Results 29,801-29,820 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty for applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans in meeting some of the criteria for proof of continuity of income in sectors which are reopening, particularly in circumstances in which contracts or freelancing is the norm; and if he will consider amending the credit policy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has conducted a recent evaluation of the need for a new second-level school in a catchment area (details supplied); the projected demand for places; the projected level of available places; the availability of schools of diverse patronage; the pattern of pupils entering or leaving the catchment for second-level education; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a gardener working in a university is entitled to be paid the travel time allowance for craft workers from his Department. [51209/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received reports on the level of crime and antisocial behaviour in Dublin city centre; if her Department monitors the level of safety that persons feel circulating in the city centre, particularly at night; and if any initiatives are planned to address this concern. [50440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if pension restoration to all ranks of An Garda Síochána has been completed; and if not, if there are plans to restore remaining reductions. [50441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 728. To ask the Minister for Health if the termination of certain screening programmes when persons reach a certain age can be reviewed in view of the fact it creates the perception that a lower value is placed on a person's health as they advance in age. [50429/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Tánaiste for clarifying the approach that will be taken in respect of farming in the climate action plan. Measures to improve the environmental impact of agriculture are not an attack on farming, as some people would seek to portray them, but rather are about farming better. I draw the attention of the House and the Tánaiste to the smart farming programme. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: Does biogenic methane enter into it at any point or is that just by way of correlation off-site through other academic studies?

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I would like to congratulate the Minister of Finance for his achievement not only in putting the economy into a position where we could cope with the challenge of Covid and to do so successfully, with our public finances coming back into order already, but also his very astute handling a very difficult challenge to our corporate tax regime. He has made the correct changes, and made them...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will indicate whether there has been a falloff in new enterprises established with Local Enterprise Office or with Enterprise Ireland support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Agreements (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when Ireland will complete ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if healthcare assistants have been removed from the ineligible list for work permits, yet organisations providing home care have been excluded from eligibility, even though it is public policy to support persons remaining independent for as long as possible and pay levels in the sector are now comparable with those in residential...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been adjustments made to ensure that the rail fleet is properly ventilated; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that customer monitors have shown that the air conditioning now in use is allowing excessively high CO2 concentrations to build up within carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are principles or noise thresholds which guide the planning process in setting noise abatement measures, restriction on working hours and so on; and the way these are evolved or modified. [52678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sitting the Mandarin exam at leaving certificate level is limited to students attending pilot schools. [52916/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 799. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department receives regular reports on the number of assessments of need for children that are carried out, the number of therapeutic supports that are delivered to children who have been assessed and the average waiting time; and if he is satisfied that the system is making best use of available professional resource given the repeated complaints...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 847. To ask the Minister for Health if there are conditions for which the use of cannabis-based products can be prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours he is budgeting for in 2022; the standards that will be applied to new providers before they are approved for service delivery; and when the emerging features of the new statutory scheme will come into effect. [52665/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 1058. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has set a policy that overseas doctors can only obtain a six month contract; and if this practice makes it more difficult to attract such staff and disrupts the sort of continuity which manpower and care planning requires. [53090/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 1221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the elements of the CAP programme which have as a key objective the reduction in carbon equivalent emissions from agriculture; the targeted reduction in CO2 equivalents in respect of each; the overall cost of the programme; and the system of verification of carbon reduction that will be established at farm level or at programme...