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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements in place to ensure meals of a poor nutritional rating are avoided in school meals, and that participating children consume a balanced mix of meat and vegetables over the course of each week; if the composition of meals is tracked to ensure high standards of nutrition; and if the project has adopted targets...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend parental leave in the future; and whether the age limits for children with a disability will be extended. [21143/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which funding will be made to local authorities to fund mobility hubs for the different elements that can be provided; and when he expects that the first ten such hubs will be in place. [20732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Safety (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the progress in preventing air traffic disruption from drones. [20733/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Finance Act 1995 prevents retailers from setting a margin on the sale of tobacco, as they can on every other product, instead, they are obliged to sell product at the price set by the tobacco companies; and whether he has considered allowing a higher price be set even if he is unwilling to allow any discounting from the RRP. [20977/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a trend has been developing whereby cigarettes are being sold in larger packs than the standard 20 pack, and that this allows a lower unit price be charged, and encourages more consumption; and if he has considered any restrictions on this, or a requirement to have the same unit price regardless of the pack size. [20978/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to provide more capacity for boys' secondary school places, which are very low in the school planning area of Clontarf, Killester and Raheny. [20274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is tracking the emerging situation in Myanmar; and if he will indicate what leverage the international community can exercise to ensure citizen rights are respected. [19320/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will indicate the processes which he has put in place to set sectoral targets under Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are new procedures in place that create complexity in transferring a pension paid from the UK to Ireland; and if there is any public agency which could advise citizens of how this can be done without incurring disproportionate costs. [20073/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will indicate the benchmarks which he uses to assess the extent to which green criteria have impacted public procurement; and whether he can indicate how Ireland compares with other EU member states in this respect. [9534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is monitoring human rights standards in Pakistan, and in particular if he has assessed the blasphemy law which it is alleged is oppressive to Christians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19681/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (25 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 113. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential of the high-speed broadband network to create potential for rural development and the number of projects emerging for support from her Department's programmes which utilise its potential. [19323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline how working part-time hours affects a person’s entitlement to jobseeker's allowance; how it affects entitlement to jobseeker's benefit; and the number of claimants in each case who receive payment while working part-time. [19553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (20 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 22. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a work plan from the National Treatment Purchase Fund on its waiting list initiative plans for 2023; and if he will indicate the key targets. [18547/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a land use strategy is being developed within which aspirations for forestry, for the protection of biodiversity, for climate, for Renewables and for the bioeconomy could be evolved in a coherent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18544/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the anticipated steps needed in order to implement carbon farming as a reliable source of income for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18545/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received any reports on the speed with which CORU can process international recognition of therapists, who were trained overseas and have long working experience overseas at the highest level, where it appears that very demanding detail of all training and working experience is insisted upon, which must be each notarised, and where no facility for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Referendum Campaigns (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 101. To ask the Taoiseach what topics are to be put to referendum this year; the topics that are planned for referendums in the years ahead; and if tentative dates have been set for each. [16333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether the changes announced in the Policy Statement on the Framework for Phase Two Offshore Wind will hinder the progress of offshore wind projects in Ireland [17331/23]