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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 1164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the planned developments in the DTSS; and whether discussions are under way with the profession to extend these services. [27575/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: From previous replies, I think the Minister indicated a working group in place during Covid had been repurposed to look at taking advantage of low-hanging fruit in a highly-qualified segment of the population that has community confidence. The HSE is approaching this by looking at one column after another, which is going to be very slow and it will be difficult to make progress. Can the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: Can the Minister give me a timeline for when we might see a significant package rather than the drip, drip, drip of individual arenas?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I can understand the Minister's point about GP card and the drugs refund covering a lot of cases but medical appliances are a different situation. People who do not qualify for a medical card face huge uncertainty in accessing needed medical appliances for certain conditions. If the entire system cannot be reviewed, would it be possible that medical appliances would get some form of a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 7. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambition for the development of services from community pharmacists, and the challenges in meeting them. [26596/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I wish to ask the Minister about the development of community pharmacists. During Covid-19, they played a fantastic role. As the Minister probably knows, they feel very aggrieved about financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, obligations. They also feel there is a potential to develop them. We see GPs under pressure daily. Community pharmacists do seem like a resource...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 47. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambitions for the development of GP care and the challenges in meeting them. [26595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the impact of initiatives designed to respond to emerging skill needs, such as Springboard, Human Capital Initiative, and Skillnet; and the lessons that can be drawn for policy development from them. [26606/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to engage with key sectors, including the public service, in order to develop a single portal where people can not only get information about apprenticeship options, but apply to participate in a centralised recruitment process for such sectors. [26607/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the potential for alternative energy sources to be developed within local communities, or at the level of a small business or farm under the respective opportunities for solar, small-scale wind, anaerobic digestion, biofuels, and so on; if, in each case, he will outline the potential for energy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the capacity for trains to pass through Connolly Station, which is becoming a significant bottleneck in planning the expansion of Dart north and threatens the direct service from Howth to the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new system whereby tenants deduct a withholding tax from their rental payments where the landlord is living overseas will be applied after the deduction of allowable interest and other chargeable costs; if not, how these legitimate reliefs will be recovered; and if the system has been trialled to ensure that landlords and tenants do not face...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Services (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the displacement on childcare places, as schools take back spare classrooms to accommodate ASD units and other school needs; the estimated scale of this displacement; and if she can draw up a plan with her colleague the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on how such inevitable changes can be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there have been any prosecutions under incitement to hatred arising law from protests against asylum seekers; and when she intends that the new offences covering hate crime will be available to gardaí handling such challenges. [27035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a strategy is being developed to provide respite places for families caring for people with special needs, such as those within an organisation (details supplied) in north Dublin; if there are initiatives to ensure that such resources do not get removed to meet emergency situations which often arise; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 376. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received submissions raising concerns that future plans of the WHO in coordinating responses to pandemics might overreach the need for local national and community responses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27039/23]

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I welcome this debate and the Minister's assurances. He made important points, the first of which was that this situation was evolving and he had already gained significant flexibilities. The second was that Ireland was not tied into plans or targets developed at a single point in time. That was one of the fears held by people who read the detail of some of these targets. The third point,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I have a few fairly basic questions. First, what are the tests that are now going to be applied to prevent companies squirrelling away assets to get them out of the reach of predators? That was a key element. Second, during the 30-day period, apart from the obligation to be paid and for there to be some consultation, are there other rights that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: If it goes to the WRC, it is bound by the 30 days. It does not get beyond the 30 days by bringing a disputed issue elsewhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: Does anyone know where temporary workers are in the pecking order of creditors?