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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out an assessment of the potential of remote delivery in further education and if new initiatives are planned in this arena. [50444/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has assessed the capital investment which will be required in Ireland to meet higher recycling and reuse targets and lower exports of materials for recycling over the years to 2030 and beyond; if it is anticipated that this investment will require State direct investment or State support; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to address the difficulties faced by the taxi industry in obtaining taxi plates, the prices of which have increased dramatically since the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56758/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the extra resources in special education will be used to extend the pilot whereby a team of therapists' team with clusters of schools and pre-schools to offer a more integrated approach than is possible with the traditional referral to the HSE. [56861/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a further opportunity in 2024 for post-primary schools to apply for STEM grant funding from her Department, particularly schools that were not included in the list of successful applicants in December 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1301/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of DEIS schools primary and post-primary that had successful applications in the recent STEM grant round; if a quota for DEIS schools has been considered to ensure that they bridge the gap in STEM take-up between DEIS and non-DEIS schools; and when the next call under this grant can be made in order that the many quality...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of any properties in the north Fingal area that have been bought in the past six months by approved housing bodies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56964/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 845. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that banks will not issue mortgages in the case of a tenant purchase, due to the operation of the clawback clause on the tenant purchase discount, and as result this locks out families whose income does not fit the conditions of a local authority loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1900/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has undertaken a recent review of siltation in Howth Harbour; and whether he believes that a major scheme is now necessary for the harbour, to complement the smaller improvement initiatives which his Department is undertaking. [56959/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he received a report on the consultation conducted regarding licensing additional boats for visitor boat trips from Howth Harbour; if so, when a decision on this is likely to be taken; and how the additional slots will be allocated to potential providers of the service. [1430/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason why inspections of childcare facilities are not managed by one agency and how much extra costs does the State incur arising from multiple agencies conducting multiple inspections of the same facility. [56700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why the NCS portal closes at 11 p.m. on Tuesday evenings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers that stopped receiving Core Funding in 2023. [56702/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to linking the Core Funding payment to inflation. [56703/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1555. 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. [56823/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1632. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Swords; the expected date for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1043/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the proportion of nursing costs paid by the State and by residents and their families under the fair deal scheme, distinguishing payments by families made immediately and payments recovered later from property sales. [1605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (14 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the possibility of developing, along with other Ministers, a circular compact across the food sector, aimed at designing out the negative environmental features all along the supply chain, from primary production to unnecessary waste. [55783/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the research being undertaken into the quantification and reward of environmental services generated by actions at farm level to allow water tables rise on organic soils, to switch from livestock to forestry; and whether this can lead to a more extensive financial framework than the present ACRES scheme. [55782/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received submissions on the excessive administrative burden associated with the Core funding scheme; and if modifications are possible. [55780/23]