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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance the areas which have been included within the living cities designation; the volume of works undertaken; and the value of tax refunds granted in each case. [59577/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties which have been listed as derelict by local authorities; the number which have been served notices to remedy dereliction in the most recent year for which he has data available; if he is satisfied that this legislation is an effective policy instrument to address problems of neglected vacant property;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Council (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of towns in which the Heritage Council’s town health check has been conducted; and the supports which are being made available to support this initiative. [59578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives and their value which have been supported under the urban renewal fund. [59580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if the review and update of the carer’s strategy has commenced; the new strands that are proposed for inclusion; the timescale for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 251. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of towns and villages which have been supported under the town and village renewal scheme and whether she has conducted a review of the effectiveness of this scheme. [59576/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (2 Dec 2021)

Richard Bruton: 252. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the initiatives and their value which have been supported for rural renewal. [59580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has sought a report from the enterprise agencies on the emerging skill shortages; and if a better integration of the strategies for apprenticeships, work permits and Skillnet under the national and regional skills can be forged to address the emerging challenges. [53163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans for separate recycling targets for specific food and beverage cartons; and if so, when they are likely to be put in place. [58319/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has identified a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if not, if she will sanction the refit of further classrooms in its temporary accommodation in order that the school can give assurance to the 2022 intake of pupils. [58758/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 547. To ask the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to speed up waiting times for childhood scoliosis operations; and the prospects of setting a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied). [58472/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if the new arrangement in which a resident of a nursing home under the fair deal scheme can sell the home and still have the contribution capped at 22.5%, can allow a resident to sell his or her home in the first year after entering the home on condition that the 22.5% is put into a protected account from which the HSE will be able to draw down the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 698. To ask the Minister for Health if all general practitioners who administered the first two Covid-19 vaccines will also administer the third; if there is a location in which a priority request for a third vaccine can be lodged by a person who may have found that their general practitioner is not offering the option. [58996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has enhanced the developmental capacity of the services provided by her Department so that workers displaced by Covid-19 will not experience permanent distancing from the workforce. [57717/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional number of gardaí who have been allocated to special units the past three years; the activities which have been enhanced through these units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57741/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State and congratulate her on her very accurate appreciation of the benefits of this model. I remember when Eamon Stack, then chair of the NCSE, developed this. He was like a child, so enthusiastic was he about the impact it would have on special education. There is an opportunity to drive this and make it, as the Minister of State said, unique. There is no other...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I am grateful to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing this matter to be taken. I congratulate the Minister of State on the progress that has been made on special education, which is truly transformative. We now have four times as many special classes and twice as many special needs assistants, SNAs. We have moved from individual models of assessment and expensive gateways to support to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the change in the rate of drug offences recorded in the Dublin metropolitan area in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57742/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the change in the rate of theft offences in the Dublin metropolitan area in the past five years; the change in the rate of detection of such crimes over the period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57743/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I am taking Deputy Alan Farrell's question. The question I would like to ask the Minister is just how radical she is willing to be in this area. The reality is that memory retention, which is at the heart of the leaving certificate, is distorting teaching and learning. The OECD has reported it is creating a second-rate qualification for our students. We are more than five years on from the...