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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (14 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: For a layman, will Mr. Shine give us ten key differences between a company and a co-op in terms of oversight, regulation and legal framework?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (14 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: No, just send them to us.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the new mandate for local enterprise offices will improve services to small business and enhance enterprise sustainability; and his estimate of the job potential of the initiative. [62030/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: 96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the early experience with the small company rescue scheme is demonstrating that it has the capacity to allow viable businesses restructure arrangements in order that jobs and livelihoods can be sustained. [62031/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: I also thank the witnesses for the presentation. Like Deputy O'Sullivan, I think RTÉ's coverage has improved significantly. I was intrigued by one of the last comments in the presentation which states, "climate change presents a challenge to journalism, where the immediate can crowd out the important". I think that really goes back to the point raised by the Chairman at the start....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: I have some sympathy with RTÉ on this, in that if we have censorship and do not allow political figures to express their views, that is not good either. We have to have engagement with vested interests, as RTÉ says in its document. We cannot be so purest to imagine that all scientists are icons of objectivity and all politicians are climate deniers. There is a need for RTÉ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank the delegates very much for what was a very interesting presentation. The first question is for Ms Costello. The claim that advertising is responsible for an extra 32% of the carbon footprint of every single person in the country is truly stunning. How is that calculated? Is it disputed? It raises very significant issues if it is undisputed. On Mr. White's presentation, I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: Do the witnesses attribute all the SUVs to the advertising?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: Does it attribute it all to the advertising campaign?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: This week, we were reminded at COP15 that material use is now heading towards three times what nature can replenish in a year. I welcome yesterday’s publication of the Tánaiste’s enterprise White Paper, which stated that the transition to carbon neutrality and environmental soundness will be a central plank and that you do not see it as a threat to our competitiveness but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: 7. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the new capacity planned for 2023 in clearing waiting lists within the public system and through the NTPF; the estimated number of additional outpatient first-time consultations and the number of additional procedures which will be facilitated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60854/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: I know €450 million has been set aside for next year to address waiting lists. What can this deliver in terms of the number of procedures? In respect of interventions delayed during Covid being prioritised, how will that work?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: I know the NTPF has tended to prioritise certain high-volume procedures. Will the resources be concentrated on those or can we expect the NTPF to extend the procedure list? How is it proposed by Dr. Colm Henry or others to identify the delayed interventions that occurred during Covid and have no doubt resulted in a need to reassess the priority of different patients on the list? Will there...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: I need not remind the Minister of State of what the Minister said recently when answering questions about Beaumont hospital. The big problem is that we have a very expensive resource but delayed discharges because we do not have this service. I remind the Minister of State, although I do not think she needs reminding, that this is key to the efficient working of the entire health service.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: How far are we from achieving consistency in the delivery of home care packages? CHO 7 is highlighted in the question, but I would also like to hear what progress is being made in developing the statutory home care system, which I understand is being piloted? I believe this would achieve the sort of consistency we have not been able to deliver to date.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: I commend the Minister of State on her efforts. I am interested to know how close she is to getting some sort of consistency across the country. The intent of the statutory home care scheme being piloted is to achieve consistency in standards and access. Are we in a position to plan for the delivery of that statutory scheme? That would give staff more confidence in the long-term prospects...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: 78. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the improvements in the context of early intervention with children who have need for assessments and for therapeutic intervention. [60832/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: 153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a land use strategy is being developed within which aspirations for forestry for the protection of biodiversity, climate, renewables and for the bioeconomy could be evolved in a coherent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the anticipated steps needed in order to implement carbon farming as a reliable source of income for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department can facilitate a hybrid application involving a partnership between a community group and a State enterprise in a renewable energy project, in view of the fact that such models are in place elsewhere in Europe, and the concern that there has been a high failure rate in community projects seeking to...