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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 746. To ask the Minister for Health how health delivery will be improved for communities outside the major population centres by the introduction of his e-health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29509/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 841. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made from the first batch of town centre first projects; the value of projects agreed; and the learnings from this round as to how this policy can now be scaled up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29510/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: I suggest the Minister needs to put a bomb under that unit. It has far too narrow a conception of what shared mobility might offer, by confining itself to these commercial operators. The truth is that 95% of our vehicles lie idle, 95% of the time they are idle, 90% of journeys are single occupant and in a world of modern app technology, surely we can start to exploit that opportunity. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: I listened to the debate with Deputy Brendan Smith. If we had a mobility hub in rural Cavan where drivers, not linked to the ownership of a particular car but availing of the facilities in the hub, could offer such services to those who wanted them, would we not have a very cheap and effective win-win for Deputy Brendan Smith's suggestion? Is it not the case that the mobility hub in Finglas...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: The Cathaoirleach Gníomhach was moving too quickly for me. I was just coming in the door.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work of the unit within his Department that was established last year to actively engage with shared mobility operators and partnerships, local authorities, and the National Transport Authority to develop and guide policy around shared mobility and promote the use of shared mobility nationally; and if...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: This question may provide a response to Deputy Brendan Smith's question as well. I would like to hear about the plans for shared mobility. There are 3 million vehicles on our roads representing 60 million tonnes of embedded carbon. They use 12 million tonnes of carbon every year. Shared mobility is the greatest opportunity for carbon emission abatement at a very low cost.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date on the regional and local EV infrastructure network plan’s public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28619/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered any innovative policy measures to mobilise the sustained higher levels of saving among Irish consumers post-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28639/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Offices (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agencies and the number of offices which operate under her Department; and if, in respect of each, she will outline the latest annual budget and employment level, the year they were first established, and their broad remit. [28675/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the key circulars which set out the terms of operation for school boards and their patrons at primary and at secondary levels respectively; and the frequency with which these are updated. [28677/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children whose special education needs are accommodated with special supports at primary and at secondary level; and the number of resource teachers, SNAs and other support staff, the most recent year and for representative years over the past twenty years. [28678/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate the expenditure on in-service training her Department incurs; the number of participants; and if she will distinguish between training relating to curriculum changes, digital skills, teaching methods, and leadership. [28679/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which in-service training courses undertaken result in a certified qualification with international recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28680/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers deployed in her strategic policy unit; the priority issues upon which they are working; their publications over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28682/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (4 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government If he has a plan to prevent Irish wind farms from being forced to shut down before 2030 due to the expiration of planning permission, as reported in the Irish Times this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28625/24]

Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: The bravery of the victims who have come out in recent days is not just to be praised. The message must sink home into every family and particularly every man and boy in the country. Much of this violence has been covered up for years and it has been in a dark corner. The Minister's decision to declare that her goal was zero tolerance was a game changer in many ways. It is not that this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: Last week, the Department of Finance published a report that showed forward funding arrangements by the approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency are now central to the construction of multi-unit developments in Dublin. There are strong funding streams for social housing and cost-rental housing but no funding streams for affordable purchase. This is borne out by the statistics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: Like others, I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and, indeed, on his grasp of a complex brief in a very short time. It seems to me that a lot of Irish business is facing a whirlwind of changes. We had the financial crisis, Covid-19, the Ukraine war, digitisation, AI and the climate crisis. This is certainly wreaking huge changes in business models, consumption patterns, supply...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister for the promotion.