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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (24 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps which remain to be completed in order to sign the new guidelines for renewable generation at windfarms; and if he will set a deadline for when they will enter force. [37956/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (24 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements which have and are being made to ensure that priority access to legal drafters is assigned to the marine planning legislation without which the development of offshore renewable energy will be held back; and if he will outline a timed roadmap for its presentation for consideration by the Houses of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Electric Vehicles (24 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 133. To ask the Taoiseach the number of new and of imported electric cars, plug-in hybrids and recharging hybrids licensed during the year to date; and the percentage of total new and total imported cars, respectively, accounted for by these categories. [37750/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the recent grants to support cultural activities during Covid-19 have catered to the needs of the events sector that does not own premises; and if she has had discussions with the sector regarding its plight. [38342/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (24 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funds are available for the upkeep of protected structures on the grounds of schools or other institutions that do not have their own resources for such work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38381/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which there is spare capacity for enrolments in secondary schools in a catchment area (details supplied); the extent to which there is a pattern flow of pupils within the catchment area leaving for secondary school and of those from outside entering; and her plans to assess the need for more places based on the lack of available...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Environmental Protection Agency for the fine work it has done in the context of its report on the condition of our environment. I take some encouragement from the progress being made on greenhouse gas emissions. However, the report shows broadly that we have a huge amount of ground to make up. At a time when Covid dominates and many of us are re-evaluating our priorities, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (25 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the assertion that red tape and restrictions on borrowing capacity are preventing councils from engaging in more direct building; the typical timelines for design, master planning, cost appraisal, establishment of funding lines, planning approval, tendering and construction on direct build projects; and if his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (25 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the improvements he has identified in the manner in which the Land Development Agency will operate in order to reduce the time and cost involved in site assembly and acquisition, in design, master planning, cost appraisal, establishment of funding lines, planning approval, tendering and construction; and if he is satisfied...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: As I understand it, the Duffy Cahill report has raised a couple of issues. The primary issue concerns the consultation period, the secondary issue concerns this hiding of assets and a third issue is collective deals for the future. As for the first, the issue of making it obligatory to have consultation in an insolvency, is there consensus on this being a correct way forward? It seems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: Is there consensus on changing the rules on consultation in an insolvency?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: I would like to hear the Minister of State's understanding of what recommendation 6 says because I have heard different interpretations of it. Is it that a collective redundancy could only become a burden on an insolvency fund or whatever we call it in a case where the company has broken the law in respect of consultation or is this an open-ended scheme? Does it require the company to have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (26 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if overseas development programmes have been hampered by the Covid-19 virus; and if unspent money can be carried forward. [37952/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (26 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the possibility of allowing local communities decide the use of a small part of the ODA budget through a democratic consultation process in locations in which a well-structured aid programme is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37953/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Strategy Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the innovations he plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of his Department. [36171/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to refresh the roadmap for tax policy in relation to the taxation of companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36170/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (26 Nov 2020)

Richard Bruton: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason improvements in staffing were provided to DEIS band 1 senior schools but not to junior schools or integrated schools in the same category; and if it has been decided the way in which the planned €5 million for such schools will be allocated. [39428/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

Richard Bruton: On the same issue, I would like to ask the Taoiseach-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

Richard Bruton: Of course one can do that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

Richard Bruton: The leaders have had their questions. This is a new round.