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Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: As the Taoiseach and the two Ministers have said, this has been a tragedy of harrowing proportions for the families. It was a Valentine's night that turned to anguish. You can only imagine the panic of people experiencing the chains and padlocks blocking their exits, the lights failing and the darkness as that tragedy ensued. The initial determination of arson was seen as a further slap in...

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the debate. I welcome all the work that Deputy Brian Leddin and the committee put in, including Deputies Darren O'Rourke, Paul Murphy and others who have left the Chamber. It has been a very valuable debate with a lot of insight. Globally, we are using materials from nature each year that are double the capacity of nature to replenish. That is heading in the wrong direction and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the present status of the project to redevelop a school (details supplied), where many strains are being experienced in the existing facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17115/24]

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the introduction of this legislation. It has indeed been a long time in gestation. I suspect it is probably a decade since this was first thought about, if not more.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: There is a great need. I have not seen the most up-to-date figures but from recollection I believe that about 40% of people in the workforce do not have any pension cover. That applies to both men and women although it is probably more acute with women, so there is a huge gap. The legislation begins to address some of the anomalies concerning how we treat pensions provision. We have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: I welcome this framework. It is an important document, and it is important that we start to create a consistent approach. I would be interested to get a few benchmarks as to where we are at. We have had a number of approved offshore energy projects. What is Mr. Tobin's estimate of the likely Irish content in the supply chain in that first wave, and what is the Department's target for an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: Is that true if we are going for a planned approach, which means moving away from the developer-led approach? We are saying a State asset will be created.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: So it is not going to be a physical thing. I thought it was about plentiful green energy. That would attract certain types of users. That is the nub of the hub. Mr. Tobin is saying it is more around skills.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: Yes, that is what I had in mind. It was those clusters that would have renewables, activities hungry for green energy and everything associated with that. They could also be hubs for supply chain, if that suited, but I would have thought the magnet was the green energy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: Is that for the DMAP that is coming out in June?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: By "export", I mean moving to hydrogen or other alternative uses as opposed to feeding our domestic need. Maybe "export" is not the------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: My question concerns the date at which we might have that excess supply. Is it near term, long term or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: It is not 2030; it will be heading towards 2040 when we might be looking at hydrogen or other uses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: Do the witnesses want to comment on the moratorium on data centres? Data and artificial intelligence are already dominant and will probably become even more so in enterprise development. Are we managing this adequately from an IDA Ireland perspective?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 130. To ask the Taoiseach the distribution of retirees across the entire Irish workforce, by age of retirement; the difference of pattern among the self-employed and the rest; and their estimate of the number of persons at work aged 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, and 70 or over. [15927/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland has published proposals for a regional and local EV charging network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16592/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the provision of incentives towards the creation of safe secure living in town centres suitable for those seeking to rightsize and to gain access to homes where assisted living within the community could be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15265/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what policy tools have been put in place to support rightsizing of accommodation for those, particularly older people to move to a smaller home or to adapt their existing home into two residential units, releasing unneeded space upgrading the energy use and comfort of the home; and if he will indicate his estimate of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has set any target for the development of purpose-built housing for older people by the councils or Approved Housing Agencies, distinguishing the level of wrap-around service for those designated for people who require assisted living. [15932/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the scheme for promoting the sale of apartments to owner-occupiers has been taken up; and if he would consider simplifying its terms so that higher take-up can be achieved. [15264/24]