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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have recovered from Covid-19 are being denied mortgage protection for a period of six months resulting in persons who have paid a deposit on their home being put in a position in which they cannot complete the purchase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10097/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the reopening plan of schools for children with special needs includes those that are in mainstream classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10083/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty in getting secondary school placements for those leaving sixth class at a school (details supplied); if an assessment of the need for extra school places has been identified in the relevant school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10102/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to review the means limits for the carer’s allowance which have been in place for many years given that an hourly rate for 18.5 hours is well below the average industrial wage. [10462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Professions Admission Test (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an opportunity for students who sat the leaving certificate in November 2020 to undertake the HPAT assessment, which is needed for access to certain courses and without which a further loss of a year before enrolment would arise. [10098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 960. To ask the Minister for Health if the work of the interdepartmental group looking at relaxing rules under the fair deal scheme to facilitate the rental or sale of vacant homes has reached agreement on any changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 1012. To ask the Minister for Health if the plans for transgender health services have been implemented; and his views on reports of confusion in relation to the locations to which persons should be referred. [10393/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: I welcome our guests. I am familiar with both of their operations, so I know that they put in a good shift on behalf of the consumer, for which I thank them. In respect of this Bill, Ireland suffers from having a small number of big players in many sectors. As, increasingly, these become data smart players, they have new sources of power to abuse dominance, to use the term that is used...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: I would like to return to the issue of the capacity to develop codes of practice on the back of a new civil standard of prosecution. In her reply, Ms Goggin talked about block exemptions. However, that is a very narrow competition response to cases where parties are trying to get exemptions for behaviour that might be construed as anti-competitive. Is there a wider range of areas for which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: I will comment briefly and then pose a few questions. There may be a risk of a false dichotomy being created between electrification versus compact development. The reality is that we need both. In terms of compact development, at best 1% of our housing stock is built each year. We would like to be at 2% but that is still a small proportion that will be delivered by 2030. Obviously, as...

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: As vaccines start to take effect and we begin to see improvement in our figures, we need a credible pathway for reopening our economy. It must be made clear that it will not be a return to what had been there previously. We are now entering a period of dramatic, transformative change. That must be at the heart of it. As I said earlier, that will need the Government to sign up to some...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: This system is very inadequate. On Wednesday morning, from 9.30 a.m. people were queueing around the chair of the Ceann Comhairle waiting for the opportunity to join the list. A number of hours later, they got the opportunity to speak. We need to devise a process whereby people can signal in advance their desire to raise a question and there is some selection procedure, perhaps by lottery,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: I do not believe my question was answered.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: My question was not answered.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: On the same issue, I congratulate the Tánaiste for the vision in bringing forward this plan in the teeth of opposition from many quarters, including the party who has just spoken. These visionary projects are hard to get through. Can the Tánaiste give an indication that the NDP and new economic plan will represent a watershed where we will see a similar visionary position taken on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a relative can travel to a European country to provide care support to a daughter during recuperation from a serious operation; and if so, the person or body to which an application for travel should be submitted. [9177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mechanism exists within the scope of the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, to suspend, pause or cease receipt of payment of the direct support in order to make an application without penalty for support under the tourism business continuity scheme administered by Fáilte Ireland in the case of a business affiliated with an organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to an issue affecting some businesses affiliated to an organisation with regard to the tourism business continuity fund scheme administered by Fáilte Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9045/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his estimate of the total area of public lands owned by public bodies listed in schedule 1 and 2 of the draft Land Development Agency; the amount that may be suitable for housing; the projected acreage which can be activated for consideration of development master planning by the agency over the next five years; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (18 Feb 2021)

Richard Bruton: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can assist a new primary school in receiving feeder school status in an area when it faces difficulty in securing places for those graduating, as in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9142/21]