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Wed, 21 Sep 2022
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Childcare Services
Richard Bruton
98. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider steps to simplify the registration of childminders delivering service from a home; and if he will consider ways of supporting such provision where there is a shortage of registered childcare services delivering under the various national childcare supports. [46134/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Broadband Infrastructure
Richard Bruton
71. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has developed a vision for the way in which broadband connectivity can transform lives, particularly in Ireland’s regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45645/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Energy Conservation
Richard Bruton
82. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to bring measures forward to make energy-saving easier for people to achieve over the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45646/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Renewable Energy Generation
Richard Bruton
160. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the level of current activity in installing small scale solar capacity with battery backup; and if he will consider introducing greater incentives towards this activity as a cost-effective means of supplementing the national generation capacity. [45923/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Richard Bruton
377. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if the remuneration for supervisors of community employment schemes has been linked to any grade in the public service; and the progress in negotiations to recognise such people in terms of pay and conditions, and pension rights. [45755/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Citizens Information Services
Richard Bruton
383. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the possibility of some closures of physical Citizen Information Centres, and her assessment of the impact this may have on those who have weak digital literacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45848/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Post Office Network
Richard Bruton
603. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a hub service is to be provided through the post-office network for persons who have difficulty with accessing online public services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45644/22]
Thu, 15 Sep 2022
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Enterprise Policy
Richard Bruton
21. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that is underway to develop a circular economy strategy in key sectors. [45050/22]
Thu, 15 Sep 2022
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Energy Prices
Richard Bruton
43. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has assessed the position of the sectors most-exposed to the surge in energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45049/22]
Thu, 15 Sep 2022
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Broadband Infrastructure
Richard Bruton
105. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider commissioning a study on the potential broadband and other infrastructures of the future to transform the quality of life in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45044/22]
Thu, 15 Sep 2022
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Rural Schemes
Richard Bruton
131. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered the constraints on building community infrastructure and community involvement in the new rapidly developing areas on the fringe of cities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45043/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Energy Conservation
Richard Bruton
93. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is considering changing the administration in relation the 80% grant for certain retrofit measures as suggested by the Climate Action Council; if he is considering an extension towards other actions delivering swift energy savings; and if solar panels with battery storage, heat controls or other measures warrant similar levels of support. [44552/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Renewable Energy Generation
Richard Bruton
95. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the potential to support battery storage alone in residences, separate from solar generation; if he has received advice on the potential for residential scale wind generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44645/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Energy Policy
Richard Bruton
101. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way that restrictions on replacement oil or gas boilers as early as 2025 will impact on families that cannot easily switch to a heat pump replacement, which requires a great deal of ancillary works to the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44850/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Richard Bruton
601. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received an update from the HSE on the roll-out of the pandemic bonus payment; and the arrangements in particular that have been made for contract workers [44953/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Richard Bruton
111. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the supports which his Department makes available to support the learning of digital skills for adults who do not have any. [43656/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Tax Reliefs
Richard Bruton
419. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the amount that a worker can put into a pension savings plan with relief from income tax; the amount which their employer can put in on their behalf with relief from tax on business income; and if this varies with different types of pension plan. [44203/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Tax Exemptions
Richard Bruton
420. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the age exemption limit in the income tax code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44204/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Public Services Provision
Richard Bruton
465. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a general requirement across the public service that there must be a fallback paper-based option for access to public services for those who are not computer literate. [43653/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Housing Schemes
Richard Bruton
506. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current interest rate charged on a local authority home loan; the way that it is adjusted as European Central Bank-sanctioned interest rates changes; and the equivalent monthly charges per €1,000 borrowed on a 30-year loan. [44205/22]