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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: On the choice of using concrete or timber, looking at it from an industry point of view, what does one do in the concrete or timber industry? The fundamental choice, initially, is to choose one that has a lot of renewable features built in. Is the approach being taken not missing some of that cross dynamic?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he monitors the extent to which local authorities are applying the criteria of need for childcare places in the issuing of conditions surrounding new developments. [32475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has identified the need for new supply in early childhood education and childcare; and if he has developed any proposals for capital support in areas of shortage. [32474/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered creating a different charge for an application for citizenship for persons who have lived and worked for most of their lives in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32641/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is the expectation that it will be one omnibus sort of obligation, covering everything from health to education bodies, or will we see this legislation coming back with specific obligations on a model for an individual company or body?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: Going back to the original point about climate obligations, I recall that the Department used to publish annually the energy-efficiency performance of bodies. They ranged from the excellent to the deplorable, and it created some sort of momentum for people to get themselves out of the fourth division. The Department has a similar model with regard to emissions impact measured either in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I know it is not really relevant, but should they not also be looking at embodied emissions in their purchasing of vehicles and their construction of buildings? With the sort of thing that comes up in the circular economy, one starts to look at the wider impact, which gives a somewhat more rounded view of what we are trying to achieve, compared to the narrow inventory of direct emissions.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she would consider allowing non-EU citizens working in Ireland long-term to have a longer lasting residency visa issued to them; if she would facilitate easier access to visitor visas for members of such families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33070/23]

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. Our committee is now being asked to examine the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. It makes compelling reading. There is no doubt the intensification of production in agriculture and other industries has had a huge impact on nature. There is a figure thrown around which I have often used. It is that our production...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I wonder what changed compared to the original conception of having Ervia. Was there a rationale to it? What changed? I am interested in the methodology that now exists generally for public bodies squaring up to climate obligations and seeking to be innovative in the climate space. How is this being rolled out? Is it by letters, or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of estates which are overdue for taking-in-charge; and if he plans any initiatives to address this problem. [33127/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update the Dáil Éireann on the level of home purchases by first-time-buyers; and the progress of Government initiatives to support this. [33128/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 133. 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 who collect income data to ensure that this support is fully taken up. [33146/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has undertaken a review of means test in the social welfare code; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is in a position to sanction an increase in An Post pensions which have been signed off by the Trustees. [33421/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of earners that pay income tax at the top 40% rate, before tax credits are taken into account. [33342/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of full-time workers that pay income tax at the top 40% rate, before tax credits are taken into account. [33343/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who have benefitted from the increase in the home carers tax credit in Budget 2023. [33344/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who have benefitted from the earned income tax credit since its introduction, in tabular form. [33345/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance when the age tax credit of €245 was last increased; the percentage increase in average earnings since that last increase; and if he will list the age credit as an element of the tax code which should be reviewed as preparation for the Budget 2024 commencement. [33425/23]