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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is there any move to a Paris Agreement-type approach where-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (21 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any rules governing the use of roads by driving instruction companies to avoid unreasonable disruption or to avoid risks to public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29939/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress being made on a 2023 tender for home care services and on the development of a statutory scheme for home care, which would bring equity and consistency into access; if he is aware of the frustration of some existing care providers at the continuous extension of the 2018 tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I was party to some of those negotiations and I know how far both sides went to ensure this investor dispute settlement mechanism was seen as very even-handed. Despite that, it became a subject of considerable controversy, but I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: Another thing that interests me are the issues around climate. As the witnesses will know, the Green Deal is shifting the way in which trade will be done in the future. There is a proposal in Europe to have these border adjustment mechanisms such that if countries are not complying with the various Paris agreements or are not seen to be applying sensible or sustainable provisions in certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: To go back to the issue of procurement, it is one of the most difficult areas in which to move away from national approaches because in the European context we are now obliged, and people find it cumbersome at times, when declaring that the procurement is of a certain scale, to go onto this very elaborate system. You will often find people saying that prevents small businesses from competing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I will actually be in Canada, in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, this summer so I will get to taste it first-hand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I will. I am going to see Pink. That might not qualify as-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank our guests for their presentations. I had the good fortune to be the Minister with responsibility for enterprise just after the financial crash and can certainly appreciate the importance of the Canadian economy in opening up not just inward investment to Ireland but also being an outlet for Irish companies. The negotiation of CETA certainly created new opportunities. Canada,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for their very good presentations. Who drives the system in Denmark? Is it local authorities taking a block-by-block area? Do they pick areas that have the potential density and relatively low retrofitting costs and build it up in blocks? How does it relate to mixed ownership, that is, public ownership versus private ownership? I presume there is a significant cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: Maybe we could ask questions to the professor before he leaves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: His account is very comprehensive. The issue for a country like our own is that we do not have communities used to developing heat plans. We have sustainable energy communities, but their ambitions would not tend to go beyond insulation-type work in most cases. In the professor's view, can municipalities and-or central government do something to prime the pump of this model? We are at...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline how European defence policy has evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine. [29561/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the implications of the ongoing war in Ukraine for Ireland’s security and defence. [29560/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has made a decision on the allocation of ICT grants to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29770/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the need to review fees to pharmacists which were cut under FEMPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I agree with the Minister. Some of the deployment of these technologies is proving very effective. The big bombshell in the report was on the land use front. The flexibility that had been available to us of 26 million tonnes have dropped to 9 million tonnes as a result of a reassessment of the impact of land use on emissions. Land use, even with the 8,000 ha of forestry planting and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: Does the Minister agree that if we read the climate action plan we see tremendous uncertainty on land use? We are speaking about a likely target of 11 million tonnes of emissions in 2030 and a 66% reduction in prospect. This is the target the EU suggests. Where are the policy tools that could conceivably explain to communities how such a 66% reduction could be achieved? Are we creating...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Generation (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: I know from hearing from the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage today that quite a lot of resources are being put into trying to tackle those planning uncertainties. However, it remains a concern, as Deputy Ó Murchú said. I also want to ask about the position in relation to ports and whether we are capable of supporting the offshore development. Where are we on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how does he assess the exclusion of 9 million tonnes of GHG abatement measures in the climate plan from the Environmental Protection Agency's recent projections for emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28680/23]