Parliamentary questions

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

129. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of her Department for which a means test applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59663/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

143. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59650/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

150. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59657/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

163. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of her Department for which a means test applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59660/22]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Bruton

173. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol regarding the charge which may be made by a GP for a repeat prescription that is issued without a consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59624/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

181. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59658/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

194. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59649/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

197. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of her Department for which a means test applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59662/22]

Child Poverty

Richard Bruton

87. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that are being taken to reduce child poverty; the impact of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58935/22]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

127. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the trends in the number seeking jobseeker payments; the number who are being facilitated into pathways of training and work experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58934/22]

Employment Rights

Richard Bruton

147. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of an employment regulation order for security workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58831/22]

Public Services Card

Richard Bruton

415. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has feedback on the number of applications online to complete application for the public services card that result in failure; the number of follow-up calls which are not reached within a reasonable period; and if steps can be taken to make this process simpler for people. [59028/22]

Defence Forces

Richard Bruton

11. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the actions that have been taken to upgrade Ireland's defence system in response to the recent commission on the subject. [58431/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Bruton

83. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the total spending by her Department on in-service training of teachers and on leadership development programmes; and if she will set out her ambitions in this arena. [58419/22]

State Examinations

Richard Bruton

109. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is taking measures to fast-track the reform of the Leaving Certificate. [58418/22]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Bruton

130. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the challenge of responding to the impact of climate change in Africa and the global strategy that is needed. [57741/22]

Human Rights

Richard Bruton

142. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation in Myanmar; and the initiatives that are being taken by the international community to restore human rights. [57742/22]

Agriculture Industry

Richard Bruton

778. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57305/22]

Sport and Recreational Development

Richard Bruton

20. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a review of sports capital is underway; if any changes in the format for the next round of funding calls are planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56605/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Bruton

87. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his Department's plans for an agency which will drive forward the development of the childcare sector. [56603/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Bruton

118. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the latest level of take-up of the core funding model for childcare for providers; if any need to adapt the existing suite of supports has been identified for providers who have sought additional transitional support and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56604/22]

Environmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

136. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress that has been made in setting up structures for a deposit return scheme; when is it expected to commence; and the value of the deposit expected of consumers. [57179/22]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Bruton

137. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications that have been received to date for grants to install EV chargers in the car parks of multi-unit residential developments; and if he plans initiatives to accelerate their take-up. [57180/22]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Bruton

145. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the way that it is intended to classify electric scooters in the context of use of cycle lanes, speed restrictions and obligations to get insurance; and his views on the separations between the traditional divide between mechanically-propelled and those propelled by personal power. [57181/22]

Bus Services

Richard Bruton

146. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the estimated investment to date in the Dublin BusConnects initiative; the estimated final cost; and the expected impact when it is fully in place in terms of extra passengers, extra peak hour share, extra buses in the system, and reduced emissions from city transport. [57182/22]

Office of Public Works

Richard Bruton

164. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work in which the OPW is engaged to develop a flood relief plan for the Clontarf seafront; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57183/22]

State Examinations

Richard Bruton

215. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if a timescale for implementation of the Leaving Certificate reform process has been put in place. [57186/22]

An Garda Síochána

Richard Bruton

267. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank and other support staff in each of the northside of Dublin Garda stations; and the way that this has evolved since 2016. [57184/22]

An Garda Síochána

Richard Bruton

268. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if she has received a report on the extent to which a community policing structure has been put in place in the districts covering Dublin’s northside. [57185/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Bruton

307. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way that waiting lists compare now to the situation prior to the pandemic at the Mater, Beaumont, Cappagh, Temple Street and Blanchardstown; and the way that the waiting list initiative and winter bed initiative will impact on these services. [57187/22]

Pension Levy

Richard Bruton

195. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the value of the moneys raised from private pension funds in each of the years during which the emergency pension levy applied; the estimated number of fund members who were affected by the levy; the way that the pension payments to members were affected; if these funds have recovered any of the sums contributed with the recovery of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56147/22]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Bruton

197. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has requested the Revenue Commissioners to review the present tax reliefs for remote working with a view to making the relief less cumbersome to operate; the estimated number of persons who have made a claim under this provision in the most recent year for which data is available; the way in which the tax code might better promote such practices into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56169/22]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

571. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of private residents, that is, non-healthcare workers, who have completed a course of training certified by PHECC under SI 449 2015, in order that they may hold and administer adrenaline in community settings, as was intended by the 2015 measure. [56555/22]

Public Transport

Richard Bruton

8. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the present emissions profile of the Irish public transport fleet; the past and future trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55845/22]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Bruton

62. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the pace of growth of the EV fleet in the main vehicle categories; the main barriers to further adoption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55846/22]

Foreign Direct Investment

Richard Bruton

104. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if the EU taxonomy has yet started to influence the pattern of investment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55848/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Bruton

111. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the funding model for housing has evolved since the financial crash; and if finance remains a constraint on reaching the Government’s housing targets. [55847/22]

Recycling Policy

Richard Bruton

5. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has set a deadline for the establishment of the approved body to run the deposit return scheme for beverage bottles and cans; the estimated total cost of the scheme; the proposed deposit to be charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55726/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Bruton

42. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a payroll issue of a person (details supplied). [55747/22]

Teaching Qualifications

Richard Bruton

74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that teachers who have qualified as primary teachers in the UK cannot return to do their on-the-job training year; and if such a requirement could be waived given the shortage of teachers being experienced at present. [55727/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Bruton

40. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department measures progress in reducing energy poverty; if closer alignment with the system of energy upgrades could be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50625/22]

Energy Conservation

Richard Bruton

100. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will list the energy efficiency obligated entities for the most recent year for which data is available; the energy savings credits which they earned through delivery of efficiencies; and the proportion in each case which was delivered by buying credits. [54182/22]

Energy Conservation

Richard Bruton

101. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will indicate the extent to which the annual target of energy efficiency obligated entities will increase in 2023 compared to the existing obligation. [54183/22]

Energy Conservation

Richard Bruton

102. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the requirement to have a minimum efficiency uplift, a requirement to achieve a B2 rating or better, prevents the achievement of cheaper and shallower measures which could deliver rapid reductions in energy use at this time of heightened energy uncertainty. [54184/22]

Road Projects

Richard Bruton

192. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on planned upgrade works to the N4 between Mullingar and Longford. [54596/22]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

269. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if there is a record kept of properties which have come into the possession of mortgage holding institutions, which have not been sold or rented, or of properties which are held by an official assignee in a bankruptcy case, which have not been sold or rented; and if such properties have been made the target of any public policy initiative to bring them back into use. [54621/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Bruton

666. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider including persons who are on sickness benefit for over one year on the autumn cost-of-living payment. [54864/22]

Pensions Reform

Richard Bruton

711. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered suggested innovations in the management of the pool of funds generated by the auto-enrolment scheme, whereby the individual's pot would continue to be managed in a single pool, and drawdowns could be made at a smoothed rate rather than the market value of the moment, given that this approach could allow pooled savings to be invested in higher yielding investment categories and could avoid individual management fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55278/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Bruton

760. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the payment level for the ECCE scheme was last revised; if he has assessed whether it continues to adequately cover the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54602/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Richard Bruton

919. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if proposals have been presented to his ministerial management committee to accelerate the conduct of assessments of need for children with special needs, in the aftermath of a recent court case which deemed that preliminary assessments did not meet the obligations of the existing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54254/22]