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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Renewable Industry Forum and Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industry: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: The merit of those regional enterprise strategies is that they bring in the players.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Renewable Industry Forum and Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industry: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: They bring the ports, Enterprise Ireland, the IDAs, the councils and the education interests to the table. If they sign off on a sectoral opportunity being the priority to be developed for the next four years or ten years, suddenly everyone will be pushing in the same direction. The councils are great. They have a strategic role in planning, in environmental control and so on. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Renewable Industry Forum and Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industry: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: It is important to state that our grid is regarded as an international exemplar of the extent to which it has successfully taken renewables on board. We are now aiming for an 80% renewable figure. It is important to put the issue in context and it is worth saying that Scotland is different. That brings me to the following question. With capital and construction capacity scarce for public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 1005. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department makes any allowance in the budget provision for a school (details supplied) which has to operate across two separate sites. [30011/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on when it is expected that construction will commence for a new school (details supplied). [30013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 1179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the acute shortage for crèche accommodating babies under two years in many parts of Dublin; if he plans any initiatives to bridge this gap; if he will extend support to parents who now must opt for care in private homes as the only option to meet their needs; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 1287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has monitored the frequency of homophobic attacks in Dublin city; and if she raised the matter and measures with the Garda Commissioner to ensure that persons feel safe on the streets. [28982/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 1288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will consider organising more frequent swearing-in ceremonies to speed up the naturalisation process or if she will authorise a simpler form of swearing-in process. [29050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 1370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the current legislation in relation to powers of attorney which restricts the conferring of power on specified relatives and prevents persons from selecting others with whom they may prefer to trust such matters and if she will consider amending this provision. [30810/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 1392. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays in the registration of nurses, coming from or returning from overseas, with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will request the board to consider measures to accelerate registrations in view of staff shortages.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28893/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: It is a fascinating subject. I do not know whether other people struggle the way I do with the enormity of the challenge facing us. In terms of mobilising people, if people feel a bit overwhelmed - it involves climate, pollution, species, extraction, farm methods and consumer choices, etc. - it all becomes a bit overwhelming for them. Are there ways in which we can make it more concrete...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: Does that presuppose there will be a funding stream to pay them for the carbon sequestration? These are key issues. It needs to be made attractive for people to do these things. People need to be informed of the downside and, in cases, non-compliant activity needs to be levied. How far down the road are we to having a set of these instruments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: The Chairman asked me to comment. Is that a provocation? Looking at a programme of drainage in a cost-benefit analysis comes down to what we count as costs versus what we count as benefits. The reality is that if in ten years we price carbon at €100 per tonne, a hectare of land devoted to beef farming, for example, where margins are extremely low, would be tiny next to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: I would not burden the Chairman with it. It was a long time ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: To go back to my first question, is this not the merit of going for the circular economy? It forces it into the mainstream. It is not the ecologists speaking to people. It is when it is forced into the financial context that every sector is under an obligation to come to terms with it.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 22. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received reports from the county childcare committees on the adequacy of provision for children under two years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the challenges that have been experienced in the roll-out of the new core funding model for childcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made rolling out low-cost initiatives that can help families reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions which can be quickly rolled out such as heat controls, public electric vehicle chargers, utilisation of smart meters and so on. [28308/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when it is planned to allocate the climate budget across the various sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28309/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Richard Bruton: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider a call to create a centre of excellence for the circular economy embracing science, design, knowledge transfer, commercialisation and behavioural strategies to encourage consumer adoption. [25376/22]