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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Geographical Indications for Craft and Industrial Products: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: Do the witnesses wish to comment on Donegal tweed and Connemara marble which are the two other cases in the starting blocks, if you like? What protection or value will this yield and how do we ensure that value is developed if we go for GIs?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I was delighted to see the Tánaiste’s backing for multidisciplinary teams supporting our schools. I agree it should be a programme for Government commitment. A pilot of 75 schools and 75 preschools was undertaken when I was Minister, which is quite some time ago, and that has never been extended. I admit Covid might have delayed it but it should have been. The capacity to...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I commend the Minister on the work he has done in the Department. He has made a real mark. We now have legislation and a framework for implementing our climate ambition. We have made significant progress and many good initiatives have been rolled out, such as the loan scheme that was recently put in place. It would be churlish not to recognise the effort, commitment and progress that the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I commend the progress made on this by the Department. As the Minister rightly alluded, we had a considerable battle to get this approved, and I was gratified about a year ago to see the Minister's colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, issue a reply indicating that the present calculation of the benefits was double the benefits estimated at the time it was approved. That...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I also advocated for the "disruptive technologies" programme, where €500 million-----

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: We have medical device companies and ICT companies; we have wonderful resources. We are probably better placed than almost any state to think about a transformative programme in this area. It would be a low-cost toe in the water. It would be harder to integrate the State, as the Minister said, but it would be a good first step.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: Now that the Minister may have a little more time on his hands, he should listen to "The Rest is Politics - Leading", a podcast with Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell, and the interview they did with Audrey Tang, the digital Minister in Taiwan. What Taiwan did around the co-designing of solutions is well worth a listen. It is amazing what was achieved in a relatively short period.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a precise timeframe has been set for the mid-term review of the Irish Forestry Programme; his views on whether this is a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42119/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria under which new data centres can be approved for connection and permitting; whether a long-term pathway for the development of the sector can be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41417/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has circulated potential targets under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 to stakeholders in the various sectors; and if he would consider integrating these targets with the process for monitoring climate target delivery. [41414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will adjust the current cleaning service grant at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41060/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired in the Mayo district in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive. [41354/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Mayo district who are currently on sick leave. [41355/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí recruited in the Mayo district in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [41357/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the Minister. What is his assessment of how changes in the geopolitical landscape, to put it at its most euphemistic, the output of war, the increasing tensions, the increasing sense of retaliatory measures between different states which we look to to co-operate in the context of reducing emissions, have put a dampener on progress that can be made at COP29? Are these countries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I was struck by the statistic the Minister provided that, of the 473 GW of renewable energy put in place, only 2.7 GW is in Africa. Has the Minister been able to probe what is going on there? I recently met the Moroccan ambassador to Ireland and he identified great opportunity in this area, to which he is very committed. What are the barriers? Are they funding barriers or are they more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: The structural question is whether all these microeconomic matters are addressed at the UN or if it is solely the macroeconomic thing of how much money is in the pot.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered extending the remit of approved housing bodies to include a proportion of homes for affordable purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42875/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to stimulate the opportunity for people to right-size, where people wish to consider such options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42936/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the challenge which the cap on flights poses to charters to attend major sporting events over the coming months, both home and away; if measures can be taken to protect this traditional traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42503/24]