Results 20,581-20,600 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: I am providing Deputy O'Reilly with the sort of response that she can expect from someone who is taking Leaders' Questions.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: I can tell Deputy O'Reilly that we have massively expanded our provision for caring. A total of €1.2 billion is being spent as we speak on home carers and support for home help hours on respite.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: We have €1.7 billion being spent in the education sphere. All of those provisions are expanding rapidly. As I have outlined, even in the very difficult years, we expanded those provisions by over 40% in the case of support. I am not pretending that there are not cases where need is not met.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: The need in this area is growing rapidly. However, it ill-behoves Deputy O'Reilly to come in and try to pretend that we are not addressing the issue when she does not allow any possibility of the case of that family being addressed by someone who is aware of the circumstances and could have responded.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: I take Deputy O'Reilly's shock and awe with a large grain of salt.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: First, Deputy Smith would know what was happening if she bothered to attend the Dáil the other night when these issues were being debated. Deputy Smith was marked absent when decisions were being made and when the position that was going to be introduced was being explained. It is a matter of shedding crocodile tears now when these decision have been taken when she does not bother to...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: We have 67 waste providers. They all will have different schemes. People can pick and choose. We will be providing oversight of that. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has the power to deal with cartels if people find there is cartel practice. The commission has major civil and criminal powers to pursue anyone who adopts cartel practices. The House has agreed that...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: This is helping.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: We all know the reason why the public sector is no longer in this business. It is because parties like Deputy Smith's party told people not to pay and refused to allow increases in charges that would have allowed collection to remain as a service in the public arena.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: Deputy Smith's party made conscious decisions to destroy that possibility.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: We are dealing with the consequences of parties like Deputy Smith's party driving change in policy. We now have a policy that will promote better use and better segregation.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: This will, I hope, mean that the facility mentioned by the Deputy will be better managed because there will not be contaminated waste streams through it.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: This is a progressive change that will bring about a better approach to meeting the huge global challenge presented by how waste streams should be managed and waste segregated and how we should minimise damage and protect the use of resources.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: That is what this about, no more, no less.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I am not familiar with the site, but I can assure the Deputy that the HSE would be very interested in working with local communities if there were viable proposals for its future use. Clearly, they would have to be stand-alone proposals. I am sure any Department would support a local initiative of that nature. I will ask the Minister of State...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: I recall that Jimmy Deenihan who was a Deputy for many years was a huge advocate of the restoration and reopening of Killarney House. It was a proud day for him when the Ministers, Deputies Heather Humphreys and Michael Ring, opened different phases of the project.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: I am sure there will be room for a saxophone playing department within the restored Killarney House to recognise the contribution made by the Healy-Rae family. As I said, if there are uses to which the property could be put and businesses cases could be made in that regard, the Government will be keen to examine them but only in the context of the social housing programme that has to deliver...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: I do not have access to any schedule of publication but in my own area of skills, which is a very important one, we had a meeting this week with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and our own delivery agencies to identify the areas of pressure. We will be pursuing those within the National Skills Council to make sure our provision and planning for next year incorporates...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: The idea of opening six Garda stations on a pilot basis was part of the programme for Government. It is for the Commissioner to select those that are most appropriate. I understand Stepaside Garda station was indicated as being appropriate and is in the course of being opened; the planning for that is being done.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Bruton: The others will depend on a report to Government from the Commissioner, which I believe is due shortly. I know Rush Garda station was one that was signalled as being a potential one. The Government expects that report shortly.