Results 221-240 of 21,896 for speaker:Richard Bruton in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 593. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned about the ease of access to, and advertising for, e-cigarettes; if the risk of recruiting new users to dependence on nicotine necessitates new regulation; and if he has undertaken any analysis of the matter.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49891/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the throughput of patients being treated in key categories and the trends in patient numbers compared to the corresponding period in 2022 and to the equivalent period in 2019, before Covid struck. [48359/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the throughput of the National Treatment Purchase Agency in 2023; and the plans for 2024. [48358/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the latest information on the purchases of homes by first-time buyers and the supply of affordable homes for purchase by such buyers. [48356/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals he plans to table for consideration by the citizens of Dublin of future governance for the city. [48357/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate the number of requests from the trustees of pension funds of state bodies for increases to be made to pensioners which are now outstanding and awaiting ministerial approval; under what circumstances would such increases be rejected in the present inflationary environment; and if steps can be taken to speed up the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 310. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in community health posts serving the Balbriggan area, including occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the implications of a new approach to taxing medical partnerships for the wider policy arrangements in health have been assessed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 132. To ask the Minister for Health whether the implications of a new approach to taxing medical partnerships for the wider policy arrangements in Health have been assessed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date in rolling out a capital programme for childcare and putting in place a development agency for the sector. [48354/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 71. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has examined the sustainability of different segments of the childcare sector; and how he intends to use the additional resources allocated in the budget for core funding. [48355/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the approach he intends to adopt to setting new speed limits; how he will ensure that there is a focus on dangerous speeds, rather than on minor exceedances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47930/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if using an electric powered scooter or bike is an offence against which Garda enforcement is possible; and whether the new legislation on the regulation of such vehicles requires regulations or a commencement date before they become effective. [48319/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to review the DEIS status of schools now that the results of Census 2022 have been reported; if she envisages granting a new DEIS status to any schools in the near future; how the disadvantage status of a person in homeless accommodation is assessed under the scheme; and whether this might result in the disadvantage status being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 797. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the security checks that are carried out on international applicants immigrating to Ireland; whether the Irish Immigration Service carries out criminal record checks on people arriving from other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47466/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 825. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the reports that the number of checks for dangerous driving have fallen sharply; and if she plans any particular initiatives to emphasise the need for compliance to reduce road deaths. [47931/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 971. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason foster allowance reduces at 18 years of age, even if the person is in full-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 1058. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the compliance and standards that will be required of childminders who seek to participate in the national childcare scheme from September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Richard Bruton: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what programmes of public expenditure will be subject to evaluation in the coming year; and whether this process needs to be reformed [46962/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Richard Bruton: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the budgeting process operated by his Department promotes innovation to a sufficient extent. [46963/23]