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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (4 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance provided by her Department to schools outlining the way they should meet their obligation to outline their provision for children who wish to opt out of religious instruction; if it is set out explicitly in admission policy statements; and the other means that are available to a prospective parent to consider the policy in place....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has made provision for the recognition of Covid digital certificates issued by countries outside the EU for the purpose of entering hospitality or alternatively, if an EU Digital COVID Certificate can be issued to prospective visitors to Ireland. [53800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 358. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has sought to enunciate general principles which should apply in relation to patient visiting opportunities; if particular considerations are suggested in circumstances in which the patient’s vulnerability may call for greater family support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53799/21]

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

Richard Bruton: I am in the precincts of Leinster House. I missed the beginning of the presentation as I was in the Dáil Chamber. I would like to get an idea of the payment metrics for ecosystem services. What is a farmer paid for a hectare at a B rating or for reductions in carbon, biogenic methane or whatever it is? Is there a settled calculus on this and a settled verification that could allow...

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

Richard Bruton: Does the BRIDE Project not look at the breeding? Is it strictly about habitats?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: Thanks very much, a Chathaoirligh. Naturally, Government representatives will tend to see the glass half full and Opposition will see it half empty. I suppose it would be remiss of me not to say that while we may not be perfect as an economy, before Covid we had full employment and rising wage levels that would have been simply unthinkable a decade ago. In the context of the housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I would like to return to the issue of enterprise and the environmental adaptation it needs to make. I am not sure if enterprise has seriously addressed this and even the way Mr. Gilvarry presents it, that enterprise is responsible for a small share, understates the contribution of the enterprise sector. Enterprise uses substantial amounts of transport, which is attributed to the transport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witness and I look forward to that work. I recommend the review of the leaving certificate because there is a tendency for only insiders in the education system to engage on questions like this when it really affects our entire society, not least our enterprise sector. These are big choices that will shape Ireland for quite a while to come. They deserve a certain input from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the initiatives being taken at United Nations Security Council level or elsewhere within the European Union to protect human rights and opportunities in Myanmar. [54270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (9 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reassess the application to expand the first-year intake of a secondary school (detail supplied); the schools adjoining it which have spare capacity; and if she has collected details of the waiting lists of this school and of the schools adjoining and the practicality of local children in this rapid growth area having to leave...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to lift the restriction under the warmer homes scheme of not revisiting homes which have previously had a shallow retrofit in view of the new Climate Plan with its target of B2 retrofits. [54816/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: Will the commission consider the capacity of local authorities to deliver? Waterford is the only local authority that delivers on the repair and leasing scheme. In respect of compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, only the Louth local authority delivers on that. Only one third of money due under the vacant site levy is collected by councils. They are slow to get projects on-site. That problem...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (11 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: Given that going over these thresholds takes someone from receiving 80% support with his or her rent to zero, when will the cost-rental thresholds and conditions be published? This is what people will have to fall back on if they are not on the eligibility list.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: Does the Minister, as a former Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine and a former Minister with responsibility for trade, agree that Ireland, as a food exporter with 90% of our produce exported, must aim to be an early mover in respect of earning high margins from climate conscious consumers? Does he also agree there are significant opportunities for family farms to earn income not only...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress which has been made in finalising the parameters for eligibility for the various affordable purchase and rent schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the milestones for measuring progress which he has set for the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has assessed the number of enterprises supported by her Department that are reporting financial distress; and the capacity of policy initiatives to ensure that viable activities can be sustained. [55053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 190. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her assessment of the challenges facing local media in a post-Covid environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (16 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the methodology to ensure that public capital projects and public procurement avail of every opportunity to minimise carbon footprint and avail of opportunities for sequestration of carbon; and if he is planning to put in place a reporting format to ensure that it will happen. [55586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the ambitious national development plan can be delivered smoothly; and the measures being put in place to remove obstacles which have delayed projects in the past. [55587/21]