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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the county childcare committees are reporting a scarcity of childcare places for children under two years of age; and if so, if he will consider targeted measures to address this. [30583/23]

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate the Government on the progress that is being made. When I went into education back in 2016, we set a broad objective to create the best education and training system in Europe. One of the areas where we really did need to pick up our performance was the area of apprenticeships. It is encouraging to see there are now 67 apprenticeships. I understand there are another 30 in...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Minister will know, 90% of people aged 65 and over are living in accommodation in excess of their needs, much of which is very difficult to heat. I believe that initiatives to support right-sizing are crucial as our population grows older. Such initiatives release larger accommodation, which is badly needed, reduce our overall need for new building and have considerable social gains....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has data on the modal split in Dublin since Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the basis on which funding will be made available to local authorities to fund mobility hubs for the different elements that can be provided; and when he expects that the first ten such hubs will be in place. [30111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (22 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on credit union mortgage lending in the State; the plans he has to assist credit unions in reaching an increased number of first-time home buyers with their lending for retrofitting offering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (22 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the domestic financial services and the international financial services sectors in Ireland, in terms of the number of people employed and the value to the Exchequer by way of corporation taxation; his views on the future growth of both these sectors in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30113/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: When the need for a global pause is talked about, it is worrying that 40 years on from being alerted to climate change we are still struggling to get countries on board. It is a worry. The EU has governance such that a fair degree of confidence can be had that it will protect citizens first. Not all governments would see the advent of such a powerful technology in that light. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I heard the UN Secretary General equally put out an urgent appeal that AI was a great threat. No one answered the issue of the chances of global regulation in this sector and the fear that in an environment which seems to be polarised, these technologies are almost being weaponised routinely to commit cybercrime and so on. Is anyone broaching that sort of arena? Open source technology...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is there any move to a Paris Agreement-type approach where-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (21 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any rules governing the use of roads by driving instruction companies to avoid unreasonable disruption or to avoid risks to public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29939/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress being made on a 2023 tender for home care services and on the development of a statutory scheme for home care, which would bring equity and consistency into access; if he is aware of the frustration of some existing care providers at the continuous extension of the 2018 tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I was party to some of those negotiations and I know how far both sides went to ensure this investor dispute settlement mechanism was seen as very even-handed. Despite that, it became a subject of considerable controversy, but I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: Another thing that interests me are the issues around climate. As the witnesses will know, the Green Deal is shifting the way in which trade will be done in the future. There is a proposal in Europe to have these border adjustment mechanisms such that if countries are not complying with the various Paris agreements or are not seen to be applying sensible or sustainable provisions in certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: To go back to the issue of procurement, it is one of the most difficult areas in which to move away from national approaches because in the European context we are now obliged, and people find it cumbersome at times, when declaring that the procurement is of a certain scale, to go onto this very elaborate system. You will often find people saying that prevents small businesses from competing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I will actually be in Canada, in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, this summer so I will get to taste it first-hand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I will. I am going to see Pink. That might not qualify as-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank our guests for their presentations. I had the good fortune to be the Minister with responsibility for enterprise just after the financial crash and can certainly appreciate the importance of the Canadian economy in opening up not just inward investment to Ireland but also being an outlet for Irish companies. The negotiation of CETA certainly created new opportunities. Canada,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for their very good presentations. Who drives the system in Denmark? Is it local authorities taking a block-by-block area? Do they pick areas that have the potential density and relatively low retrofitting costs and build it up in blocks? How does it relate to mixed ownership, that is, public ownership versus private ownership? I presume there is a significant cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: Maybe we could ask questions to the professor before he leaves?