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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether the review of sports capital grants indicates the desirability of introducing changes or new elements to the application and selection process. [34168/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the proposed introduction of a levy on disposable cups and on a deposit/return scheme for PET bottles and cans; if he intends to modify proposals in view of submissions; and whether dates for commencement have been set. [34790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications which are on hand for the warmer homes scheme; whether this list has been divided into the categories of poor building energy rating; the present annual number of energy upgrades now being completed under the scheme; if he will indicate when those households with somewhat better BER will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the installed capacity of renewable energy under all of the various modes; solar, on shore wind, anaerobic digestion and so on; the categories large scale commercial farms, small business units, household and microgeneration and so on; if he is satisfied that the supports; price for supply to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate the total number of new public chargers installed by the ESB and by local authorities over the past four years; their overall power capacity; and how this compares for the target which he believes will be required by 2025 [35270/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest statistics for the number of persons claiming each category of credit or allowance in the income tax code; and the cost in each case. [35377/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what assessment has been carried out by his Department of the proposed new flood defence approach for the Clontarf seafront; if his Department plans to engage with a detailed design; and if money has been factored into the NDP envelope for its construction. [34791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered a core budget to fund innovative projects for the current initiatives in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35413/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the assessment of the need for dredging of Howth Harbour, which his Department has completed; and if he will indicate his plans for the undertaking of needed work over the coming years. [35276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 628. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether he plans new calls for the integration and employment of migrants, in view of the substantial increase in inflows since the last call in July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35217/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 639. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the participation levels in programmes in disadvantaged areas which use an approach of working with parents, and particularly mothers, from before the birth of the child; his plans for the strengthening and extending of this approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35414/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 787. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress in developing a national home care scheme; whether it envisages a uniform standard for access to care in all parts of the country; whether new oversight of the various private providers of home care is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35272/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop the terms and conditions under which home care workers are employed, in order that more people could be attracted to this work. [35273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active age groups and the number of day centres for persons being cared for at home that his Department supports through the HSE or other funding routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of college places now being made available outside the CAO system in the different schemes; how these have grown over the past five years, to include Springboard, apprenticeships, human capital initiative, skillnet, FET, and his new scheme for entry into certain health and practical skills announced recently; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the terms of the pension of a person (details supplied); and whether continuing payments are due to their surviving spouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34512/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 215. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of children who have been in the disability services since birth who now find themselves without any prospective placement as they complete their school attendance, as in a particular case (details supplied); and if there are any policy options through which he could assist. [34461/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Programmes (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 223. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of programmes, and their purpose, operated by his Department with ESF support in place during 2023; the prospects of additional programmes in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report of the impact of the initiative in crime statistics and in feedback from organisations in the area. [33994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Impact Assessments (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a report which suggests inaccuracies in the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the levy on single-use containers, particularly concerning: the overall size of the market impacted, the existing penetration of reusable cups, the elasticity of demand in response to the levy; and the emission intensity of...