Results 281-300 of 31,987 for speaker:Richard Bruton
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will activate the cities fund to ensure that more of the affordable homes developed in cities, particularly by the Land Development Agency, LDA, can be offered for affordable purchase, and make it easier for potential eligible buyers of such homes to establish that there are sufficient buyers with the necessary access...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: My constituency has been a significant beneficiary of Government policy and we now have over 2,000 social homes and 3,500 affordable homes in the pipeline. The crux of the matter is that there are not enough affordable homes for purchase. Too many are going in the buy-to-rent direction. I need to see initiatives to change that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: My first question is about the carbon budget allocated to the industrial sector. How much of it has been used up? Will the roadmaps the Government will publish get us back on track? That is the fundamental question. My second question relates to the poor take-up of green initiatives by enterprise generally. The local enterprise offices, LEOs, Enterprise Ireland, EI, Skillnet and so on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: I know others want to get in. I will take the Minister up on his offer to consider it and-----
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (7 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the proposals that he plans to table for consideration by the citizens of Dublin of future governance for the city. [54193/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Isolation (7 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the scope of a partnership with a body like An Post to continue the sort of well-being support offered to people at risk of isolation, which was so successful during Covid, becoming a permanent feature in our communities. [54195/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (7 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the development of programmes to support people approaching retirement to better prepare for the substantial changes which need to be managed. [54194/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 316. To ask the Minister for Health whether his Department has articulated a policy on the roll-out of pulmonary rehabilitation for those patients suffering with lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54307/23]
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: Amendments Nos. 4, and 8 to 13, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: Is the Minister of State in a position to comment on Deputy Farrell's question on whether there are provisions elsewhere, or whether GNI has compliance obligations under carbon planning and carbon-----
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: I alert Deputy O'Rourke that his amendments Nos. 8 to 12, inclusive, are in this group, which the Minister of State is proposing not to accept at this stage but to reconsider on Report Stage. Deputy Alan Farrell has offered but I will bring in Deputy O'Rourke first, in fairness, and then I will bring in Deputy Farrell.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: The Deputy can certainly press it but the Minister of State has indicated his opposition.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: Is Deputy O'Rourke proposing to amend this Bill or a different Bill? One of his amendments refers to "the Commission". Is that the CRU?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: Deputy Leddin has indicated that he is withdrawing his amendment.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: Amendment No. 14 has been ruled out of order as it is deemed to be outside the scope of the Bill.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (6 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the procedure through which an area in the blue commercial area can be transferred to the NBI area; and if he will indicate whether any such transfers have taken place. [53978/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Media Sector (5 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has assessed the future patterns of media consumption and the implications this has for public policy. [53640/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the unspent moneys for Covid in a DEIS school can be reallocated to meet other pressing needs, such as in a case (details supplied). [53758/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (5 Dec 2023)
Richard Bruton: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been received by Fingal County Council for inclusion in the Defective Concrete Blocks Scheme; if he can provide a timeline for the inclusion of local authorities in the scheme once applications are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53389/23]