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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: Finally, how will the allocation of capital be structured? For areas of the city where acute shortages arise, will it be through the county childcare committees or through Pobal? We have a mixed system, so there are some community providers and some private sector providers, but the capital element has been missing for quite a number of years now. I am just trying to see how we will see...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this Bill, which is part of a major suite of changes we need to undertake. There is no doubt that we are living at a time of extraordinary transition in the way our economy works. We are in the aftermath of a financial crisis that shook people's faith in the regulators that had responsibility for keeping us safe financially. We have passed through the...

Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate Deputy Higgins for the work she has done and the many people she has consulted to make sure that this is a rounded and balanced proposal. We had a discussion earlier in the House about changes in regard to other aspects of how enterprise interacts with people in the community, whether in terms of precarious working, protection of employees, and looking at the environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received any estimates of the cost of participating in third level education, both when living at home and living away from home and the impact that the rising cost of living is having on those costs; and the ways in which he is supporting with these extra costs. [36447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered concerns of childcare providers that the new core funding scheme poses challenges for smaller providers. [35722/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to mark the death of Arthur Griffith as part of the centenary celebrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that the factors such as, a very high proportion of pupils exiting the catchment, the lack of balanced mix of places for girls and boys and lack of options for those who wish for a non-religious school are taken into account when setting a framework for additional school places in a catchment area; and if this will cause her to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a breakdown by gender of the pupils entering or leaving Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling. [36806/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a detailed review of the need for new second level schools across Dublin will be undertaken in view of the surge in housing development. [36807/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider modifications in the threshold for the fuel allowance, particularly in cases in which both spouses have a constrained application protocol (details supplied). [36912/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 305. To ask the Minister for Health if the implementation plan for the disability capacity planning to 2032 has been completed; if it will be published; and if pre-planning for the forthcoming budget has incorporated the outcome of this work. [36819/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: Yesterday the Taoiseach will have seen that the futures price of natural gas hit its highest, at €175 per megawatt hour, since the start of the war in Ukraine. Germany is talking about potential rationing and emergency gas storage. France is talking about a massive efficiency drive. Where is our energy security review, which is now long overdue? Will we address some of these...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: Everyone realises we are in the grips of a series of crises that have rocked the world. Anyone who went to the photographic exhibition the Ceann Comhairle put on today of the damage being done to lives in Ukraine would not doubt this is the reality. Mercifully, we are far from that reality but we are feeling the brunt of it. The evidence shows the Government has been caring and innovative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 94. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting list initiative has been impacted by the latest surge in Covid-19 hospital admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37520/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Court Judgments (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the court decision striking down the preliminary assessment of children with special needs will affect the children who have been assessed and listed for therapeutic services; and the additional resource implications for the HSE to act upon the ruling. [37521/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (13 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the medical and psychological supports which are provided for those seeking asylum, who may have difficult experiences to overcome as they seek to develop a new life, and in particular services to help divert people from alcohol or other substance dependencies and whether such services are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: 404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to continue with the present system of funding for the your place your space scheme; and if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by community organisations that valuable networks could be damaged if the current system is changed. [38397/22]

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: I look forward to the Opposition listening carefully to what I have to say.