Results 27,601-27,620 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: That agreement has proved beneficial. I am not stating that the agreement before us is perfect by any means; it is not. However, it is incumbent on all of us to look at it and at the protections that are built into it in order to assess how we can use them to benefit our farmers
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: We must also consider how we can strengthen the agreement in the coming two years. We must evaluate the agreement and both sides of the argument-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: -----in order to assess whether, in the overall interests of the country, we should oppose what is involved. It is dangerous for people in this House - scarcely after the ink on the agreement has dried and possibly without everyone having had an opportunity to read it - to draw conclusions
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: As the Taoiseach stated, we need to take the time to evaluate the agreement. Having had that opportunity, we will then make a decision as to where Ireland's interests lie and how we will seek to protect Irish farmers. That is what we will do.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: I will have to come back to the Deputy. I do not know what has been done but certainly I share his dismay at the decision of the Japanese Government.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: It is a bit premature for me to comment on how this will be dealt with as the issues have yet to be considered at Cabinet. It is likely that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, will bring a report to Cabinet this week and the Government will make its strategy clear at that point.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: It is my understanding that the issue of core pay was negotiated across the public service.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: Arrangements were put in place in that agreement for increases in pay ranging from 6.2% to 7.4% over the lifetime of the agreement. That agreement made provision for looking at specific areas, such as difficulty of recruitment and so on. It is under that clause, not a reopening of the pay settlement as a whole, that these specific concerns of the Defence Forces have been examined. That is...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: I am not saying one is on account of the other, but it is important that the Deputy recognise the significant improvements made in the quality of our waste management in recent years. We have improved our recycling rates and we are ahead of recycling targets in most areas. That is not to say everything is satisfactory. We need to improve significantly, specifically in the area of plastics....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: As this has been previously raised on numerous occasions in the House, the Deputy will know that decisions in relation to individual post offices are a matter for the board of An Post. It is to the board that he should direct his questions.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: I am not in a position to answer. I can understand the Deputies' concerns for the royal county. There is significant investment in the national development plan but I will alert the Minister responsible to the Deputies' concerns.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: No. I do not know the details of the case so I will have to ask the Minister responsible to respond to the Deputy.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: The position is that there have been no cuts in any of these areas; far from it. Increased provision has been made in the 2019 budget. Compared to previous years, this has been repeated and expanded so that there is more support for home care, transitional care and the fair deal scheme. Of course, the HSE, like any other body, has to live within a certain allocation. When pressures arise,...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: These are improvements in service provision.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: There has been a 50% increase in home care, and 7% extra for the fair deal scheme.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: I will have to organise a reply for the Deputy.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: The economic assessment will take the pattern of previous ones. It will look on a sector-by-sector basis at each of the sectors that are likely to be affected by the reduction of tariffs in the case of new access to these markets and imports of quotas where quotas have been allowed in the various agricultural markets. They look at its impact on living standards, employment and the flows of...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: I am not in a position to reply. I will have to organise a reply for the Deputy.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: I will ask the EPA to have a look at whether it is something on which Ireland would make a submission.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
Richard Bruton: I understand that the heads are not expected until the end of the year on that Act.