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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the Minister. I ask him to convey our congratulations to Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the LEOs. The numbers are truly astounding looking at the decade. In 2011, we had 300,000 people working in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland companies and now we have 500,000. It is an extraordinary expansion in our export base. Most of them are very innovative and enterprising...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projections for the annual collection of funds under an auto-enrolment pension scheme; and if it is proposed to deploy these funds for specific purposes or manage them in a particular way. [5361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way it is proposed to promote the new income limit for the fuel allowance scheme to ensure that those who are eligible take it up and have the opportunity to also get a home heating upgrade free of charge. [5362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if local authorities and the county childcare committees can play a more active role in promoting action which meets gaps in early childhood services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5317/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of resources and the reach in special schemes for parent and early childhood support in disadvantage areas such as ABC and Preparing For Life; if he has evidence on the impact of such programmes on progress for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5318/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (3 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for extending the number of schools that offer computer science at leaving certificate; the key constraints to rapid expansion; and the steps that are being taken to overcome the obstacles. [5671/22]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: I wish the Minister of State well in what is a pivotal year as we come to breathe life into the new climate legislation. I will be interested to hear his comment on the impact indicators he has shown relating to greenhouse gas emissions in the full Estimates statement. We had a 4% decline in emissions in 2019 and a 3.5% decline in 2020. Clearly, the Covid-19 pandemic influenced the 2020...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: Yes. It promotes people thinking up new approaches. It is a competitive fund so, hopefully, it would get many people applying and the most innovative projects would be selected.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the extension of recyclable material is to now include soft plastics has significantly increased the volume of materials collected as dry recyclables green bin; if he will consider altering the frequency of the green bin collection to accommodate the new arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting lists that apply for access to special schools; and if initiatives are planned to give children with special needs in primary settings more certainly in their progression to suitable settings. [6149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (8 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider arrangements for prolonging a general practitioner card cover after a person ceases acting as a carer. [6143/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Consumer Rights (9 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: First of all, I welcome the focus on consumers this week. The Government is right to look both at short-term and, vitally, long-term solutions to this problem. One of the areas in which we have been very negligent is that we have not confronted the rip-off that many larger companies carry out on consumers by making it difficult for them to find best value. It is typically the older and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Consumer Rights (9 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the Minister of State's positive response. As politicians, we sometimes recognise things that need to change but our good intentions get caught up in the tangled affairs of bringing new legislation forward. I would like to see some of these small and simple changes prioritised and pressure put on the drafting of legislation to bring forward amendments. Those amendments need to...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: This is very welcome legislation. We need to strike a balance between very powerful enterprises now emerging in the world of big data, artificial intelligence and ICT and the consumer because that balance has shifted dramatically. Markets have changed. The way individuals interface with them has changed dramatically. The capacity to have a personal interaction with those who provide...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (9 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if specific targets will be set for aluminium cans as well as for polyethylene terephthalate bottles; if the targets shall be the same; and if he plans that the charges set for different types of item will be set to avoid cross subsidisation between lines in respect of the costs of recovery and onward uses. [6859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of activities which benefit from section 110 benefits; if the benefits of this regime was recently reviewed from a national perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7092/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (9 Feb 2022)

Richard Bruton: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for in-service training of teachers at primary and secondary level over the past five years; and the proportion it represents of the teacher payroll. [6959/22]