Results 31,221-31,240 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (25 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the preparatory work being done for the roll-out of community safety plans beyond the pilot areas; if new sources of funding, beyond the proceeds of crime, will be needed to fund initiatives under these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (25 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the support to victims of crime now being provided, including an assessment of the numbers benefitting from supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25191/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Spending Code (25 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the price of carbon fixed in the public expenditure code is factored into the design of agricultural policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (25 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of land use currently under way; the key findings of the work to date; and the implications for future policy development. [25194/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 288. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all sections 38 and 39 organisations that receive funding from his Department or the HSE MHS budget for the provision of mental health supports for the past three years; to provide details on the services being provided by these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Capital Expenditure Programme (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 77. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the likely priorities for the national development plan capital budget for childcare. [25581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the roles which the new childcare development will play; and if it is intended that the programme board will have interim executive authority, pending the introduction of the legislation. [25580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered extending the warmer homes scheme to persons living in Ireland who are in receipt of the fuel supplement from the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Complaints Procedures (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify whether procedures for the use of section 28 of the Education Act 1998 have been issued; if there are plans to issue them; and whether the lack of such procedures is hampering the fair handling of grievances that may arise in a school setting. [25586/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will indicate for each local authority, the number of expressions of interest to his Department; the number of applications; the number of approvals under the Affordable Housing Fund made to date; and the average payment per development undertaken. [25589/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will indicate the number of expressions of interest, of applications and of approvals under the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund for the development of sites. [25590/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will indicate the number of expressions of interest, the number of applications and of approvals under the Croí Cónaithe Cities Fund. [25591/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the progress to date on the projected affordable housing delivery of each local authority; and the number planned that remain to be developed. [25592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered what it would cost to extend the fuel allowance to persons who have been six months on an assistance payment, and to those in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25958/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth that available therapeutic resource for children with special needs is properly allocated between completing assessments and delivering therapeutic services; and if he will indicate the key performance targets for the new disability networks, and their capacity to achieve them. [18546/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (30 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 747. To ask the Minister for Health when the new means limit for the GP only card, which was due to be in place from April 2023 will come into force; and if he will outline the exact thresholds that will apply. [26099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 47. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambitions for the development of GP care and the challenges in meeting them. [26595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the impact of initiatives designed to respond to emerging skill needs, such as Springboard, Human Capital Initiative, and Skillnet; and the lessons that can be drawn for policy development from them. [26606/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to engage with key sectors, including the public service, in order to develop a single portal where people can not only get information about apprenticeship options, but apply to participate in a centralised recruitment process for such sectors. [26607/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the potential for alternative energy sources to be developed within local communities, or at the level of a small business or farm under the respective opportunities for solar, small-scale wind, anaerobic digestion, biofuels, and so on; if, in each case, he will outline the potential for energy...