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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: As interest rates continue to rise and borrowers are coming under very severe pressure, it is very noticeable that the net margins of banks are also growing significantly. Yesterday the stock value of one Irish bank rose by just 4% in just a day. Would it be timely for the Government to review consumer protections and to sit down with the Central Bank, the Financial Services and Pensions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I thought I heard a report today about serious arrears levels among consumers. The CRU's statement seems to suggest arrears are lower than they were. Maybe we could have a comment on that. On the take-up of the smart meters, at the moment it is 7% which seems very low for such a large investment. What is the target for that? What percentage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: Will the witnesses comment on the gas arrears and the target for the smart meters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: With disconnection bans gone, can the CRU manage to bring those arrears back down? Do we need to worry about it from a policy perspective or can it be managed by the CRU's interaction with the suppliers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: How high are arrears in absolute terms, as a percentage, or however the CRU measures them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: Will the CRU report back to us at an early date on that analysis?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance how the projected surplus can be harnessed to strengthen Ireland's economic and social foundations. [21511/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements in place to ensure meals of a poor nutritional rating are avoided in school meals, and that participating children consume a balanced mix of meat and vegetables over the course of each week; if the composition of meals is tracked to ensure high standards of nutrition; and if the project has adopted targets...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (9 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend parental leave in the future; and whether the age limits for children with a disability will be extended. [21143/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I am interested in that question because I recently had the opportunity with the Committee on Environment and Climate Action to visit the Netherlands. It is interesting there, where there is a very high cycling culture, that they make less use of red lights and allow many more what would be left turns for cyclists here and in their case would be right turns where the light is red for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which funding will be made to local authorities to fund mobility hubs for the different elements that can be provided; and when he expects that the first ten such hubs will be in place. [20732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Safety (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the progress in preventing air traffic disruption from drones. [20733/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Finance Act 1995 prevents retailers from setting a margin on the sale of tobacco, as they can on every other product, instead, they are obliged to sell product at the price set by the tobacco companies; and whether he has considered allowing a higher price be set even if he is unwilling to allow any discounting from the RRP. [20977/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (4 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a trend has been developing whereby cigarettes are being sold in larger packs than the standard 20 pack, and that this allows a lower unit price be charged, and encourages more consumption; and if he has considered any restrictions on this, or a requirement to have the same unit price regardless of the pack size. [20978/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank out guests for their interesting presentations. I see there is a proposal to merge SFI with another body. It raises this issue of what the proper balance between applied and relevant research versus blue sky is. Under SFI’s approach, it has targets around relevant industrial partners and spin-outs. Is there a risk that we will see research move away from the more pressing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: It does to an extent, but apprenticeships are for providing skills to employers. The State is putting a considerable amount of money into these programmes. I am not saying it is the perfect level of funding but it seems that the only sector that sought to create a central recruitment process was the financial services sector and it succeeded in developing apprenticeships. Some of them went...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: That is great. If the financial services operation could promote its best practice model among some of the others, that would be great.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 May 2023)

Richard Bruton: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to provide more capacity for boys' secondary school places, which are very low in the school planning area of Clontarf, Killester and Raheny. [20274/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: Does the Minister agree that Deputy O'Rourke is distorting the picture somewhat? The reality is that the one-stop shop scheme requires applicants to go to B2. People will not get those additional supports unless they go to B2. Would the Minister also agree that even if the warmer homes scheme does not deliver B2 ratings, very substantial reductions of between 60% and 70% in the fuel costs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the policy implications of the Economic and Social Research Institute assessment of the embodied emissions in Irish imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19322/23]