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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Services (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which currently accommodate an afterschool care service on their property; the supports which her Department provide to schools willing to accommodate such services and the extra expenses which they might generate; and the probable areas of proposed changes in the guidelines which she is planning to promote more community...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out a timeline to legislate for the creation of a new competitive funding research agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he intends to increase indigenous productivity by 2.5% per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out a timeline for the undertaking of a comprehensive review of the impact of research and innovation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32872/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he intends to establish a new research and innovation policy advisory forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism by which the new research and innovation policy advisory forum will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32874/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he intends to establish the Impact 2030 steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32875/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that he intends to attract the best students globally to participate in research and innovation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32876/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: To go back to my first question, is this not the merit of going for the circular economy? It forces it into the mainstream. It is not the ecologists speaking to people. It is when it is forced into the financial context that every sector is under an obligation to come to terms with it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new sites identified by the Land Development Agency. [33218/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing completions annually since 2016; and the number in the 12 months between Q2 2021 and Q1 2022. [33211/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution of Ireland to ensuring the safety of journalists, photographers and other members of the media. [33213/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: First, I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They make a very coherent case. I will ask a couple of questions. At the moment, what proportion of companies operating in Ireland or in the UK, where it seems some of these works councils are coming from, have European works councils? Are these catering to the domestic market or has the UK been chosen as a base for companies operating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: It is a long time, as I recall, since we have discussed this, but at the time it is my recollection that a lot of the US companies that chose Ireland as a location were very fearful of some of the processes that were not traditional in either the US or here and that they regarded them as making it very difficult to make decisions. The US multinationals expressed a lot of concern that that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: No, I am okay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to increase cybersecurity defence in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33667/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Renewable Industry Forum and Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industry: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: I than the witnesses for their presentation. I think this is a really exciting opportunity. It is important to say that the renewable ambition in Ireland is extremely high. For an electricity generation system that is as isolated and as small as ours is, it is a remarkably-----

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recruitment options that he is considering to attract more individuals towards joining the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33668/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time for NCT appointments in various parts of the country; the plans to clear the backlog; and if he is considering extending the life of existing certificates as a way to take pressure off the system. [33679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government it is intended that councils will maintain standing waiting lists for affordable housing; if not, if priority for early applications will only apply after the advertisement of each new scheme. [34101/22]