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Written Answers — Department of Health: Birth Certificates (27 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 1937. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a delay in issuing birth certificates to new born babies, as in a case of a child (details supplied); and if cases will be fast tracked in cases in which there is a need to obtain a passport for essential travel. [35909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Birth Certificates (27 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 2133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the disruption which has occurred to the issuance of a certification of birth, PPS numbers and so on, for newly born children; the steps that are being taken to resolve the issues; and the provision that is being made in cases in which such certification is urgently needed. [36641/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (27 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 2234. To ask the Minister for Health if he has issued a direction to the HSE to ensure that if there are delays due to Covid-19 in registering new born babies on to medical cards that the cost of any treatments would be refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 2818. To ask the Minister for Health if a protocol has been developed to ensure the full restoration of adult disability services given some clients are still on reduced services. [39139/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Death Certificates (27 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 3032. To ask the Minister for Health if the backlog on the issue of death certificates due to Covid-19 is being cleared; and when a death which occurred in April 2021 (details supplied) might be issued. [40064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has lifted the restriction which applies to persons getting a second round of support under the warmer homes scheme in cases in which the previous support had only been for shallow measures such as roof insulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38797/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (15 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has made contact with the organisers of Dublin City Marathon to establish whether any reassurance could be provided to allow this important event to be held given the likely progress in vaccines by then. [38812/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cost of correcting fire defects will be addressed by the new working group on structural defects; if steps are being taken to ensure that those who move early to correct defects will not be disadvantaged in access to supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38783/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (14 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans under consideration to amend Irish arrangements for postal voting. [38366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn the fact that actors can get very sporadic access to work which would force them to sign off PUP but which would not represent a sustainable opportunity to re-establish their self-employed income on a medium term basis; and if a special category under PUP or some other mechanism could be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 311. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend temporary support to the nursing home sector to ensure the continuance of the highest levels of protection to residents. [30791/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for coming in. There is widespread discontent with the policies being pursued in the settlements in the occupied territories. The issue is what way should Ireland go about addressing this. I would like whether the witnesses support what the Irish Government is trying to achieve in making progress on this ongoing and difficult situation, which is causing so much hardship.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: What worries me is that members of Mr. Lovatt's organisation has described our ambassador in Israel as a Zionist. That is not helpful to developing policy in this arena. While there can be clearly different views about what the best approach should be, it is not right that when an Irish civil servant presents the Irish Government case that should be the reaction. I do not know whether Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: I understand that members of Sadaka have made such a contention. That is not helpful to any way of progressing this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: That is certainly reassuring because I am told and I saw a tweet in which that was said by someone who is, as I understand it, a member but I take Mr. Ó hAinmhire's evidence. The fundamental issue is with regard to the issues being sought in that the legal adviser to the Government, the Attorney General, has said they are not possible. Are there elements of the case Mr. Ó...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: Did I concede too soon?

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: I welcome this Bill. It is important that a tax like this be updated regularly. We are eight years on from the original evaluation in 2013. There is never a good time to update the valuations but we saw the consequence of not doing that. The revaluation of commercial property caused untold controversy because valuations that had been set years ago on the basis of rental values were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (13 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 61. To ask the Minister for Health his latest assessment of trends in the use of illegal drugs in Dublin city and county; and the success of strategies in place. [28089/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (13 Jul 2021)

Richard Bruton: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the way the locations will be chosen for a disadvantaged area in which a special health strategy will be implemented; the method which will be adopted in those areas to maximise the impact on health inequalities; and when the first such programme will be put in place. [28088/21]