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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: The subsidies are going to people whose energy costs have gone up by whatever percentage and who are losing trade and cannot sustain their businesses. That is what people are subsidising. This is not subsidies to companies that are making windfall gains from selling fossil fuels.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: It is because the price has gone up, and that has happened in the marketplace. What governments are trying to do, which your approach would prevent them from doing, is to support businesses that have genuine problems staying open and keeping people employed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: I did not say anything about windfall taxes. I am all for windfall taxes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: I am all for solidarity taxes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: We are talking about different things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank Mr. McLoughlin for the presentation. Before he came in, he probably heard how loss and damage had only been adopted by one country, Denmark. Is this a new announcement today that it is a key priority for Ireland? We also heard that Irish aid had plateaued in recent years and that we seem to have stalled in moving towards the commitment to €225 million. It seems to me that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: Is loss and damage different from adaptation? I thought loss and damage is not where you have to mitigate a particular fossil emission or adapt to a particular risk; it is more about dealing with real crises, such as in the Horn of Africa, and involves a whole new category of aid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: Are you saying these are harmful subsidies then? That is the difficulty.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: I do not think this is a new story for Deputies in this House. They are aware of the serious problem we have with parents who get a diagnosis, wait a long period for an assessment of needs, AON, wait further for a statement of service and for the appointment of key workers, and then face a substantial wait for any therapeutic care. A constituent who is one example among many was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The root of the problem is that the demarcation between education and health is far too rigid. I question whether that is the reality of the experience of parents. As the HSE is not able to provide the one-to-one therapy, it is moving to group therapy and is encouraging and supporting parents to do drills, supports and activities. We have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department measures progress in reducing energy poverty; if closer alignment with the system of energy upgrades could be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50625/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will list the energy efficiency obligated entities for the most recent year for which data is available; the energy savings credits which they earned through delivery of efficiencies; and the proportion in each case which was delivered by buying credits. [54182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will indicate the extent to which the annual target of energy efficiency obligated entities will increase in 2023 compared to the existing obligation. [54183/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the requirement to have a minimum efficiency uplift, a requirement to achieve a B2 rating or better, prevents the achievement of cheaper and shallower measures which could deliver rapid reductions in energy use at this time of heightened energy uncertainty. [54184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on planned upgrade works to the N4 between Mullingar and Longford. [54596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a record kept of properties which have come into the possession of mortgage holding institutions, which have not been sold or rented, or of properties which are held by an official assignee in a bankruptcy case, which have not been sold or rented; and if such properties have been made the target of any public policy initiative to bring them...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider including persons who are on sickness benefit for over one year on the autumn cost-of-living payment. [54864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered suggested innovations in the management of the pool of funds generated by the auto-enrolment scheme, whereby the individual's pot would continue to be managed in a single pool, and drawdowns could be made at a smoothed rate rather than the market value of the moment, given that this approach could...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 760. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the payment level for the ECCE scheme was last revised; if he has assessed whether it continues to adequately cover the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54602/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 919. To ask the Minister for Health if proposals have been presented to his ministerial management committee to accelerate the conduct of assessments of need for children with special needs, in the aftermath of a recent court case which deemed that preliminary assessments did not meet the obligations of the existing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54254/22]