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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (12 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which her Department or its agencies run for adult persons with a disability, and particularly those on the autism spectrum, who find it difficult to manage in conventional workplaces, in order that they can progress to regular work roles.; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (12 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which her Department or its agencies run for adult persons with a disability, and particularly those on the autism spectrum, who find it difficult to manage in conventional workplaces, in order that they can progress to regular work roles; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 667. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which his Department or its agencies run for adult persons with a disability, and particularly those on the autism spectrum, who find it difficult to manage in conventional workplaces, in order that they can progress to regular work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equal Opportunities Employment (12 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which his Department or its agencies run for adult persons with a disability, and particularly those on the autism spectrum, who find it difficult to manage in conventional workplaces, in order that they can progress to regular work roles; and if he will make a...

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]

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]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the categories of post which are being exempted from the freeze on recruitment, such as in the area of disability, and whether he can extend this to other areas of acute need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the regulations for e-bikes and scooters will be completed; how it is intended to monitor the 25 km/h speed limit, which is to be the threshold for tax and insurance, where the capacity of many of the items in use seem to be able to exceed such thresholds. [52811/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the new approach to the promotion of the transfer of patronage of schools which her Department has adopted; and if she will outline the key milestones that it is intended to reach in the next three years. [52817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the progress in developing more multi-denominational choice at primary level; her further views on the new approach being developed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to take new initiatives to promote the understanding of biodiversity in education programmes, both within and outside the curriculum. [52818/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Artificial Intelligence (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what international compacts are in development to regulate the impact of artificial Intelligence on economic, social and political life within and beyond the EU; and how Ireland intends to participate in emerging new arrangements. [50243/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether prospective new member states of the EU have made significant progress to date in reaching the milestones for membership; what changes in the operation of the EU are under consideration to accommodate wider membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50242/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether substitute teachers filling positions as English language teachers can be paid the substitute’s daily rate; if she will make arrangements in order that these subs can be entered into the online system for payment; and her views on the shortfall of pay to substitutes at a school (details supplied). [53171/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the programmes of public expenditure that will be subject to evaluation in the coming year, and whether this process needs to be reformed. [52333/23]