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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: The present situation is that they are the biggest user of materials and they have the lowest recycling rates. A rate of 10% recycling is common on our building sites. Is the Department saying its contractors must achieve a far higher rate than that? Is the Department trying to be a leader in respect of the climate plan? Is it using public procurement as a lever to get to best practice?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is there a template for that? I cannot see them doing it unless there is a very clear direction, almost, from the Custom House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: There was one guidance document published, I would say, ten years ago and it had very little impact. Is there something different this time around?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is the local authority sector better than the 48% Mr. Armstrong reported earlier in the private sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: On the Department's own retrofitting and that concept of leveraging the entire estate, where it has maybe 10% of the houses, there is another 90%.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the present intake into courses catering to the key areas of health needs; and if he will indicate whether there are plans for new initiatives to meet recruitment bottlenecks through new places or flexible programmes such as Springboard. [6756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the total intake onto apprenticeships in the past 12 months, distinguishing between those going into new apprenticeships and those entering traditional apprenticeships; and the initiatives being taken to drive employer engagement with the new fields. [6755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools in the school catchments of Clontarf, Raheny and Killester; Drumcondra, Marino and Dublin 1; Howth, Baldoyle and Clongriffin; and Beaumont and Coolock; if she has assessed the adequacy of places to meet projected demand; and if she will outline her plans to develop additional places. [6769/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be prescribed by a GP, or only by a consultant; and if so, if this has resulted in very low usage of a medication of considerable efficacy. [6581/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 70. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the latest level of take-up of the core funding model for childcare for childcare providers; if any need to adapt the existing suite of supports has been identified for providers that have sought additional transitional support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6098/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate the Minister on the great strides that have been made in the childcare area, particularly with the new registered employment agreement, REA, and the support, but pressure points are emerging. I am keen to see a review of some of those pressure points to determine whether we can incorporate them into the next steps the Minister is planning.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate the Minister on the progress he is making but some anomalies emerged from a consultation I conducted in my constituency relating to the sector. I will outline them in a staccato manner but he might respond to each of them. They relate to: the extension of the access and inclusion model, AIM, beyond the early childhood care and education, ECCE, area, to which it is currently...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I appreciate that the Minister is under time pressure but it seems strange that some of the ratios are very low. Even for after-school care, which does not involve infants, the ratios are very low, at 12:1, which seems quite stringent compared with ratios in our schools. The issue of multiple inspections is a source of irritation. There are the HSE, Pobal, the Department of Education and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being taken to reduce child poverty; the impact of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will indicate the trends in the numbers seeking jobseeker payments; the number who are being facilitated into pathways of training and work experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6100/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 265. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been taken to remove the lanriotide chemotherapy drug from the drugs refund scheme; if so, the reason for this; and the notice that is being given to users in order that they can explore other options which would be covered. [6267/23]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I might make a few observations. Given other members are waiting, I do not expect any response now. I acknowledge that the employment performance is outstanding. That 50,000 jobs have been created by IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the LEOs is an extraordinary performance, although I recognise it will be impossible to sustain it. I think the explanatory material we get with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: I will share my time with Deputy Stanton. I thank the witnesses for the presentation. Is this issue related to Ireland's tradition of a voluntary system of industrial relations whereby enforcement of agreements has not traditionally been part of our approach? Is it that we are seeking to reconcile two different traditional approaches to industrial relations? I know there was a recent...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered allowing NCT certificates to last two years from the delayed date on which they were tested, since the delay was in no respect caused by the motorist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5632/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Bruton: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate the initiatives which her Department have taken to attract career changers into areas in secondary education where there are shortages of suitably qualified teachers; and if she will provide details of the programmes involved. [5631/23]