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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide for several areas (details supplied) a list of all the individual projects that have received funding from her Department since 2020, under the following headings: new schools, extended schools, enhanced minor works grant, minor works grant, new units in schools, and any other capital grants, in tabular form. [42922/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 408. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can provide for several areas (details supplied) a list of all individual projects that have been approved for sports capital funding since 2020, in tabular form. [42918/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide for several areas (details supplied) a list of all the individual projects to which his Department has provided funding since 2020, under the urban regeneration and development fund, in tabular form. [42923/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide for several areas (details supplied) a list of all individual projects that have received play and recreation funding under his Department’s capital grant scheme, since 2020, in tabular form. [42919/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Mayo available under the dental treatment services scheme; the total number of dentists in County Mayo, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42779/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide for several areas (details supplied) a list of all the individual projects to which his Department has provided funding since 2020, under the capital investment programme, according to the following categories: primary care centres, refurbishments and works, acute projects, new beds, beds replaced, nursing homes, community care centres...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide in respect of several areas (details supplied), the overall level of health investment, by year, since 2020, in tabular form. [42926/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 825. To ask the Minister for Health if he would consider extending access to the FreeStyle Libre device on the medical card to persons with type 2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43197/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 869. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can provide for several areas (details supplied) a list of all the individual projects to which her Department has provided funding since 2020, under schemes including, but not limited to the town and village renewal scheme, CLÁR, the community recognition fund, the community services programme, the LEADER programme, the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I commend the Minister on the work he has done in the Department. He has made a real mark. We now have legislation and a framework for implementing our climate ambition. We have made significant progress and many good initiatives have been rolled out, such as the loan scheme that was recently put in place. It would be churlish not to recognise the effort, commitment and progress that the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I commend the progress made on this by the Department. As the Minister rightly alluded, we had a considerable battle to get this approved, and I was gratified about a year ago to see the Minister's colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, issue a reply indicating that the present calculation of the benefits was double the benefits estimated at the time it was approved. That...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I also advocated for the "disruptive technologies" programme, where €500 million-----

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: We have medical device companies and ICT companies; we have wonderful resources. We are probably better placed than almost any state to think about a transformative programme in this area. It would be a low-cost toe in the water. It would be harder to integrate the State, as the Minister said, but it would be a good first step.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: Now that the Minister may have a little more time on his hands, he should listen to "The Rest is Politics - Leading", a podcast with Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell, and the interview they did with Audrey Tang, the digital Minister in Taiwan. What Taiwan did around the co-designing of solutions is well worth a listen. It is amazing what was achieved in a relatively short period.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I was delighted to see the Tánaiste’s backing for multidisciplinary teams supporting our schools. I agree it should be a programme for Government commitment. A pilot of 75 schools and 75 preschools was undertaken when I was Minister, which is quite some time ago, and that has never been extended. I admit Covid might have delayed it but it should have been. The capacity to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a precise timeframe has been set for the mid-term review of the Irish Forestry Programme; his views on whether this is a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42119/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Geographical Indications for Craft and Industrial Products: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: The Department held a consultation, which closed in May. There is a process in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Geographical Indications for Craft and Industrial Products: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank everyone for the presentations. The consultation is under way. What happens on 30 November, as I understand it, is the Department would have to seek a derogation that it would not go ahead with this. From the consultation, there is no signal there is an intention by the Department not to go ahead with this. I do not want to panic people. It would have to be actively trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Geographical Indications for Craft and Industrial Products: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: Do the witnesses wish to comment on Donegal tweed and Connemara marble which are the two other cases in the starting blocks, if you like? What protection or value will this yield and how do we ensure that value is developed if we go for GIs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Update on the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank our guests for their presentations. Let me comment on procurement first. I am a bit puzzled. The witnesses seem to be saying they do not have enough influence over the decisions made. Every public sector body has adopted the commitment to a 51% reduction. Presumably, the first and easiest thing to do is design the things one is now procuring. How can we continue and not be able...