232. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if supports are available without household income means tests for a severely disabled person to install equipment such as a full lift in cases in which the only way in which they can live independently is by being with a member of their wider family and in which a means test on other household income would be unfairly restricting their options. [34067/21]
210. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a company (details supplied) in the events sector has not been able to obtain a grant; and if there will be further opportunities for the company. [34001/21]
186. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are regulations requiring the display of a notice in outlets handling WEEE products to the effect that arrangements are in place for products at the end of their useful life; the enforcement that is in place to ensure obligations in relation to same are respected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34066/21]
147. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland has taken initiatives at the UN Security Council to confront the alarming moves against political freedoms being witnessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33517/21]
70. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered measures to encourage right sizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33514/21]
31. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Land Development Agency has the capacity to build a significant land bank in all the key growth areas across Ireland. [33515/21]
277. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 70 years of age who have registered to receive a vaccine and are still waiting; the number who are housebound and still waiting; and if a strategy will be put in place to accelerate the clearing of such persons who remain the highest risk categories. [26067/21]
44. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a review of furniture fire regulations being planned; and if so, the context of the review. [33750/21]
358. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the status of a permanent site for school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33018/21]
265. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has assessed the impact of the tourism crisis on town centres and the problems they will face in the short and medium-term. [30806/21]
222. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider relief on local property tax in cases in which 22.5% of the family home has been assigned to the HSE under the fair deal nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33038/21]
113. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has assessed the pressures on the local print media sector and the challenges it faces in the short and medium-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30807/21]
72. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has assessed the long-term impact on local media of accelerated changes during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33267/21]
110. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has studied the ESRI study which suggests that Exchequer investment could be increased by 50% provided borrowing is confined strictly to capital purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31586/21]
93. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the potential to develop shared use of motor vehicles and bikes is being adequately facilitated in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31582/21]
34. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has set targets for modal shift from private vehicles in cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31583/21]
161. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the courses or training opportunities for which the training support grant has been used. [32512/21]
160. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funds within her Department allocated for the training support grant. [32507/21]
159. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the groups of disabled persons that are applying for the training support grants. [32506/21]
158. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons with disabilities that are currently availing of the training support grants. [32505/21]
742. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the changes planned in terms of the new recognition of overseas teaching qualifications. [31126/21]
552. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is easy access to persons to discuss the Rebuilding Ireland loan scheme given concerns that the phone numbers sometimes only refers clients to a chat function and the online calculator does not always work. [30500/21]
76. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of access to capital in the site acquisition and housing construction market; the places in which bottlenecks exist; if he is satisfied with the financial instruments now in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31585/21]
143. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the way the proposed community policing model will be rolled out; and the extent to which it can be delivered within existing resources. [28086/21]
115. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the way her Department intends to support the implementation of the proposals within a report completed by a person (details supplied) on challenges of criminal activities affecting the community in Dublin 17. [28087/21]
93. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has set a target for the number of enterprises supported by each of the agencies under his Department to complete energy and climate audits. [28808/21]
63. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which restoration of peatlands can be a credit towards Ireland’s climate targets. [29886/21]
62. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider developing a roadmap for halving food waste by 2026. [29885/21]
491. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is scope for more public private partnership in the design of upskilling courses to meet rapidly changing skill needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29187/21]
490. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to extend the funding for innovative approaches to reskilling for the opportunities that are evolving in many manufacturing sectors due to technology evolution; and his views on whether the post-Covid-19 reopening would be an ideal opportunity for such schemes as displaced workers seek new outlets. [29186/21]
390. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if a policy is in place to ensure that in areas in which new schools are needed that the facilities of existing schools do not become neglected which could lead to an undesirable migration to the newer schools with the more modern facilities as in the case of Howth, Dublin 13, planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29157/21]
359. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will have the planned additional scholarships for the College of Europe designed to put Irish persons in a position to win posts in the European institutions in place for the coming academic year. [29165/21]
196. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider initiating the development of a circular economy roadmap for some of the key sectors under his policy area. [28809/21]
160. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the obligations in respect of greenhouse gas reduction that have been set for public bodies; and the way delivery is being monitored. [20337/21]
139. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has evaluated the scope of the successful exporting sectors to provide opportunities for redeployment of workers displaced by Covid-19; and if specific initiatives are being evolved to identify such opportunities and to develop programmes to support transition of workers to them. [29188/21]
74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Irish position in relation to extension of the emission trading system to new sectors and to the negotiation of a new effort to sharing target for member states as part of the new EU approach Fit for Fifty Five. [29518/21]
73. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the work on the circular economy, when completed, will become a major spine of climate action planning and cross-government implementation. [29517/21]
80. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether the childcare support schemes give sufficient recognition to the need to recognise qualifications and develop a career path for childcare staff; and if he is reviewing that aspect of the schemes. [25555/21]
78. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the forecast decline in primary school numbers creates the opportunity to see new community based childcare options co-locating in primary school campuses; and if an agreement will be undertaken with the Department of Education to develop this possibility. [28062/21]
191. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has communicated with soft play centres in relation to utilising the facilities as childcare facilities; and the regulations that would be involved in a soft play centre becoming a childcare facility. [28467/21]
490. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the position in relation to the delays in the issuing of probate from the Probate Office. [27676/21]
485. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the approach being developed for intensive engagement to divert young persons from the risk of slipping into the drugs environment in pilot areas known as green towns; and the experience of successes from such projects to date. [27557/21]
484. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the position in relation to the plan to build a new Garda station for the Coolock district. [27556/21]
457. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the approach he plans to take to develop a central hub in which applicants for apprenticeships and employers in the relevant sectors could be matched off; and the way in which he plans to attract employers to use such a hub that might have used less formal routes of recruitment before. [27560/21]
456. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the areas in which further new apprenticeships are in development; and the planned number of places on each. [27559/21]
455. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the list of traditional apprenticeships and new apprenticeships, respectively which are now available for participation; and the number of places on each for participation. [27558/21]
245. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the advance planning by the LDA will be affected by the process of reviews of city and county development plans which are now under way and which are unlikely to be completed before 2023. [27563/21]
244. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has assessed the request by an organisation (details supplied) for a family homelessness strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27532/21]
220. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when allocations will be announced for the sports capital grant in 2021; and if the size of the allocation for each county has been decided. [27561/21]
68. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has received reports on the enforcement against illegal dumping activities in Dublin; and the progress being made in addressing the problems in particular at a large illegal dump in Dublin 17. [27562/21]