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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: The Taoiseach will know that the reform of the leaving certificate started seven years ago and it was designed to build on the difficult but successful reform of the junior cycle. The latest postponement which we read of may reflect genuine concerns but we cannot move to a situation where reform is at the pace of the slowest mover. The last reform was nearly 30 years ago and there has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: To make a general point, if a Martian came in here today it would probably think we had one of the worst enterprise policies in Europe, to listen to what has been said. There was not a single mention of Covid-19, Brexit, the war in Ukraine or the measures the Government put in place. Since four years ago, 300,000 additional people are at work in this economy. Many of them are employed in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: Looking at the employment statistics in construction, the numbers working on office construction are back to 70% or 80% of what they were at the peak of the Celtic tiger years. That has not happened in the housing sector. How different are the skills of building an office, which we seem to have been able to do, and to bring in skilled workforces adequate to building offices on a huge scale,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: The sector employs perhaps 250,000 of a total 2.5 million people. It accounts for 10% of employment. It is not sucking people away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: In certain skill sectors only.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: The model we have is that Enterprise Ireland is the largest investor in start-ups and scaling in the world. There is no other state agency on its scale. Though the IDA has a significant impact, its budget, the amount of State money it is spending on these companies, is relatively small. The heavy investment by the State from the enterprise sector is going into this. However, Mr. McDonnell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: There is another aspect on which I am interested to hear the views of the witnesses. There was a report in today's newspapers from the president of the European Investment Bank, EIB, saying that investment by Irish business in climate and sustainability is only one third of the level made by other member states. This is certainly an issue which is not just coming down the tracks, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am of the view that it is well past five minutes to midnight on this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: -----in terms of circularity, the green deal and all the things coming headlong at us. How do we get that sense of urgency into this? Is it with sectoral strategies? Do we drill down and look at food and construction? Is that the way we might-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: So Chambers Ireland is saying it is all around the construction labour force and upskilling it is the nub of our problem.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Mar 2023)

Richard Bruton: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are initiatives to promote the switch of any of the single-sex schools at primary level to co-educational in a school planning area (details supplied) or in the adjoining school planning areas; the supports which her Department offers to facilitate such a switch; and if the lack of a co-educational option in a school planning area can...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will indicate the processes that he has put in place to set sectoral targets under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9529/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the policy implications of the ESRI's assessment of the embodied emissions in Irish imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9530/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (28 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of concerns that the draft planning Bill has reduced legal protection for the evolution of community gardens, which are playing a growing role in our communities in promoting sustainability and valuing the regenerative power of nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9524/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (28 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total staff and budget of the NCSE divided across each service delivered. [9639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of early intervention classes in place and the children reached; and the number getting home tuition in the same category of need. [9640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Community Development Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total of staff and budget of AIM, divided across the services delivered; and the estimated number of clients reached by each service which was delivered in 2022. [9637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total budget and staff of special prenatal and preschool services delivered in particularly disadvantaged areas under ABC or equivalent programmes; and the total number of children served. [9638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 565. To ask the Minister for Health the total staff and budget of the National Disability Service, divided across each service and the number of children receiving service in each area. [9641/23]