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

Richard Bruton: I have two short supplementaries. Could I have the assurance of the Minister that it will not take another five years to implement the changes when they do come out because that would be bitterly disappointing for people who want to see change? Does the Minister agree that the ceiling did not fall in when teachers undertook to assess their own students and that we need to be courageous in...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I sympathise with Deputy Whitmore; five or six minutes is too little. Normally, transformative change of the sort we are undertaking is created by some disruptive technology that sweeps everything before it. What is unique about this crisis is that we have to make this transformative change by an act of human or political will. That challenges us all because the task of politicians is to...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: It is the way to go. We need to build prosperity in rural Ireland on the infrastructure of the future. We also need to help farming to do it. There is a major job to be done in persuading the European Union to change the way it approaches agriculture. It does not value the modifications made in respect of methane emissions nearly enough. Farmers should be well rewarded where they make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will put in place arrangements to facilitate a hybrid leaving certificate in 2021 given the education of exam students has been disrupted during the cycle and will continue to be in the foreseeable future. [57045/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support the provision of segregated bins in public places which have high usage. [57060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has introduced legislation or protocols to ensure that electric vehicle owners in multiple-unit developments have a right to install a charger in their parking spot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the take-up in each local authority in each year since 2016 to date by option (details supplied). [57490/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of properties which are vacant for longer than a transitional period which might become the target of policies to tackle vacancy. [57491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and aggregate area of vacant sites registered on the vacant sites register in each local authority; and the estimated liability and collection of revenue from the levy. [57492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have reported that they have a full-time vacant property officer in place. [57493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most recent data from each local authority on the number of voids within their housing stock; and the average time which elapses between a home being vacated and a new tenant being placed in each authority. [57494/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 328. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been a change in policy regarding the Civil Defence being deployed to transport vulnerable persons to health appointments in situations in which the next of kin are front-line health workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56965/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make arrangements for a hybrid examination for the leaving certificate in 2022 mirroring the approach which was taken in 2021 in view of the continuing anxiety and disruption to study through student or teacher absences. [56892/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there is enough capacity in PPLI to meet the demand to sit leaving certificate Mandarin. [57237/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if the capacity for MRI diagnostics and treatments for public patients is short of what is needed; if he has plans for new investment in capacity or initiating new operating protocols; and the way such extra capacity, when planned, is allocated between different regional hospital groups. [57421/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I apologise, as I was in the Chamber for the start of the first presentation. I have a few basic questions. First, how much freedom of manoeuvre does either an individual member state or the EU as a whole have in this respect? I understand from having listened to Dr. Saheb that the EU is trying to make proposals but they have been rejected. In practical terms, is unanimity required to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I am concerned at the delay in producing the national retrofitting plan or the retrofitting wave as it is called in Europe. Following the publication of the climate action plan, great interest has been aroused but the fact that people do not know the direction of travel on retrofitting is having a chilling effect. Applications for works are now being postponed. Can we see that retrofitting...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (18 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role the United Nations can take to protect citizens and their rights in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (18 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role the United Nations can usefully take to protect citizens and their rights in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55588/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of the Withdrawal of Covid-19 Measures on Business: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I would like to discuss a few of those short-term issues. The work permits and visas seem to be a pinch point. I am hearing stories of it being impossible to get appointments for renewing visas. There are an awful lot of sectors visibly struggling with recruitment. Mr. McDonnell explained that a number of complex issues are coming to bear on this. Is there scope for easing work permit...