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Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I welcome the Bill, which seeks to set policing on a 21st century footing. Some of the things enshrined in it are probably long overdue, but it is very important they are now there. It is vital for any organisation to have a clear set of purposes set out in law, in addition to good management structures, strong external oversight,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Environmental Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential for the rural economy of the development of circular economy strategies; and the extent to which initiatives with a focus on more sustainable use of products and materials, and on recovery and reuse are figuring among projects receiving support from her Department. [8133/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (23 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential of the high-speed broadband network to create potential for rural development and the number of projects emerging for support from her Department’s programmes which utilise its potential. [8132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (23 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the preparations that have been undertaken in his Department to develop a circular economy strategy in key economic sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8134/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the early experience with the small company rescue scheme is showing it has the capacity to allow viable businesses restructure arrangements in order that jobs and livelihoods can be sustained. [8135/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I wish to raise a concern about the continued incursion into Dublin Airport's airspace by private drones. Are there plans to step up or improve detection methods? Is there potential for the modification of technology to deliver better outcomes? Can we be more effective in the area of enforcement? This is a source of considerable concern and disruption. We need to get to grips with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for their input. I am struck by what Mr. Hannafin said about our being behind other European countries in regard to the proportion of people who get access to employment. What are the features of the regimes of other countries that we could perhaps learn from? From what they are saying there seem to be joined-up pathways. There are many individual pathways but they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am more interested in what other European countries are doing. Are there ideas we could pick up from some of those countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is that the responsibility of Solas or the ETBs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: Would Mr. Stewart like to comment on remote working? I may be overstaying my welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I would say I have outstayed my welcome. I will wait for the next opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I found those comments very useful. If we are to report on this, it will probably be a matter of focusing on the OECD and the possible role of SOLAS or education and training boards in filling the gaps. Are there exemplars in the public or private sector who could become ambassadors for increasing the proportion of employers who engage and feel comfortable in the knowledge that they can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the new sports capital round has considered a protected pot of money for rapidly growing neighbourhoods, particularly in new areas where there is no strong network of clubs in place; and if the next round will soon be opened. [8394/23]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his presentation. I am interested in the output indicators that have been presented to us. I think the Minister of State needs to look at them afresh. There are two for the EPA: the number of environmental and radiological decisions and the number of air quality monitoring visits. The EPA is an organisation of 473 people. It is delivering...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I would be delighted to try to come up with some but the Department taking responsibility for climate delivery ought to be suggesting more meaningful ones than are on this list, and more timely ones as well. While I agree with the Minister of State that we need to focus on outcomes and outputs, the extent to which the actions promised in 2022 were delivered by different Departments ought to...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: And the REV too. The REV is for 2020.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: We are looking at the Department's stewardship of climate action, and then we look at greenhouse gases and get a 2020 figure of 57.7 million tonnes. We know that that is completely irrelevant to what is happening today. These output indicators should be taken seriously by the Government. I do not mean the political Government; I mean the Department of Public Expenditure, National...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: As for the penalty clauses, what happens if a Department is off target?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: My question, I suppose, is whether the Department of the Taoiseach, in conjunction with the Minister of State's Department, has thought out what will be done if a Department is proving to be consistently off target. We can see that in 2023 and 2024, the budgetary requirement will not be met. What then happens? Is it a financial penalty? Do we just call them in? We probably need to move...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: Yes. I am just interested in it.