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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way that it is intended to classify electric scooters in the context of use of cycle lanes, speed restrictions and obligations to get insurance; and his views on the separations between the traditional divide between mechanically-propelled and those propelled by personal power. [57181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated investment to date in the Dublin BusConnects initiative; the estimated final cost; and the expected impact when it is fully in place in terms of extra passengers, extra peak hour share, extra buses in the system, and reduced emissions from city transport. [57182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work in which the OPW is engaged to develop a flood relief plan for the Clontarf seafront; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57183/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a timescale for implementation of the Leaving Certificate reform process has been put in place. [57186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and other support staff in each of the northside of Dublin Garda stations; and the way that this has evolved since 2016. [57184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report on the extent to which a community policing structure has been put in place in the districts covering Dublin’s northside. [57185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the way that waiting lists compare now to the situation prior to the pandemic at the Mater, Beaumont, Cappagh, Temple Street and Blanchardstown; and the way that the waiting list initiative and winter bed initiative will impact on these services. [57187/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: Coming from the dismal science, as they say, economists know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Essentially, the witnesses want to make a business case for more assistance from the Government. Can they provide the committee with the percentage of costs that electricity constitutes in various of their member businesses? I presume a fishmonger in Howth will have a higher...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: Would it be possible to survey the members of our guests' organisations to get an idea of the energy profile of fishmongers, for example? I presume electricity must account for north of 10% of their costs, whereas in clothing outlets, energy consumption is mostly accounted for by lighting and heating. Can we get a handle on that? If there is to be a response to this, it will be much more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: The point I am making is that I would rather see the Government move towards 80% support of retrofitting than 80% support of electricity bills, which will be burnt up every year. It can be a win-win. If something could be designed to particularly focus on the businesses that are exposed, that is the territory in which we could make progress. The figures released yesterday in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: We are doing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: Does Ms Buckley believe that will solve the issue of employers' liability-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: Am I wrong? The data from the Central Bank showed that there is no profit being made by the insurers on employer's liability insurance and public liability insurance. The profit is being made in motor insurance. The insurers are not passing that on to motorists. The argument is that they are cross-subsidising employer's liability insurance and public liability insurance. There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: It is important that Ms Buckley give us information on the different sectoral profiles. That will be the key to identifying further measures. Mr. McGrane raised a valid point about taking a longer term view of business development. I am among the optimists about rural Ireland. It can build on the infrastructure and practices of the future much more effectively than it can on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: Compostable cups do not end up in a compost heap. They end up, typically, in the black-bin stream and they go to landfill. They are not an alternative and they are not reducing materials. Industrial-style composting is needed to break them down. I know the point Ms Buckley is making-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: Yes, but in the long term it does not hold water to try to distinguish between compostable and non-compostable. We just have to discarding material willy-nilly after one use.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: The levy will fall on the user. It is much like the plastic bag levy. The intention is that it will stop the practice, but the intention is also that it will fall on the user, not the retailer. To defend a compostable cup, one first has to collect every compostable cup one gives out in order to be robust. It is not practical for businesses to do that. My point was more a response to Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: Some of the options are not ones that every business supports such as the right to work for remote working, a commitment to a circular economy and the types of measures that involves. There will be friction in many ways in designing that future. This is not all motherhood and apple pie. There is a hard edge to the change that is coming at us at a rate of knots.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard Bruton: In my constituency, a company called Vytal has just set up operations. It operates on the basis of a German model. It uses all reusable products for all takeaway foods. The products are reusable, so people go back to the takeaway with their containers. It is a take-back scheme. Once you get the whole community using these vessels, then you will eliminate single-use items. That is just...