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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active age groups and the number of day centres for persons being cared for at home that his Department supports through the HSE or other funding routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of college places now being made available outside the CAO system in the different schemes; how these have grown over the past five years, to include Springboard, apprenticeships, human capital initiative, skillnet, FET, and his new scheme for entry into certain health and practical skills announced recently; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the fantastic work that has been put into this. It really shows the power of a citizens’ assembly to mobilise a sleeping giant, in a way, to confront people with the science and to get them to come down to what the options are and how we go about it. I have a few basic questions. The witnesses talked about setting targets. What targets...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: On targets, I had more in mind whether they would be in regard to water, top ten sites or whatever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is there a system for verification? Taxpayers will want to know that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: Professor Frank Convery is still writing blogs on this topic, if Dr. Ó Cinnéide wishes to have a look.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: Did the members come across any country they would regard as having been particularly successful, having started from somewhere a bit like where we are, in mobilising the level of public support as well as a sustained commitment? I would have thought the Netherlands was a very successful country but I now see a massive pushback against it with the emergence of a farmers’ party that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is there an intention to have a second Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: I think Deputy Stanton has asked most of the questions. I was there when this was set up. It filled an important gap and continues to do so. It is good to see this is being placed on a more permanent footing. I hope the credit unions will increasingly see their role in this. They have quite a lot of untapped reserves which can play an important role in communities. Looking at...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: I too worry about my grandchildren. I take a very different view from the last speaker. I believe, for example, that the State's decision to invest in broadband so that every family in the country will have access to high-speed broadband was a good decision for rural Ireland. We have seen the product of that already with increased remote working and new opportunities in rural villages. We...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have claimed the new tax credit on unsupported private rents to date in 2023; the numbers that Revenue estimates are eligible; if he has considered whether obstacles exist to its full take-up, or whether information has not reached all eligible persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of each tax credit which can be claimed; and his latest estimate of the numbers claiming them. [40359/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of each tax exemption which can be claimed; and his latest estimate of the numbers claiming them (for example, the rent-a-room scheme, and so on). [40360/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who make claims for unreimbursed medical expenses each year; whether the Revenue Commissioners have made any estimates of the amount of under-claiming in respect of medical expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40737/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate her plans to open a school (details supplied) which has not yet opened as anticipated. [39658/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether modules in special education have become a mandatory element in teacher training; and if not, if she would consider such a change since it is of such growing importance in inclusive teaching skills. [39682/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the delay in the planned opening of a school (details supplied); if she will indicate how this came about; and whether the issues can be quickly resolved. [39684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a higher-than-usual number of full-time posts in schools which remain vacant this September; if she considers it appropriate that some of the rules surrounding who can act as a substitute in such roles should now be relaxed; if not, if other changes could be made to offer other possibilities to local school leaders to find ways to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she has considered initiating, along with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, a national dialogue on the reform of the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40280/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of resource teachers employed at primary and at secondary level, distinguishing those in mainstream classes, special classes and in special schools; and the number of children receiving support in each case. [40355/23]