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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has conducted a recent evaluation of the need for a new second-level school in a catchment area (details supplied); the projected demand for places; the projected level of available places; the availability of schools of diverse patronage; the pattern of pupils entering or leaving the catchment for second-level education; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a gardener working in a university is entitled to be paid the travel time allowance for craft workers from his Department. [51209/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received reports on the level of crime and antisocial behaviour in Dublin city centre; if her Department monitors the level of safety that persons feel circulating in the city centre, particularly at night; and if any initiatives are planned to address this concern. [50440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if pension restoration to all ranks of An Garda Síochána has been completed; and if not, if there are plans to restore remaining reductions. [50441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 728. To ask the Minister for Health if the termination of certain screening programmes when persons reach a certain age can be reviewed in view of the fact it creates the perception that a lower value is placed on a person's health as they advance in age. [50429/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this matter. I am pleased to have been associated with the establishment of a Fine Gael policy lab, which is essentially policy research that deals with first-hand experience. In the case of childcare, we spoke to more than 2,500 providers, parents and staff in the system. The conclusion was resounding. The message was that the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State and am encouraged to hear about all that work. One thing I did not hear mentioned, and this should be the starting point, is the need to start with the well-being of children. We need to embed in any such agency what the well-being of children is and how it will be measured and monitored in order that all this activity generates an outcome, especially for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider introducing some disregard in the means test for disability allowance for a person who is in a position to rent a room within their home. [50249/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the recommendations of an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the new programme for families in Afghanistan in order that the lessons from previous experiences can be applied. [50341/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: First, I thank both our speakers for their contributions. The first question is to Ms O'Brien. I would like to get an understanding of how prescriptive legislation should seek to be in some of these areas. Should we consider giving the Minister enabling powers so that in the future as opportunities evolve, measures can be introduced with regard to virgin plastic, requirements regarding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: Can Ireland do that on its own?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: In European experience has a provision such as comply or explain ever been used in these areas, where a general obligation can be created but for a number of years there is an option of not complying but offering an explanation as to why it has not been possible? It avoids regulations being so rigid that they become unenforceable but it changes the obligation towards better practice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: How, in layman's terms, will it be easier to enforce? Is it still the small claims court? Does the CCPC just take issues of public concern rather than individual complaints? An issue which keeps coming up is the difficulty of contacting some of these providers. With many providers of online services you simply just cannot contact them. If you want to change your terms, you face...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: My apologies, Chairman, but one if not two of my questions were not answered, so perhaps I may come back in again with them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: I wish to return to the issue of the difficulty in contacting many of these providers of services. It seems that they do this without any regard to consumers. This is important in the context of rising energy prices. Since people can reduce their costs significantly if they switch providers, this is a deliberate attempt to try to lock people in and put them at a disadvantage by using...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: Many people want to discontinue their service and switch to another provider or they have a package that no longer meets their needs, but it is virtually impossible to make contact with their provider.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: That is a nuclear option, though. You would have thought you had a right to alter your terms where, say, you have a phone package that you no longer need.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: And that is part of their contract, as opposed to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: I am just a bit confused about where you can enforce under the contract versus where you go to the Data Protection Commission office and look for vindication under the law.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Regulations (12 Oct 2021)

Richard Bruton: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the system of supplementary charging for suitcases and so on by airlines is subject to any regulation, either nationally or at EU level. [49374/21]