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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework (9 Sep 2024)

Richard Bruton: 2058.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of the updated National Planning Framework’s projections for the geographical distribution of future job and population growth between the five cities and outside Ireland's cities; how these projections might impact the development of her Department’s forthcoming National Hub Strategy; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 115.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current policy in relation to connections for new data centres, and their obligations in relation to standby non-renewable capacity, and the use of waste heat; the extent to which data centres for which permission has been sought can meet such criteria; and his views on the existence of an effective moratorium in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 116.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Irish carbon emissions now fall into the emission trading system or into the effort sharing regulation; the 2030 targets which have been set at EU level for Ireland in each case; and how they relate to the target set in the Climate Action Plan. [33367/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 117.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the changing evaluation of the emissions associated with the land use sector have impacted the target being set at EU level for Ireland in this sector; and how it in turn impacts the target set for the remainder of the effort-sharing sectors. [33371/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 119.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made at rolling out ‘one-stop shops’, as outlined in the 2022 SEAI report; if he can provide any empirical measures of their impact on uptake of supports and retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33450/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 120.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of electricity demand that will be created by the targeted installation of retrofit heat pumps and by electric vehicles by 2030; and how that compares with the current level of demand from these sources. [33454/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 756.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas for which external evaluation has been commissioned by her Department in the past five years; the body undertaking the research; if the reports have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32405/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 757.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the membership of each board operating under her Department; the basis on which they are selected; and the number who have completed more than one term. [32406/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 758.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pathway which she has mapped out for the reform of the Leaving Certificate; and the timescale for each significant milestone planned. [32407/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 759.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the key pieces of policy research conducted by the central policy unit in the past five years; and the extent to which the recommendations have been integrated into policy decisions. [32409/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 760.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole school evaluations which have been conducted by the inspectorate in the past five years; and the level of take up of self-evaluation tools by schools; if recommendations are emerging from this work for future policy development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32410/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 761.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targets she has set for digital teaching and learning over the next five years; if new programmes are in development to achieve these targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32411/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 762.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targets she has set for diversification of patronage over the next five years at primary level; if new programmes are in development to achieve these targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32412/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 763.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes to which the discretionary new spend at budget time has been allocated in each of the past five years; the impact that they have had; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32413/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 764.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the major bodies established under her Department have been subject to external evaluation; the most recent such evaluation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 765.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of programmes of her Department that have been subject to evaluation in the past five years, as was the intention set out in the Public Service Management Act 1997; if those evaluations have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32415/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 766.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make available the terms of reference, research brief and any other documentation supplied by her Department to the study group in relation to the OECD Review of the DEIS programme, a list of the individuals and groups the group were advised by her Department to interview; the additional individuals and groups the team consulted;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 767.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the OECD review of the DEIS programme, the number of primary schools visited and their DEIS band status; the number of post-primary schools visited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 768.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools included in the DEIS programme when it was commenced; the number of these that are no longer participants in the scheme or are still involved in the scheme but under a different banding designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 771.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools included in the DEIS programme when it was commenced; the number that are no longer participants in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32427/24]