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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I will have to check whether my Department has standing in respect of such an application. I will let the Deputy know.

Organisation of Working Time (Workers’ Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: No.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: My understanding - I presume it was following Deputy O'Brien's questioning - is that the Minister is making contact with local authorities where loans are not being issued. I think the intention is to ensure that all local authorities are issuing loans in accordance with the provision.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy acknowledges in his question, the issue of education beyond the age of 18 does not fall within the remit of the Department of Education and Skills. The Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, has made significant efforts to extend the provision for adults with a disability, with new day places and new services. The Deputy is right that this is continuing pressure and he is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I understand these are issues decided by the Revenue Commissioners from time to time in accordance with the legislative provisions as to whether particular expenses incurred would justify one individual type of worker getting an allowance that others are not getting. I am not aware that this is an issue that comes before us in the Finance Act or any of the Bills that we or the Minister for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I understand that legislation is due towards the end of the year, but I do not have a specific briefing.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: This is a very sensible approach. The local authorities along with private investors wish to develop the runway in Waterford Airport to allow the return of flights that will bring business and tourism opportunities. The Government has indicated we will provide a subvention towards it. However, of course those investors need to ensure the project is delivered according to the outline they...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Minister has been making efforts to simplify the forms and to improve the response times. She has reported some progress on both, although she has acknowledged that the waiting time continues to be very long. The Department will continue to bring that time down. Extra resources have been put in to manage that. From dealing with this issue I am conscious, as are most Deputies, that the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy's colleague raised the very same issue earlier on and I responded. There is no doubt that this House is very determined in seeking to respond to this problem. In response to the Deputy's question, as I said, the Consumer Protection and Competition Commission is examining price signalling. The Central Bank now has access to a range of new data coming forward from the insurance...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I am told the Bill is on the priority list but that it will be early in the next term before it is presented.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: The House is very much united in desiring that the issue of excessive insurance premia be addressed. There has been a lot of collective effort in this House to tighten legislation through new data provision legislation in operation since the beginning of the year. An Garda Síochána has strengthened its approach to insurance fraud using its economic unit. The Minister for Justice...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: That is a constraint but the approach of the Government has been to be as aggressive as possible in respect of the insurance industry.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I am not aware of any lobbying but I know that both employers and unions are intimately involved in the appointment of members to those bodies. That has always been the case and the fact that IBEC is interested in this area, no more than the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, is interested, is normal. I assure the Deputy, who has considerable experience in this area, that these bodies...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy knows, An Post has faced a continuous decline in its mail business, which has put the company under significant pressure. As part of a negotiation of new industrial relations approaches, An Post agreed a pay increase with workers but one of the conditions attached was that one of the mail centres would be closed. It is for the board of An Post to decide which of the four...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: That is a matter for the board of An Post.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that we recently held mayoralty referenda in respect of Waterford, Limerick and Cork, and Limerick voted in favour. However, that decision was taken after considerable work was done and proposals published in respect of how that would operate.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy, who has been in this House for a long time, knows that we have four separate local authorities in Dublin. The relationship between those four authorities would have to be carefully considered before suggesting that there be one overall mayor. The approach proposed by Government is that the citizens of this city would have a role in deciding how that should be shaped and that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: After that evidence is assembled and provided to them, they can make a decision.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: We have learned in this House the value of having a citizen's assembly to deal with issues that are complex and challenging for our citizens.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I simply do not accept the proposal being put forward by my constituency colleague.