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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who have benefitted from the earned income tax credit since its introduction, in tabular form. [33345/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance when the age tax credit of €245 was last increased; the percentage increase in average earnings since that last increase; and if he will list the age credit as an element of the tax code which should be reviewed as preparation for the Budget 2024 commencement. [33425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report from the HSE about waiting lists in Dublin for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33422/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the submissions. We are now living in a world where policymakers are routinely setting targets without having a very clear picture of the policy tools that can be deployed to deliver them. The Act is clearly the product of that level of uncertainty. I am interested to know, since much of the focus is on whether we are trying to pick winners or have left out other promising...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Finan. Is that flexibility not there for member states at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I will explore another issue that seems to have come up in a number of contributions, namely, the ignoring of the circular economy dimension of this. This strikes a chord with me. From an Irish perspective, looking at our emissions, from a production point of view, people will immediately focus on agriculture as they are 40%. However, our consumption emissions are 75% higher, and we will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: On the choice of using concrete or timber, looking at it from an industry point of view, what does one do in the concrete or timber industry? The fundamental choice, initially, is to choose one that has a lot of renewable features built in. Is the approach being taken not missing some of that cross dynamic?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she would consider allowing non-EU citizens working in Ireland long-term to have a longer lasting residency visa issued to them; if she would facilitate easier access to visitor visas for members of such families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33070/23]

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: This is an appalling mess and I am not going to go over the details of what we have heard. I welcome the work of the Oireachtas committees and the Minister's appointment of two reviews and a forensic accountant. It will be important to await the outcome of these works before we draw long-term conclusions. It is clearly important we have a robust RTÉ coming out of this, with proper...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he monitors the extent to which local authorities are applying the criteria of need for childcare places in the issuing of conditions surrounding new developments. [32475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has identified the need for new supply in early childhood education and childcare; and if he has developed any proposals for capital support in areas of shortage. [32474/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: 437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered creating a different charge for an application for citizenship for persons who have lived and worked for most of their lives in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32641/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is the expectation that it will be one omnibus sort of obligation, covering everything from health to education bodies, or will we see this legislation coming back with specific obligations on a model for an individual company or body?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: Going back to the original point about climate obligations, I recall that the Department used to publish annually the energy-efficiency performance of bodies. They ranged from the excellent to the deplorable, and it created some sort of momentum for people to get themselves out of the fourth division. The Department has a similar model with regard to emissions impact measured either in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I know it is not really relevant, but should they not also be looking at embodied emissions in their purchasing of vehicles and their construction of buildings? With the sort of thing that comes up in the circular economy, one starts to look at the wider impact, which gives a somewhat more rounded view of what we are trying to achieve, compared to the narrow inventory of direct emissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I wonder what changed compared to the original conception of having Ervia. Was there a rationale to it? What changed? I am interested in the methodology that now exists generally for public bodies squaring up to climate obligations and seeking to be innovative in the climate space. How is this being rolled out? Is it by letters, or...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I was amused to listen to the simplistic caricature of Government policy on the energy challenge from my fellow county man. It is important that this House realises that our emissions are already 60% higher than the rest of Europe, we are the most fossil fuel-dependent in Europe and we have the highest import dependency in Europe. We need to undertake transformational change within our...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is developing policy tools with the aim of creating regional centres of excellence built around regional strengths [31669/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the model being piloted for the transfer of patronage in schools; and if modifications in that approach are planned. [31671/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider developing an enhanced range of interventions in acutely disadvantaged clusters of urban schools such as has been proposed by principals in a number of such schools. [31670/23]