Results 301-320 of 32,057 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Hospital Winter Plan to cope with the seasonal pressure. [2081/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he believes that the higher and further education sectors should develop a strategy outlining how they might contribute to the ambition to make Ireland the best country in which to grow old, by supporting better understanding, extending new opportunities, and harnessing the experience of those exiting their workplaces. [2083/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the participation levels in apprenticeships of the major Government employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2084/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider ensuring a simpler approach to first home provisional approval, in order that developers would know that there is a strong pipeline of eligible affordable purchasers for such properties (details supplied). [2143/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes which have received planning permission, to which the new requirement of 10% affordable applies; the number of homes in developments where the council has exercised its right to specify a minimum proportion of homes for owner occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2144/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out an assessment of the potential of remote delivery in further education and if new initiatives are planned in this arena. [50444/23]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: Do we have an idea of where the various platform companies that will be regulated by this stand in regard to meeting their compliance requirements? Has any provisional assessment been done? How challenging will it be on the day that this all comes into place to reconcile the new obligations?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has assessed the capital investment which will be required in Ireland to meet higher recycling and reuse targets and lower exports of materials for recycling over the years to 2030 and beyond; if it is anticipated that this investment will require State direct investment or State support; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to address the difficulties faced by the taxi industry in obtaining taxi plates, the prices of which have increased dramatically since the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56758/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the extra resources in special education will be used to extend the pilot whereby a team of therapists' team with clusters of schools and pre-schools to offer a more integrated approach than is possible with the traditional referral to the HSE. [56861/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a further opportunity in 2024 for post-primary schools to apply for STEM grant funding from her Department, particularly schools that were not included in the list of successful applicants in December 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1301/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of DEIS schools primary and post-primary that had successful applications in the recent STEM grant round; if a quota for DEIS schools has been considered to ensure that they bridge the gap in STEM take-up between DEIS and non-DEIS schools; and when the next call under this grant can be made in order that the many quality...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of any properties in the north Fingal area that have been bought in the past six months by approved housing bodies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56964/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 845. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that banks will not issue mortgages in the case of a tenant purchase, due to the operation of the clawback clause on the tenant purchase discount, and as result this locks out families whose income does not fit the conditions of a local authority loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1900/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has undertaken a recent review of siltation in Howth Harbour; and whether he believes that a major scheme is now necessary for the harbour, to complement the smaller improvement initiatives which his Department is undertaking. [56959/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he received a report on the consultation conducted regarding licensing additional boats for visitor boat trips from Howth Harbour; if so, when a decision on this is likely to be taken; and how the additional slots will be allocated to potential providers of the service. [1430/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason why inspections of childcare facilities are not managed by one agency and how much extra costs does the State incur arising from multiple agencies conducting multiple inspections of the same facility. [56700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why the NCS portal closes at 11 p.m. on Tuesday evenings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers that stopped receiving Core Funding in 2023. [56702/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to linking the Core Funding payment to inflation. [56703/23]