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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (15 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her plans for the reform of the family courts to improve access and streamline the processes for balancing rights in handling cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50285/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: At a very high level, how often does that interdepartmental senior officials group, SOG, on SDGs meet? Is it really active or is it a relatively sleepy hollow?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for a really good presentation. I do not believe anyone in the committee would fail to be impressed by the statement that this is the first generation to know and the last generation that can do anything about it. Looking back at the last national biodiversity plan, it sounds like we are trying to turn an oil tanker, which is not a great metaphor in a fossil fuel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: Presumably, there will be geographic targets or targets of some sort. Is that not a get-out-of-jail card for those reporting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: The sense is that there are river catchments and SACs. It is very geographic. Geography seems to be the entry point for driving commitment at a community level. Is it not missing something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: If the service took the worst river and said, "We must go from X to Y over a period."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: I would just worry that if the NPWS does not get down to a local level, it will not get the leverage and the farmer groups, dairy processors and so on will not see this is coming to their area and it is coming fast.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: That is.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the strategies and the specific policy tools which are driving the uptake of digital technology in secondary schools; if there are any specific initiatives in specific subject areas, such as languages, mathematics, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49858/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there is any reason for the long delay in the naturalisation process for a person (details supplied) who has been educated in Ireland from the age of nine years, and for whom third level education will be unaffordable without naturalisation, bearing in mind the initiation of this process almost two-and-a-half years...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any restriction on the opportunity to advertise e-cigarettes in Irish media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49892/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 593. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned about the ease of access to, and advertising for, e-cigarettes; if the risk of recruiting new users to dependence on nicotine necessitates new regulation; and if he has undertaken any analysis of the matter.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49891/23]

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: I welcome this debate. It is timely. Other Deputies have well articulated the defects in the energy charter treaty. It is important to recall, as the note from the Oireachtas Library and Research Service has underlined, that this emerged in the early 1990s in the wake of the opening up of eastern Europe and following the collapse of the Soviet Union. There were genuine desires to see...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the throughput of patients being treated in key categories and the trends in patient numbers compared to the corresponding period in 2022 and to the equivalent period in 2019, before Covid struck. [48359/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the throughput of the National Treatment Purchase Agency in 2023; and the plans for 2024. [48358/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the latest information on the purchases of homes by first-time buyers and the supply of affordable homes for purchase by such buyers. [48356/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals he plans to table for consideration by the citizens of Dublin of future governance for the city. [48357/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate the number of requests from the trustees of pension funds of state bodies for increases to be made to pensioners which are now outstanding and awaiting ministerial approval; under what circumstances would such increases be rejected in the present inflationary environment; and if steps can be taken to speed up the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 310. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in community health posts serving the Balbriggan area, including occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49118/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Skillnet's figures show that more than 1,700 businesses are involved in sustainable programmes while the SEAI has given grant support to 2,500 but there are 300,000 businesses in Ireland so the level of participation is less than 1%. Based on the witnesses' experience, does a more effective tool for mobilising businesses to take up the...