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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I apologise for missing the start of the discussion, which was because I had to attend another meeting. If I am repeating a question that was already answered, the witnesses need not answer it again. I am interested to know what the precedents are for proportionality in this sphere. Obviously, employers have to monitor for any illegal activity that could occur on their network. There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: What about profiling, which involves scraping around looking for stuff? Is that legitimate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: The implications of this are potentially far-reaching. There is potential use of personal data, profiling people, going into people's private lives to decide suitability for promotion, etc. It is a minefield. I do not where we should stick our oar to try to guide the boat. I thank the witnesses for their engagement, which has been very thought-provoking.

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak. I will start by thanking the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, and his colleagues for the work they are doing on our behalf. If one looks at any European country and the challenges they face, it is the political issue of our time. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has handled it extremely sensitively in a very difficult environment. The figures speak...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I am interested in the number of people in arrears and how that could be best addressed in policy terms. How successful is the exceptional needs payment in dealing with these cases? Are other interventions needed? The proposal to extend the fuel allowance to those in receipt of the working family payment seems like quite a sensible idea. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: The warmer homes scheme is really for people who receive the working family dividend or are in the fuel scheme. It gives priority to the worst affected. There seems to be criticism of the scheme but it seems to me to be pretty well targeted. We can always say it should scale up but when a scheme is free, there will be a lot of people queueing to get it. It is a very generous scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has investigated areas where there are very high concentrations of claimants of jobseeker’s allowance, one-parent family allowance, disability allowance or other indicators of concentrated need; and if she is considering innovations in these areas to break the cycle. [24636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he believes there is justification for the introduction of a charge on brown bins - and therefore food and garden waste - by waste collection companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24463/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Accommodation (23 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if there are impediments to former nursing homes which are no longer in use being considered for emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24847/23]

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the Tánaiste's initiative to have a consultative forum on international security. His selection of Louise Richardson as chairperson for that is a good one. Her biography demonstrates she is a committed reformer, decisive in action and not easily browbeaten by those who would seek to divert her. She will be a good chair. It is time we had a serious conversation on all...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am sure that, like many Deputies, the Tánaiste is seeing how growing participation in the workplace is exposing weaknesses in childcare supply, particularly in rapidly growing areas such as those I represent on the northern fringe of Dublin. When will the details of the capital programme that is provided for under the NDP for childcare be outlined? When will we see legislation for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering supports for the construction of affordable homes for purchase along the lines of the supports recently announced for cost rental. [23561/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy and Port Capacity: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for the really interesting presentations. I want to understand the ordering and what the State needs to do. So far, the auctions are only for three on the east coast and one on the west coast. The witness stated that even those are not yet bankable projects. There is a long way to go before we have a stream of bankable projects coming through this and subsequent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy and Port Capacity: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: Until we have hydrogen as a credible route, does that cap our-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy and Port Capacity: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: Are the models sort of arm's length from the Government, like Enterprise Ireland with its own board and decision making process or are they more public service led?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Electoral Process (16 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will consider adding persons with a disability to the roster of persons who act as election observers in other jurisdictions, as has been recommended by an Oireachtas Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/23]

Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. There is no doubt the world has become a much more dangerous place. It is very important that Ireland and the EU as a whole take a consistent approach to the sale of goods that might come into the wrong hands and have an adverse impact on the human rights of people across the globe. The Bill is welcome. It is a good structure that is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (11 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the preparations that have been undertaken in his Department to develop a circular economy strategy in key economic sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21544/23]