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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Tánaiste for clarifying the approach that will be taken in respect of farming in the climate action plan. Measures to improve the environmental impact of agriculture are not an attack on farming, as some people would seek to portray them, but rather are about farming better. I draw the attention of the House and the Tánaiste to the smart farming programme. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: Does biogenic methane enter into it at any point or is that just by way of correlation off-site through other academic studies?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will indicate whether there has been a falloff in new enterprises established with Local Enterprise Office or with Enterprise Ireland support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Agreements (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when Ireland will complete ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if healthcare assistants have been removed from the ineligible list for work permits, yet organisations providing home care have been excluded from eligibility, even though it is public policy to support persons remaining independent for as long as possible and pay levels in the sector are now comparable with those in residential...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been adjustments made to ensure that the rail fleet is properly ventilated; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that customer monitors have shown that the air conditioning now in use is allowing excessively high CO2 concentrations to build up within carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are principles or noise thresholds which guide the planning process in setting noise abatement measures, restriction on working hours and so on; and the way these are evolved or modified. [52678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sitting the Mandarin exam at leaving certificate level is limited to students attending pilot schools. [52916/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 799. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department receives regular reports on the number of assessments of need for children that are carried out, the number of therapeutic supports that are delivered to children who have been assessed and the average waiting time; and if he is satisfied that the system is making best use of available professional resource given the repeated complaints...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 847. To ask the Minister for Health if there are conditions for which the use of cannabis-based products can be prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours he is budgeting for in 2022; the standards that will be applied to new providers before they are approved for service delivery; and when the emerging features of the new statutory scheme will come into effect. [52665/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 1058. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has set a policy that overseas doctors can only obtain a six month contract; and if this practice makes it more difficult to attract such staff and disrupts the sort of continuity which manpower and care planning requires. [53090/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 1221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the elements of the CAP programme which have as a key objective the reduction in carbon equivalent emissions from agriculture; the targeted reduction in CO2 equivalents in respect of each; the overall cost of the programme; and the system of verification of carbon reduction that will be established at farm level or at programme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 1222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new CAP proposals provide specific enhanced supports to diversification of land use or land management in the period ahead to activities with a lower carbon equivalent; the detail of the enhanced supports; and the projected uptake of each. [52900/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: 1223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the type of activities which can qualify for farm payment from the new programme funded from carbon tax; and the projected impact they will have on carbon equivalent emissions. [52901/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: I am in the precincts of Leinster House. I missed the beginning of the presentation as I was in the Dáil Chamber. I would like to get an idea of the payment metrics for ecosystem services. What is a farmer paid for a hectare at a B rating or for reductions in carbon, biogenic methane or whatever it is? Is there a settled calculus on this and a settled verification that could allow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Bruton: Does the BRIDE Project not look at the breeding? Is it strictly about habitats?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank Dr. Brennan for her presentation and welcome what she is doing. In particular, I welcome her emphasis on the fact that the circular economy is not an offshoot or sideshoot of the waste debate. That is an important point and I would be interested to hear just how central she believes that should be. The circular economy embraces issues such as climate change and biodiversity, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: I am very happy with that reply. The one thing I would press Dr. Brennan on is that if we do not start to institute some requirement on sectors to look at design principles or packaging principles or whatever, even if it is only on the very loose basis of comply or explain, that it is not a stringent regulatory obligation. CIRCULÉIRE has 25 members out of God knows how many enterprises...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: I have a quick follow-up on the question of measuring. I have seen people quoted as saying Ireland has the lowest level of circularity at something less than 2%. Is that a meaningful performance indicator or a robust statistic to track? Deputy Cronin touched on another question, which is who pays in this context and how does the concept of sharing the cost of change pan out? How should...