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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the scarcity of school places in the school planning area D13 Donaghmede Howth; if she has collected information on the long waiting lists for some schools particularly those offering non-denominational education; if she has assessed whether all pupils needing a place can be appropriately accommodated; and if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I offer my congratulations to Mr. Coyle, who has long been an advocate for this concept. People are perhaps slow learners, catching up with him in his vision for this sector. Given his experience in the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, to what extent is this concept on their agenda? He talks of a political direction but from my relatively long experience in that Department, the IDA and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. It is impressive to see the amount of progress that is being made and the establishment of the plan-led approach, the task force, enterprise and skills and the cluster. My central question would be if the political system seeks to lift our efforts on offshore renewable opportunity to a higher level, what would the witnesses recommend should now be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: Hopefully, as half-sisters, the Department of Finance will-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I think they are on the wider picture of how we lift our ambition.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: My questions relate to the retrofitting scheme. The CSO data on housing and energy use show a clear pattern where some areas with older buildings have very low and poor energy systems. Is enough being done to have focused, area-based initiatives? The retrofit programme is admirable in many of its intentions, particularly its focus on anti-poverty measures, but it seems to rely on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I commend the work going on but would have to raise a question mark over the 25% allocation for affordable purchase. I am not clear on why that is the case. The impression I get is that there is a far higher appetite for affordable purchase than suggested by the allocation. How is it proposed to accelerate the throughput from local authorities on the affordable-purchase side? We have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected supply of homes for affordable purchase from Dublin local authorities and the Land Development Agency, LDA, in Dublin; and the status of the regulations now in preparation in his Department. [11834/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: The Minister recently published targets for social housing in each of the local authorities, which was useful. I am interested to hear what the targets are for affordable purchase in each of the local authorities and by the LDA and when he will trigger the regulations that will allow such projects, some of which already are coming on stream, to have clear guidelines in respect of their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I commend the Minister and Minister of State on the progress being made. I note that the LDA has presented projections that would see just 25% of the homes it will build available for affordable purchase, the balance being for cost rental. That seems very low given the demand for affordable-purchase housing. What is the projected number of houses for the 56 ha of land the LDA holds in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate his approach to having rental schemes for e-scooters; and the framework under which they will evolve. [11830/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has encouraged the development of consumer satisfaction feedback on public transport to provide a spur to delivering passenger needs. [11831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has set targets for local authorities in respect of bringing private vacant property back into use. [11835/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: Bonjour, vous êtes le bienvenu au notre comité. C’est une semaine sombre pour toute l'Europe. Je crois qu’on a souvent dit que l’Europe a besoin d’une nouvelle énergie. Je crois que on a trouvé cette énergie dans la crise en Ukraine. Mr. Schmit is very welcome. It is great to see him here. We have three speakers who have to fit into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank our guests for their presentations. I welcome the publication of this legislation and introducing it swiftly is the right thing to do. It is, however, disappointing to find that the two sides are so far apart, with IBEC stating that no legislation should be considered at all and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, stating the legislation is useless. I see our role as trying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I wish to come in briefly to suggest the following. If we have legislation to ensure it is a statutory obligation to have a policy and for employers to behave reasonably, and if a code of practice is developed by the Workplace Relations Commission, which may be relevant to adjudication, so we are therefore moving beyond the existing scope of adjudication in the Bill to test something with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: I appreciate that. Our time is limited and Deputy Stanton has to come in.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in transforming the various public procurement protocols to embrace circular economy principles. [11136/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Richard Bruton: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered funding deep retrofits for older persons with the recovery of their share of the costs from a later transfer of the property which is the principle underpinning the fair deal scheme in health. [11149/22]