Results 29,001-29,020 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the short-term illness benefit can be claimed by the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29179/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the higher rate of child dependent allowance for children of 12 years of age and over will be reflected in the rates for the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29180/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the back to education allowance can be claimed without a waiting time for all traditional welfare payments and for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if the exact relaxation in rules which have been permitted relating to duration on welfare payments will be clarified. [29181/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes in the criteria for the back to education allowance under the July stimulus; and the duration for which the revised criteria will apply. [29197/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new claimants of rent supplement which have come into payment since the Covid-19 pandemic commenced; and her plans to relax the stringent rules for withdrawal of the payment for persons considering returning to work by comparison with those that have been put on a housing assistance payment. [29182/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms and conditions which will apply to the Work Experience Programme which was announced as part of the July Stimulus; the revised terms of the JobsPlus scheme outlined under the July Stimulus; and if a time limit has been set for the scheme. [29196/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children for whom the basic €20 per week is paid; and the number for whom enhanced payments are made. [29169/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the distribution of payments under childcare schemes according to the age of the child and the hours claimed. [29170/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the distribution of payments under childcare schemes according to the reckonable earnings of the parents. [29171/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the distribution of payments under the AIM schemes according to the categories of supports made available. [29172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the take-up to date of the subsidy to employers for enrolling apprentices; the breakdown by sector; and if consideration will be given to extending the closing date of the scheme. [29254/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the take-up to date of the subsidy to employers for enrolling apprentices; the break down by sector; and if he will consider extending the closing date of the scheme. [29255/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in the eligibility criteria for Springboard opportunities for support for postgraduate participation. [29256/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conditions under which persons can participate in the skills to compete programme announced as part of the July stimulus; and the duration for which the additional supports will remain in place. [29257/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year of each of charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29175/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if he has concluded discussions on the possibility of encouraging the renting out of vacant homes of persons availing of the fair deal scheme by applying a lower rate of contribution to nursing home costs from this source or by other means; and if he has assessed the number of homes that might fall into this category. [29176/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the charges that are made to private patients who are using public hospital facilities in either public wards, semi-private or private wards; and the proportion of beds in public hospitals for which such payments are received. [29177/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: It is fair to say that the common travel area precedes the European Union and, as such, hopefully it is not threatened by Britain's decision to withdraw from the Union. That gives it a separate status and that has been recognised by all sides. On the question of financial institutions and the permit arrangement that now has to be switched from the UK to Europe, which I welcome, are there...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: As the Tánaiste is aware, on page 12 of the programme for Government there is a commitment that new measures of well-being will be used to drive Government policy-making and to set budget priorities. As we plan for a world post Covid or through Covid and that is affected by climate change, that commitment is more important than ever. Those challenges are exposing the fragility of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Oct 2020)

Richard Bruton: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes for affordable purchase in the known pipeline; the number of homes for cost rental in the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29332/20]