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Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Forestry Sector
Richard Bruton
72. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment he has undertaken which cast doubt on the role of forestry in carbon abatement. [41607/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Climate Change Policy
Richard Bruton
75. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the strategy for climate adaptation in agriculture has integrated the new higher ambition for greenhouse gas abatement. [41608/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Richard Bruton
234. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly whereby dance classes still cannot take place even though roller discos are now to be permitted; and if her Department is seeking to develop safe protocols for same. [41321/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Electric Vehicles
Richard Bruton
162. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the local authorities which have requested applications for the public charge point scheme; the local authorities that have completed applications; the local authorities that have been approved; the local authorities that have installed chargers under the scheme; and the number of charge points involved in each case in tabular form. [40853/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Education Policy
Richard Bruton
101. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she has considered the resources that may become available within primary education in the coming years due to the projection of declining pupil enrolment and the way in which they might best be deployed to improve education outcomes for pupils. [39714/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Early Years Sector
Richard Bruton
109. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her Department has undertaken research into a centre (details supplied) as a response to tackling poor educational outcomes in areas of acute disadvantage; and if she has considered such an approach as appropriate in a small number of settings in Ireland. [39715/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Housing Data
Richard Bruton
296. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing developments in Fingal and Dublin city that made up the estimated cost of council direct construction of social housing in 2019 published by the social housing capital investment programme; and the land cost, professional fees, utility costs, abnormal costs and construction contract costs per unit built, respectively in each case. [39934/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Housing Data
Richard Bruton
297. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of approved units in Fingal and Dublin city since 1 January 2019 to date; and the estimated cost per unit by the land cost, professional fees, utility costs, abnormal costs and construction contract costs per unit, respectively. [39935/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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School Funding
Richard Bruton
431. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if there are funds that schools can avail of to allow participation in digital initiatives in partnership with private enterprise over and above standard funding lines so that opportunities for innovation can be seized. [40314/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
Richard Bruton
519. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is considering new supports for enterprise start-ups such as through the back to work enterprise scheme as Ireland commences exiting the Covid-19 setbacks to employment. [40500/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Departmental Strategy Statements
Richard Bruton
532. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the innovations he plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of his Department. [40110/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Richard Bruton
533. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has recorded a significant drop-off in children in early childhood settings or in the number of providers offering service during Covid-19. [40111/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Richard Bruton
658. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that international advice from an institution (details supplied) recommends stronger protections for women over 28 weeks pregnant than is being applied by the HSE in its advice for the public service; and if he will assess whether that advice should be amended. [39741/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Overseas Development Aid
Richard Bruton
43. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if overseas development programmes have been hampered by the Covid-19 virus; and if unspent money can be carried forward. [37952/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Overseas Development Aid
Richard Bruton
48. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider the possibility of allowing local communities decide the use of a small part of the ODA budget through a democratic consultation process in locations in which a well-structured aid programme is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37953/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Departmental Strategy Statements
Richard Bruton
78. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the innovations he plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of his Department. [36171/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Tax Code
Richard Bruton
153. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance his plans to refresh the roadmap for tax policy in relation to the taxation of companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36170/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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DEIS Scheme
Richard Bruton
272. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the reason improvements in staffing were provided to DEIS band 1 senior schools but not to junior schools or integrated schools in the same category; and if it has been decided the way in which the planned €5 million for such schools will be allocated. [39428/20]
Wed, 25 Nov 2020
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Local Authority Housing
Richard Bruton
79. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the assertion that red tape and restrictions on borrowing capacity are preventing councils from engaging in more direct building; the typical timelines for design, master planning, cost appraisal, establishment of funding lines, planning approval, tendering and construction on direct build projects; and if his Department has undertaken any evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of these processes compared to best international practice. [39142/20]
Wed, 25 Nov 2020
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Land Development Agency
Richard Bruton
80. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the improvements he has identified in the manner in which the Land Development Agency will operate in order to reduce the time and cost involved in site assembly and acquisition, in design, master planning, cost appraisal, establishment of funding lines, planning approval, tendering and construction; and if he is satisfied that the draft legislation provides the necessary legislative powers to allow this State developer fulfil its game-changing potential identified in the recent NESC report. [39143/20]