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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 787. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress in developing a national home care scheme; whether it envisages a uniform standard for access to care in all parts of the country; whether new oversight of the various private providers of home care is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35272/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop the terms and conditions under which home care workers are employed, in order that more people could be attracted to this work. [35273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active age groups and the number of day centres for persons being cared for at home that his Department supports through the HSE or other funding routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of college places now being made available outside the CAO system in the different schemes; how these have grown over the past five years, to include Springboard, apprenticeships, human capital initiative, skillnet, FET, and his new scheme for entry into certain health and practical skills announced recently; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate Mr. Hughes on his appointment as Secretary General. I know he will bring great skill to that post. I was in the Department for some time and congratulate it on the progress since 2012. The IDA has added an extra 148,000 jobs and EI has added 48,000 jobs. Approximately 200,000 extra jobs have been created in the space of a decade by the enterprise support agencies. As we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the terms of the pension of a person (details supplied); and whether continuing payments are due to their surviving spouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34512/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 215. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of children who have been in the disability services since birth who now find themselves without any prospective placement as they complete their school attendance, as in a particular case (details supplied); and if there are any policy options through which he could assist. [34461/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Programmes (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 223. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of programmes, and their purpose, operated by his Department with ESF support in place during 2023; the prospects of additional programmes in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34595/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: To return to the issue of sustainability and the Department's strategy in this area, from the published data it seems that Ireland is out of line in material use and poor waste processing. We have the lowest reuse level in Europe, other than Romania. We now see that we will not hit the target for plastics set at EU level. We have not seen the wide deployment of smart controls, namely, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: Ireland's position is way down the bottom. If we are waiting for the Department of the Environment, Climate Action and Communications to internalise it into the thinking of enterprise, it will take an awfully long time. Someone needs to have a big tent, as it were, and bring people together, for example, in food, which is probably the biggest one we have. From farm to fork, there are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report of the impact of the initiative in crime statistics and in feedback from organisations in the area. [33994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Impact Assessments (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a report which suggests inaccuracies in the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the levy on single-use containers, particularly concerning: the overall size of the market impacted, the existing penetration of reusable cups, the elasticity of demand in response to the levy; and the emission intensity of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether any policy options exist for homes which have no fireplace and cannot heat their home without power in the event of a power cut. [33866/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the Tax Strategy Group is looking at any particular issues in respect of the structure of USC and of income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33867/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new SNA posts which have been created in the past five years; how these extra posts have been allocated as between special schools, special classes within mainstream and to mainstream classes to support children with special needs; and if she is satisfied the children in different settings have an equitable chance of having their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Culls (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the cull of seagulls which was permitted on a pilot basis in Balbriggan proved a success; whether an extension into other areas where over-invasion of residential areas is occurring, could be considered where these birds are clearly moving out of their natural habitat; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that many apartments built to high insulation standards seem to be without any method for achieving reasonable temperatures during a very hot spell; and whether the regulatory standards have considered how this matter might be addressed, without recourse to very energy intensive air conditioning. [33847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the approach which is being taken in aligning the operational approaches of those working in local authorities that have great expertise in managing water infrastructure, as Uisce Éireann takes over more direct responsibility for these operations and the workforce involved; and whether the Workplace...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she has considered extending greater residency rights to the spouse of an Irish citizen where the family has been living abroad, so that it would be easier for them to come and go with their children and spouse who are all Irish citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33868/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Garda Commissioner on the new initiatives that have been put in place to make Dublin city centre safer; if it shows the impact on criminal or anti-social behaviour on arrests, on detection rates, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33982/23]