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Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: In the context of build back better, yesterday I published a draft framework for a circular economy as a rapporteur which, I believe, should be a central spine on our climate action planning. I do not need to remind the Minister that Ireland has 22% more waste than the rest of the EU. Our food waste would be the equivalent in climate impact to 1 million vehicles being taken off the road if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the success to date of pre-apprenticeship courses in opening up opportunity to a wider range of possible participants. [25559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and range of new apprenticeships; the number of further apprenticeships which are now in the pipeline; and if he has identified any barriers in the development of these new opportunities. [25558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered whether opportunities for lifelong learning should be built into the social insurance system. [25554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (20 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to amend Article 41.3 of Bunreacht na hÉireann in order to recognise a wider range of families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27200/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate the Tánaiste, his Department and its agencies for the flexibility and adaptability they have shown. I particularly welcome the introduction of examinership-lite and the new approach to work, sick pay, the living wage and so on. We are seeing the Department responding to a changing environment. Is the use of antigen testing rather than PCR tests before boarding flights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: I will try to take less than five minutes. There will just be one chance to reset the compass in terms of climate and the circular economy and that is as we start to reopen. In practical terms, will this happen? Will there be audits of enterprise to assess preparedness and setting milestones? Will more people commit to plastic pledges and 2030 climate pledges? How will we drive it on? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: I am happy to get involved in any such discussions. It is not just about looking at energy and waste. The reality is the choice of materials in construction, for example, can have a significant impact in terms of whether they lock up carbon or generate carbon emissions. There is a need for micro-thinking to start happening at sectoral level within the agencies that are in charge of them....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if modifications in short-time working or rent supplements are envisaged to help persons in cases in which the return to full-time working post-Covid is phased. [25553/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: In terms of our Paris obligations, to what extent can peat or forestry contribute to the targets we are setting for 2030 and 2050? Allied to that question, do we need to change the way the inventory is measured at EU level? It is my understanding that neither peat nor forestry falls into the existing inventory. The big question then is how to drive both peat restoration and forestry, which...

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: First, I wish to recall that in 2016 we set the target of having the best education and training system in Europe by 2026. I am very heartened by the progress that has been made. I believe passionately that it can be achieved. We have an excellent basis to do so. However, I will point out to the Minister that it is about more reform, not about more resources in the main. It is about the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the pilot scheme of delivering therapeutic support to a regionally grouped set of schools and preschools has been completed in order that her Department is in a position to extend the scheme to a new catchment resources permitting. [24038/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (13 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to accelerate the reform of the leaving certificate. [24037/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State and welcome that a plan is in place and there is innovative thinking within it. I would like the plan to provide for monthly published data so that we could see how the numbers are going and how cases are being reviewed and prioritised, particularly those of the 284,000 who have been waiting over 12 months, to ensure people with urgent needs are not being...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue. It is going to become very important and it is absolutely critical that a coherent plan to address it is put in place. Just as much thought should be put into that plan as went into the Covid crisis. The truth is that the health service will face a backlog of treatment and people seeking treatment at a time when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Chairman. First of all, my apologies. I was in the Dáil speaking about mental health and health issues, so I missed Ms Plunkett's presentation, which I will certainly play back. A few questions struck me while listening to the debate. Is this a worldwide model that these platforms apply? Are there better practices in other countries from which we should be learning? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: The Health and Safety Authority has a duty to inspect and see that workers are protected. I do not have its legislation in front of me but I would have thought some of the things we are hearing about sound very close to legal breaches. Ms Crider expressed the concern that the HSA had not responded or listened to people who should have been heard. That sounds serious to me. To clarify,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: I think we should hear from the Health and Safety Authority on this matter. Apart from the Covid issues which may be all that it looked at, it seems to me there are wider issues here that it should be investigating. Those questions are not for the witnesses here today, but for the HSA. I thank the witnesses for their time.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (11 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the issues at WTO governing intellectual property rights in Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24146/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (11 May 2021)

Richard Bruton: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the obligations of takeaway venues in respect of waste management; and if he plans to introduce new measures which would reduce the amount of throwaway containers and create greater obligations to contribute to litter management. [23650/21]