773. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of post-primary schools admitted to the DEIS programme in the years subsequent to its introduction; the number of these that are no longer participants in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32429/24]
772. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools admitted to the DEIS programme in the years subsequent to its introduction; the number of these that are no longer participants in the scheme or are still involved in the scheme but under a different banding designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32428/24]
771. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of post-primary schools included in the DEIS programme when it was commenced; the number that are no longer participants in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32427/24]
768. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools included in the DEIS programme when it was commenced; the number of these that are no longer participants in the scheme or are still involved in the scheme but under a different banding designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32422/24]
767. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education regarding the OECD review of the DEIS programme, the number of primary schools visited and their DEIS band status; the number of post-primary schools visited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32419/24]
766. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will make available the terms of reference, research brief and any other documentation supplied by her Department to the study group in relation to the OECD Review of the DEIS programme, a list of the individuals and groups the group were advised by her Department to interview; the additional individuals and groups the team consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32416/24]
765. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of programmes of her Department that have been subject to evaluation in the past five years, as was the intention set out in the Public Service Management Act 1997; if those evaluations have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32415/24]
764. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education whether the major bodies established under her Department have been subject to external evaluation; the most recent such evaluation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32414/24]
763. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the programmes to which the discretionary new spend at budget time has been allocated in each of the past five years; the impact that they have had; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32413/24]
762. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the targets she has set for diversification of patronage over the next five years at primary level; if new programmes are in development to achieve these targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32412/24]
761. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the targets she has set for digital teaching and learning over the next five years; if new programmes are in development to achieve these targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32411/24]
760. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of whole school evaluations which have been conducted by the inspectorate in the past five years; and the level of take up of self-evaluation tools by schools; if recommendations are emerging from this work for future policy development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32410/24]
759. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the key pieces of policy research conducted by the central policy unit in the past five years; and the extent to which the recommendations have been integrated into policy decisions. [32409/24]
758. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the pathway which she has mapped out for the reform of the Leaving Certificate; and the timescale for each significant milestone planned. [32407/24]
757. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the membership of each board operating under her Department; the basis on which they are selected; and the number who have completed more than one term. [32406/24]
756. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the areas for which external evaluation has been commissioned by her Department in the past five years; the body undertaking the research; if the reports have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32405/24]
120. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the level of electricity demand that will be created by the targeted installation of retrofit heat pumps and by electric vehicles by 2030; and how that compares with the current level of demand from these sources. [33454/24]
119. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress made at rolling out ‘one-stop shops’, as outlined in the 2022 SEAI report; if he can provide any empirical measures of their impact on uptake of supports and retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33450/24]
117. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how the changing evaluation of the emissions associated with the land use sector have impacted the target being set at EU level for Ireland in this sector; and how it in turn impacts the target set for the remainder of the effort-sharing sectors. [33371/24]
116. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which Irish carbon emissions now fall into the emission trading system or into the effort sharing regulation; the 2030 targets which have been set at EU level for Ireland in each case; and how they relate to the target set in the Climate Action Plan. [33367/24]
115. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current policy in relation to connections for new data centres, and their obligations in relation to standby non-renewable capacity, and the use of waste heat; the extent to which data centres for which permission has been sought can meet such criteria; and his views on the existence of an effective moratorium in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33365/24]
175. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he is adjusting the strategy to increase Ireland’s attractiveness as a destination for foreign direct investment in a quickly changing geopolitical environment, which increasingly sees Ireland in competition with larger EU member states better equipped to provide large financial incentives to new investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28636/24]
91. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she would consider it timely to convene a national education convention to evaluate how well adapted Ireland’s arrangements are to meet the scale of challenges in the years ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30483/24]
86. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her Department is planning to change the approach to the planning and delivery of schools to ensure that new urban fast growth zones can see schools built in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30484/24]
32. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has evaluated the environment for entrepreneurship and the rate of start-up activity, particularly in the areas of opportunity created by the green and the digital transformation which are altering the business models of every sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30471/24]
16. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the new initiatives under consideration to promote regional sector clusters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/24]
306. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has reviewed the investment in facilities needed to drive forward the national cancer strategy; if he is aware of the considerable pressure for more capacity in a cancer centre (details supplied), given its existing patient treatment rates and growing population catchment; and how such needs are assessed in drawing up the health capital plan. [30275/24]
841. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made from the first batch of town centre first projects; the value of projects agreed; and the learnings from this round as to how this policy can now be scaled up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29510/24]
746. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health how health delivery will be improved for communities outside the major population centres by the introduction of his e-health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29509/24]
578. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the terms of support for the plantation of new forestry; the increase that this represents compared to what was there before; the take-up of the new scheme since it was announced; and the take-up he projects over the period to 2030. [29496/24]
577. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures planned between now and 2030 necessary to maintain the environmental rating afforded by the Origin Green mark, in each key food sector. [29494/24]
576. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps envisaged by the European Union to introduce a framework for carbon farming, and the processes through which farm progress would be measured and rewarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29486/24]
154. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the number of car sales, by county, from 2020 to date in 2024, distinguishing full-EV, hybrid-EV and fossil fuel combustion engines, in tabular form. [29483/24]
109. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the peat restoration projects his Department or its agencies have supported; the estimated capital and recurring costs of the work; the proportion funded from public funds; and the projected gains in carbon abatement and biodiversity. [29504/24]
108. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the uptake, by county, of the various schemes for microgeneration, and for business-based small-scale generation, under the various supports offered; and his ambitions for scaling up these initiatives by 2030. [29503/24]
107. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to indicate the marginal abatement cost of the most expensive policy measure in each sector now included in the Climate Action Plan for delivery by 2030; the projected cost per tonne of carbon equivalent abated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29500/24]
106. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has mapped the potential location of projected new renewable generation capacity by county or region, distinguishing the renewable source in each case. [29498/24]
105. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to detail the installed capacity of renewables, by county, distinguishing the renewable source in each case. [29497/24]
74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach his latest estimate of the extent of remote working, by county, being delivered from homes located therein; and how that compares with the total at work in the respective counties. [29508/24]
70. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how the evaluation contained in the summer economic statement will alter his assessment of the profiles of current and capital spending in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29482/24]
51. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has reviewed the capacity across the public sector to deliver complex infrastructural projects; if new arrangements could be put in place to strengthen that capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29476/24]
311. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage If he has a plan to prevent Irish wind farms from being forced to shut down before 2030 due to the expiration of planning permission, as reported in the Irish Times this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28625/24]
273. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the numbers deployed in her strategic policy unit; the priority issues upon which they are working; their publications over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28682/24]
272. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the extent to which in-service training courses undertaken result in a certified qualification with international recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28680/24]
271. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will indicate the expenditure on in-service training her Department incurs; the number of participants; and if she will distinguish between training relating to curriculum changes, digital skills, teaching methods, and leadership. [28679/24]
270. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of children whose special education needs are accommodated with special supports at primary and at secondary level; and the number of resource teachers, SNAs and other support staff, the most recent year and for representative years over the past twenty years. [28678/24]
269. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the key circulars which set out the terms of operation for school boards and their patrons at primary and at secondary levels respectively; and the frequency with which these are updated. [28677/24]
267. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of agencies and the number of offices which operate under her Department; and if, in respect of each, she will outline the latest annual budget and employment level, the year they were first established, and their broad remit. [28675/24]
117. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered any innovative policy measures to mobilise the sustained higher levels of saving among Irish consumers post-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28639/24]
28. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the progress to date on the regional and local EV infrastructure network plan’s public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28619/24]