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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered regrading school secretaries paid by her Department to take account of the fact that the staff ratio including SNAs has vastly grown since 1979 when the grading system was established, and with those numbers, that the responsibilities of school secretaries have also grown. [11444/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can offer assistance to a person (details supplied) for whom a planned school expansion has precipitated the end of a lease for a vital childcare service accommodating over 100 children. [11351/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 711. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of health workers on the front line who will receive the €1,000 bonus beyond those within the public service; and if those working during the pandemic caring for the clients of an organisation (details supplied) will receive the payment. [11214/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected supply of homes for affordable purchase from Dublin local authorities and the Land Development Agency, LDA, in Dublin; and the status of the regulations now in preparation in his Department. [11834/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: The Minister recently published targets for social housing in each of the local authorities, which was useful. I am interested to hear what the targets are for affordable purchase in each of the local authorities and by the LDA and when he will trigger the regulations that will allow such projects, some of which already are coming on stream, to have clear guidelines in respect of their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I commend the Minister and Minister of State on the progress being made. I note that the LDA has presented projections that would see just 25% of the homes it will build available for affordable purchase, the balance being for cost rental. That seems very low given the demand for affordable-purchase housing. What is the projected number of houses for the 56 ha of land the LDA holds in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I commend the work going on but would have to raise a question mark over the 25% allocation for affordable purchase. I am not clear on why that is the case. The impression I get is that there is a far higher appetite for affordable purchase than suggested by the allocation. How is it proposed to accelerate the throughput from local authorities on the affordable-purchase side? We have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate his approach to having rental schemes for e-scooters; and the framework under which they will evolve. [11830/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has encouraged the development of consumer satisfaction feedback on public transport to provide a spur to delivering passenger needs. [11831/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank our guests for their presentations. I welcome the publication of this legislation and introducing it swiftly is the right thing to do. It is, however, disappointing to find that the two sides are so far apart, with IBEC stating that no legislation should be considered at all and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, stating the legislation is useless. I see our role as trying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I wish to come in briefly to suggest the following. If we have legislation to ensure it is a statutory obligation to have a policy and for employers to behave reasonably, and if a code of practice is developed by the Workplace Relations Commission, which may be relevant to adjudication, so we are therefore moving beyond the existing scope of adjudication in the Bill to test something with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I appreciate that. Our time is limited and Deputy Stanton has to come in.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has set targets for local authorities in respect of bringing private vacant property back into use. [11835/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for the very worthwhile presentations. I was an economist by trade originally, and the infant industry argument is probably as old as economics itself. The question for Ministers and so on is how much State support is needed and for how long, as well as how to best structure that State support so the ultimate benefit for Ireland can be brought home. There have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: The panel may have different views on this last question. What is the optimal mix of private sector and State sector investment in the core infrastructures here? There has been some discussion about some countries building out the platform and then would get a cheaper price because they are supplying into a State platform versus letting the market to do the whole lot. Is there a particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: Bonjour, vous êtes le bienvenu au notre comité. C’est une semaine sombre pour toute l'Europe. Je crois qu’on a souvent dit que l’Europe a besoin d’une nouvelle énergie. Je crois que on a trouvé cette énergie dans la crise en Ukraine. Mr. Schmit is very welcome. It is great to see him here. We have three speakers who have to fit into...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I fully support the move here and this refinement of EU law is very welcome. This is a transnational crime, and particularly with Europe in a time of war, it is really important we are sensitive to the way in which difference, vulnerabilities and hostilities can be blown out of all proportion. That said, the criminal bar is very high and we must often look elsewhere for the drivers of what...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is monitoring the price of starter homes in Dublin city; if he is satisfied that the ceiling of house prices for local authority loans at €320,000 is providing purchasers qualifying for this loan with a sufficient range of homes to purchase particularly in the coming year when the new sources of affordable homes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the scarcity of school places in the school planning area D13 Donaghmede Howth; if she has collected information on the long waiting lists for some schools particularly those offering non-denominational education; if she has assessed whether all pupils needing a place can be appropriately accommodated; and if...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: It would be nice to believe the Government could absorb all the energy impact or that energy companies could be forced to absorb it but, in a small, open economy such as ours, that is fairyland talk. Could we see an immediate activation of economic resilience measures, among them an activation of the 1 million smart meters, only 40,000 of which have been activated; reasserting remote working...