Results 30,401-30,420 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

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

Richard Bruton: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if affordable homes that are developed by the Land Development Agency will be allocated under the council priority scheme applied to the council’s own affordable homes; and if it is intended that all Land Development Agency affordable homes for sale will be sold under a shared equity model. [34102/22]

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

Richard Bruton: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timelines for the Electoral Commission to be established; and the timelines for it to carry out the Dáil constituency boundary review, to report its findings to Dáil Éireann and to legislate for the new boundaries. [34297/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the policy of refusing to allow persons setting up as self-employed under a franchise qualify for short-term enterprise allowance; and if such persons will instead be allowed the opportunity to demonstrate independently the viability of their initiative. [34372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 756. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the infrastructure put in place to date to address long-Covid; if he has assessed the level of regional response that will be needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33677/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the target response times for ambulances in Dublin; if he receives a regular report of performance against these; and his views on recent difficulties experienced in meeting these targets. [33712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 895. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in mental health funding in each of the past five years; the increase in front-line staff who have been put in place; and his vision for the sector in the coming years. [34417/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 923. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been much wastage or resale of items procured during the Covid emergency; if so, the types of items involved, that is, protective gear, medication, beds and equipment; the way these items are being stored or disposed of; and whether there has been a review of the procurement approach for future learnings. [34497/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: I am grateful for this opportunity. Will the Tánaiste consider introducing a programme of emergency measures for businesses and households to make them more resilient in the face of rising fuel prices? I have in mind switching to shallow refits; heat controls, which could cut energy by 25%; smart meters, which 750,000 households have not exploited; initiating measures on food waste and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will indicate each of the programmes or work streams of the Land Development Agency and, in each case, the target volume of land that it will release for housing development and the target number of homes to be developed, that is, public lands acquired and master-planned by the agency; the existing outstanding private...

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

Richard Bruton: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will change the practice whereby a person who has an entitlement to retire from their public service job is obliged to sign on weekly for jobseeker’s benefit in order to obtain their entitlement under co-ordinated pension as in the case of a person (details supplied). [34617/22]

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

Richard Bruton: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears of household benefits are payable in cases in which a person was unaware of their entitlement. [34686/22]

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

Richard Bruton: To clarify, who is on this task force that the witnesses are suggesting needs representatives from the industry? Is this an internal cross-Government group or does it have a lot of outside sectoral players? One of the central concerns seems to be that some of the knowledge within the sector is not being brought to bear on those framing the policy. My second question is for my own...

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

Richard Bruton: -----walls, compared to the various auctions that are run. There is no compromise for the State.

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

Richard Bruton: Would anyone like to deal with the regional question?

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

Richard Bruton: The merit of those regional enterprise strategies is that they bring in the players.

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

Richard Bruton: They bring the ports, Enterprise Ireland, the IDAs, the councils and the education interests to the table. If they sign off on a sectoral opportunity being the priority to be developed for the next four years or ten years, suddenly everyone will be pushing in the same direction. The councils are great. They have a strategic role in planning, in environmental control and so on. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the supports in the DEIS scheme are sufficient to meet the needs of schools in the most acute areas of disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34942/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Discrimination (30 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that children who do not wish to participate in the religious life of a school are being adequately accommodated. [34941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (30 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for a divorced person to revert to their original surname; the documentary evidence that is required; and if there is a consistent approach to the matter across all public bodies. [35166/22]

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

Richard Bruton: It is important to state that our grid is regarded as an international exemplar of the extent to which it has successfully taken renewables on board. We are now aiming for an 80% renewable figure. It is important to put the issue in context and it is worth saying that Scotland is different. That brings me to the following question. With capital and construction capacity scarce for public...