving policy agenda at EU level such as expanding the scope of the emission trading mechanisms. [53625/21]
11. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way the inclusion of land use, land use change and forestry, LULUCF, in the inventory used to measure greenhouse gases will alter the policy challenge for Ireland. [53626/21]
149. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the date from which the payment under the drug refund scheme will be reduced from €114 to €100. [53456/21]
148. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has been advised of the categories of patient who should be offered a booster vaccine for Covid-19; the way it is planned to put together a list of all those who fall into this category; if general practitioners will be contacted to submit those eligible; if not, if patients should themselves register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53455/21]
103. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when applications for foreign birth registration for the purpose of obtaining Irish citizenship on the basis of a parent or grandparent were suspended; when it is expected that they will be resumed; his plans to deal with the backlog which will have inevitably arisen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53542/21]
90. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if changes in the benefit-in-kind tax treatment of electric vehicles now make it attractive for those availing of that relief to switch back to diesel cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53543/21]
1223. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the type of activities which can qualify for farm payment from the new programme funded from carbon tax; and the projected impact they will have on carbon equivalent emissions. [52901/21]
1222. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new CAP proposals provide specific enhanced supports to diversification of land use or land management in the period ahead to activities with a lower carbon equivalent; the detail of the enhanced supports; and the projected uptake of each. [52900/21]
1221. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the elements of the CAP programme which have as a key objective the reduction in carbon equivalent emissions from agriculture; the targeted reduction in CO2 equivalents in respect of each; the overall cost of the programme; and the system of verification of carbon reduction that will be established at farm level or at programme level. [52899/21]
1058. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has set a policy that overseas doctors can only obtain a six month contract; and if this practice makes it more difficult to attract such staff and disrupts the sort of continuity which manpower and care planning requires. [53090/21]
956. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours he is budgeting for in 2022; the standards that will be applied to new providers before they are approved for service delivery; and when the emerging features of the new statutory scheme will come into effect. [52665/21]