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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (18 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to an error in the calculation of the FEMPI reduction in pensions for some teachers who had pensions from combined elements of service, many pensioners have been presented with requests for repayment; and if she would consider that since the errors were not made by the pensioners concerned,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has reviewed the terms of the wage subsidy scheme; and if she has considered extending its terms to those who are self-employed, as many people with a disability have been forced into self-employment by the difficulties often encountered in accessing paid employment which understands the abilities they can deliver in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I have to say I struggle to keep track of whether we are on target, off target or ahead of target in the various areas. I am interested to know how this is done across government. I presume there is Cabinet committee and there are critical indicators that the Minister or Taoiseach tracks. Could this in some way be shared with the committee? Even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: There are also policy tools.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider the opportunity for more flexible financial supports for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37635/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (24 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider developing an age friendly mark which could be adopted by both public and private bodies, which would contain a commitment to specific measures that would facilitate full participation by older people in activities and services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37634/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when approval will be granted for works (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37295/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (24 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans, to change the arrangements for maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave; if any of these anticipated changes will take place during 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37894/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (25 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the pathway being put in place to establish community safety partnerships and community safety plans across Dublin; and if she has set out timelines for key milestones on the journey. [38005/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed the take-up of new forestry planting schemes on offer from his Department; and his views on whether further measures are needed to achieve the ambitious targets which have been set. [38004/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if availing of a shared equity scheme either through first homes or through a local authority scheme can hamper the extent to which help-to-buy entitlements can be claimed; if he has considered extending the concession made to those using the local authority scheme to also cover those availing of first homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to bring driving lessons and driver education classes into second level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38399/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an appeals process in relation to the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38405/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 274. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role that will be fulfilled by the Childcare Development Agency, which he has established on an administrative basis; whether it will take responsibility for identifying gaps in the current provision and develop a long-term capital programme to fill those gaps; and whether the current capital grant scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the earnings index that is used to update the median income used for setting the income threshold for GP cover; the period over which the index is measured; and the date during the year when the income threshold is revised. [38377/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake of the concession in the fair deal means test (details supplied); and if he has considered further changes in the light of experience. [38393/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (26 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the maintenance payments and student contribution concessions which are now available to post-graduate students; if the exact same means thresholds apply as for undergraduates; the extent to which fees are covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (26 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which student earnings are disregarded in the means tests for student support; if it is calculated based on earnings prior to taking the course in the year of entry, which may for some students have constituted full-time working, and would not be a realistic estimate of the household earnings once studying; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank Mr. Murphy for his presentation. The court is doing interesting work that is relevant to our own. To play devil’s advocate for a minute, it seems that the court is running a slide rule over return on investment to decide whether spend in the climate area is washing its face compared to spend elsewhere. Is it not the case that, in many of the matters Mr. Murphy discussed,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: To get the transformational shift, however, it seems as though we have to set targets we do not know how to get to, and that is what is happening here. We have set a 51% target for emissions and no one knows exactly how we are going to get there. Is the court cutting any slack for those who are setting the targets, bearing in mind the enormous uncertainty? If we say we are going to do...