Results 31,061-31,080 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate how her Department assesses standards of literacy and numeracy at school entry and through primary education. [14232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the way in which savings and assets are treated in means-test assessments, since the very stringent valuation rules risk becoming a deterrent to saving for a fruitful retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14461/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: Diametrically different perspectives have been presented and there is a danger that we pass like ships in the night with each understanding their own position. The reality is we now face a need to make urgent change so the issue is how can we make progress. I hear, from both sides, the ideal solution. On one side, farmers want 100% compensation for the loss in land value and 100%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am not hearing many practical things we are going to do next week or next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: Sorry, my question does not really relate to how we set a higher target. It is about how we start to make progress on practical measures where we can see improvement so we can build confidence that this can be done among the farming community and people who feel a sense of urgency. Setting different targets is not the question I am asking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: My understanding is that there are some examples in Ireland where there are tentative moves towards carbon rewards or environmental rewards but they are on a small scale. Is it just a question of scaling that? Does Mr. O'Brien have confidence in those sorts of measures? He is saying the scheme must be voluntary and that there must be 100% compensation. That sounds like a policy for no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: Maybe Mr. O'Brien could describe that. If we wanted to pilot that sort of money, what would look it like? Would it look like the schemes we have?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has undertaken an assessment of the take-up of the working family dividend and consulted with the Revenue Commissioners, which collects income data to ensure that this support is fully taken up. [14949/23]

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: The level of the shouting down of Government speakers illustrates the motivation behind this debate. This is a reactionary debate. We have heard shrill and strident shouting, hollow slogans and cheap caricatures of the motivations of Government speakers. It does nothing to solve the housing crisis and assures me this is not the time to change Government. There has not been a word about...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: We hear the Opposition continue to shout to prevent the reality from being spoken about. We are facing very difficult issues in housing, but to pretend the Government is not committed to public housing rings absolutely hollow. Last year, 60% of the homes in Dublin were social housing. That is the reality. We need more private construction and to support home buyers, but the Opposition...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has assessed the way in which capital is treated in means tests; and if it needs to be rebalanced to encourage right-sizing and fair treatment. [14948/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the obligations on the banking sector to demonstrate its compliance with climate targets and other elements of the EU Green Deal; if it is expected to have a direct impact on lending decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14801/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 349. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware of the sense of injustice felt by families of persons who served in the armed forces for extended periods, but died shortly after retiring from active service, and whose pension died with them leaving a widow to struggle with young children, as in a case (details supplied); if the State would consider establishing a scholarship...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); and the expected date of completion. [14761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list the schools in the Donaghmede/Howth/Dublin 13 area at primary and at secondary level; in each case, if she will indicate the denomination of the school; if they admit boys or girls; the pupil capacity of the school; the present level of enrolment; and if she has plans to provide more school places in the catchment. [15425/23]

Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Tánaiste for bringing this report before the House. All Deputies can only feel shock and dismay at the findings of the report. I refer to the constant belittling of women, the unwillingness to counter bullying, the immense figure of 88% reporting sexual harassment among women, the abuse of power and the contempt for many of the skills women could have brought to the Army....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of people who would be eligible for the cost-rental scheme if the net income limit of €53,000 was to increase to €60,000 and to €80,000. [15524/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the maximum levels of household annual income ranging from €30,000 to €60,000 by 20%, with regard to the adaptation grants for older persons and people with a disability. [15525/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of raising the current maximum household income threshold of €60,000 to €70,000 with regard to the adaptation grants for older persons and people with a disability. [15526/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to the adaptation grants for older persons and people with a disability the estimated cost of increasing the maximum grant amounts at each level by 20% based on current uptake rates. [15527/23]