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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: To go back to what Senator Crowe and others are saying, I see two distinct roles that the commission has. One is to prosecute offences and I understand how that requires time and diligence to assemble evidence and being careful not to foul a potential prosecution. However on the other hand, it also has a role of consumer protection and I do not see why it could not at a very early date give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I accept the point. I still believe that some general guidance on things like price gouging would be useful in the marketplace because people's behaviour is enforced not just by being arraigned before court on grounds of offences but if they know what is socially acceptable and if others around them can see unacceptable behaviour, that acts as a check and the commission could provide some...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that the new policy approach for areas of severe disadvantage, which are suffering the ravages of drug dealing, has been progressing to date; the indicators that are being used to establish the success of the approach; if there are any early findings; and the further initiatives that are planned in her Department or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the next steps following the closing of the date for submissions on the strategy for gender-based violence. [16083/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many district heating projects are charged as commercial connections resulting in higher charges to householders than if they had individual connections; and if he is considering regulatory changes to address this in order that the potential of district heating can be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the help-to-buy scheme to the purchase of existing homes in certain circumstances. [15831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance if he receives regular reports on the speed of processing tax claims by the Revenue Commissioners and on the number of phone calls to their network which fail to be answered; if his attention has been drawn to problems in these respects in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16004/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the categories under which additional support will be made available to schools enrolling pupils from Ukraine; the criteria in each case for triggering additional allocation for example of books, meals, language support, resource teaching, SNA support and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16417/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if new recruitment is underway to provide support teams to work with incoming refugees from Ukraine; the categories being recruited; and if they will be recruited into standard grades within the public service or in some other manner. [15880/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if new recruitment is underway in bodies which fall under the remit of her Department to provide support teams to work with incoming refugees from Ukraine; the categories being recruited; and if they will be recruited into standard grades within the public service or in some other manner. [15881/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a recently naturalised Irish citizen is permitted to apply for citizenship elsewhere without jeopardising their Irish citizenship. [16137/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the meetings which have taken place to date to design a scheme through which the properties of persons in nursing homes with support under the fair deal scheme could be incentivised to be made available for rent; if rules have been developed to ensure that older persons do not come under unfair pressure if such changes were made; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 717. To ask the Minister for Health if initiatives are being taken to extend the hours of operation of diagnostic facilities in hospitals in order to cope with the post-Covid-19 surge in needs. [16364/22]

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: It is impossible for us to fully understand the loss, grief, courage and defiance of the Ukrainian people. We can only stand in solidarity and stretch out the hand of friendship. It is a tribute to the Irish people that, up and down the country, that is being done. The stresses that is creating have been highlighted but the Government has responded quickly and with compassion to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department offers support or advice to the residents of a multi-unit development built in 2008 that experience structural deficits in the building in cases in which the original developer company has been wound up leaving residents facing a substantial expense to resolve; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate. We face three interlocking crises at the moment, that is, an energy crisis, a climate crisis and a refugee crisis. We need a resilient strategy and we need it now. It is important that we start to bend our minds in this Oireachtas, using the best minds from across this Chamber, to how to do that. There are plenty of pillars on which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Investigations (31 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering providing environmental health officers with additional powers in order that they could more effectively address environmental hazards created by blockages on combined household drains, which can only be resolved if all those households served by the blocked drain share in the effort to resolve the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from An Garda Síochána on the Garda initiative to improve security in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (31 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a special naturalisation process with lower fees for citizens of other countries who have lived a substantial part of their lives in Ireland and plan to continue to do so. [17235/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions that have been imposed on section 39 organisations delivering community care before restoration of FEMPI pay cuts can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17175/22]