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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives and their value which have been supported under the urban renewal fund. [59580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if the review and update of the carer’s strategy has commenced; the new strands that are proposed for inclusion; the timescale for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 251. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of towns and villages which have been supported under the town and village renewal scheme and whether she has conducted a review of the effectiveness of this scheme. [59576/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 252. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the initiatives and their value which have been supported for rural renewal. [59580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if special provision is being made to support those with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59866/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (7 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the backlog that has developed in issuing public services cards which require public attendance; the current waiting time; and the measures are being taken to end same. [60521/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (7 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for registering a birth and issuing a PPS number to a newborn child; and if she has considered ways in which this could be streamlined to make it easier for parents. [60522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if special provision is being made to support those forced into absences from work due to caring for children contracting Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59866/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 489. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to support persons with long Covid; the extent of the prevalence of same; and if cover such as medical card cover can be extended on a temporary basis. [59865/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: On somewhat the same topic, I think we all recognise the anguish of families who have seen the house of their dreams crumble before their eyes because of defective materials. The Government has rightly introduced a scheme which shows solidarity with those people. However, given the scale of this, the cost of which is already €2 billion and rising, does the Tánaiste believe that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he envisages new mechanisms to reward farmers for methane reduction in view of its recognised significant impact in the short-term climate challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60638/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he envisages new mechanisms to reward farmers for new measures to sequester carbon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Rights (9 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve consumer rights; and if he will consider initiatives that would foster better value for consumers at a time of rising prices through switching suppliers, greater transparency in charging structures or other initiatives. [60637/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (9 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the recently transposed EU Copyright Directive can assist businesses and workers in the media sector. [60636/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: My camera is not working so I will have to sharpen up my performance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: I welcome Ms Donnelly. I worked with her when I was Minister and she is absolutely a correct selection for the role she is playing. I wish her very well in what is a critical task. I have several questions. Ireland has been remarkably successful in its ICT transformation and becoming a smart economy, and that increasingly seems to be the direction of travel. We have also been remarkably...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: While I know that speed is of the essence in rolling out the booster programme, are there plans to ensure the EU-compatible digital Covid certificate, which is the record of vaccination, will include information on the administration of the third dose? As the Taoiseach is aware, for example, from tomorrow, France will require people over a certain age to have had three doses before they can...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: I take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister on his handling of the public finances and in particular the flexibility that he and his Department have shown in responding to what has been a very difficult time in spending on new priorities that changed so rapidly. I recall a time when the haggling over even a few thousand euro in his Department would make one blanch but the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I apologise, as I was in the Chamber for the start of the first presentation. I have a few basic questions. First, how much freedom of manoeuvre does either an individual member state or the EU as a whole have in this respect? I understand from having listened to Dr. Saheb that the EU is trying to make proposals but they have been rejected. In practical terms, is unanimity required to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if policies are being developed to allow householders to have kerbside chargers where they have no driveways and it would be hazardous to run chargers across public spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62279/21]