Parliamentary questions

Visa Applications

Richard Bruton

679. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if there is any progress in shortening the delays in renewal of visas; if she has any system for fast-tracking applications where an important family event requires travel arrangements to be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32291/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Bruton

718. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicators reported to him in respect of the child and adult mental health service; and his views on the throughput of patients, the level of the services delivered and the pattern of discharges. [31819/22]

Tax Yield

Richard Bruton

50. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the latest appraisal of the reliability of corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31244/22]

Budget Process

Richard Bruton

82. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the prospects for the forthcoming Budget will be impacted by the international turmoil currently being experienced and higher energy and interest costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31243/22]

Public Expenditure Policy

Richard Bruton

90. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has considered the need to front-load public investments in areas including health, education and transport if compact development is to be a success. [31241/22]

Public Procurement Contracts

Richard Bruton

108. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sustainability measures that he applies to guide public procurement. [31242/22]

School Funding

Richard Bruton

1005. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her Department makes any allowance in the budget provision for a school (details supplied) which has to operate across two separate sites. [30011/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Bruton

1006. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on when it is expected that construction will commence for a new school (details supplied). [30013/22]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

1179. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the acute shortage for crèche accommodating babies under two years in many parts of Dublin; if he plans any initiatives to bridge this gap; if he will extend support to parents who now must opt for care in private homes as the only option to meet their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29465/22]

Crime Prevention

Richard Bruton

1287. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if she has monitored the frequency of homophobic attacks in Dublin city; and if she raised the matter and measures with the Garda Commissioner to ensure that persons feel safe on the streets. [28982/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Richard Bruton

1288. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will consider organising more frequent swearing-in ceremonies to speed up the naturalisation process or if she will authorise a simpler form of swearing-in process. [29050/22]

Legislative Reviews

Richard Bruton

1370. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the current legislation in relation to powers of attorney which restricts the conferring of power on specified relatives and prevents persons from selecting others with whom they may prefer to trust such matters and if she will consider amending this provision. [30810/22]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Richard Bruton

1392. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays in the registration of nurses, coming from or returning from overseas, with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will request the board to consider measures to accelerate registrations in view of staff shortages.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28893/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Bruton

22. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received reports from the county childcare committees on the adequacy of provision for children under two years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/22]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

44. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the challenges that have been experienced in the roll-out of the new core funding model for childcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28267/22]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Bruton

99. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress that has been made rolling out low-cost initiatives that can help families reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions which can be quickly rolled out such as heat controls, public electric vehicle chargers, utilisation of smart meters and so on. [28308/22]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Bruton

104. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when it is planned to allocate the climate budget across the various sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28309/22]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Bruton

161. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider a call to create a centre of excellence for the circular economy embracing science, design, knowledge transfer, commercialisation and behavioural strategies to encourage consumer adoption. [25376/22]

Public Transport

Richard Bruton

207. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if arrangements will be made that public transport companies publish route performance data to provide greater transparency to customers covering matters such as passenger numbers, adherence to schedule, capacity and so on. [28738/22]

Adult Education Provision

Richard Bruton

327. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether or not between the years 1994 to 2005, adult education officers were classed as teachers or otherwise, the number of hours per week such adult education officers were expected to work during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28732/22]

Disability Services

Richard Bruton

215. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated and spent in 2022 for additional residential services given that the Disability Capacity Review 2032 states that the additional minimum-scenario extra annual funding needed for demography only in 2022 for residential is €60 million, and the demography and unmet need for 2022 needed is €220 million. [28312/22]

Disability Services

Richard Bruton

216. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the reason that there are only 52 extra beds provided in the disability budget for 2022 given that the Disability Capacity Review 2032 states that the additional extra residential beds at a minimum needed for 2022 is 300. [28313/22]

Disability Services

Richard Bruton

217. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the amount of extra funding on the HSE Service Plan 2022 that was sought, allocated and spent to date to match the €80 million minimum requirement based on demography only for 2022 cited in the Disability Capability Review up to 2032. [28314/22]

Disability Services

Richard Bruton

218. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the amount of extra funding on the HSE Service Plan 2022 that was allocated and spent to match the €350 million requirement based on demography and unmet need for 2022 cited in the Disability Capability Review up to 2032. [28315/22]

Disability Services

Richard Bruton

219. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the additional extra housing capital; and the amount that has been spent to date given that the Disability Capacity Review 2032 states that the additional extra housing capital that is required for disability services in 2022 based on demography only is €60 million. [28316/22]

Public Transport

Richard Bruton

117. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the need for more pet-friendly policies on public transport in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27347/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Bruton

531. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider waiving some or all of the fees for students who have switched college courses, given that the experience of remote-learning distorted their ability to make a timely assessment that they were unsuited for their original choice of course. [27348/22]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Richard Bruton

25. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has informed him of its strategy for 2022 in terms of planned procedures and planned outpatient visits for persons who have been waiting for a long-time; if so, the specialties; the targets for each specialty; the waiting time threshold at which the respective interventions would occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26877/22]

Nursing Homes

Richard Bruton

92. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the concession of a €14,000 disregard on rental income for social welfare purposes will be extended to a disregard of rental income for the fair deal scheme. [26878/22]

Agriculture Industry

Richard Bruton

163. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest estimates of the margins per hectare in terms of family farm income generated from the different main forms of farming that is, dairy, beef herds, grain and so on. [26876/22]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Richard Bruton

171. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the value of greenhouse gas savings over a twenty-year timeframe, calculated at the carbon price used in capital project evaluation under the public spending codes of diversification initiatives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26875/22]

Air Quality

Richard Bruton

14. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has examined the merit of requiring persons to switch-off the engines of their vehicles when queuing in areas in which there are problems with air quality. [26563/22]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

113. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if special schools have a high take-up of summer programmes; and if steps can be taken to encourage a higher take-up given that these children are those most likely to benefit from such a programme and are likely to regress if they do not attend, even if some home tuition is provided. [26811/22]

School Patronage

Richard Bruton

118. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her Department has undertaken a review of the manner in which schools with religious patrons have delivered on the obligations to children for whom it has been indicated that they do not wish to participate in religious arrangements; and if she is considering issuing guidelines on the matter. [26888/22]

School Patronage

Richard Bruton

119. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she plans to initiate a programme of transfer of patronage at second level in areas in which there is substantial demand for non-denominational patronage, but no schools are serving that need. [26889/22]

School Patronage

Richard Bruton

120. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the authority, the budget and the mandate of the facilitators who seek to achieve the transfer of patronage in eight pilot areas; if their new role has taken learnings from the previous initiative by the education and training boards which have had limited success; the form that the consultation with parents will take in the eight areas; and the way that parents will be chosen for participation. [26890/22]

Crime Prevention

Richard Bruton

27. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the actions that her Department is taking, including legislative action to break the link between gangland criminals and children they try to recruit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25983/22]

Victim Support Services

Richard Bruton

32. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the progress that is being made in implementing the plan Supporting a Victim's Journey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25982/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Bruton

221. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of respondents nationally to the call by the Land Development Agency for projects under Project Tosaigh; the number of respondents for same in Dublin; the aggregate potential in terms of homes; the approach that the LDA proposes to take in selecting sites on which to deliver homes at an affordable price. [25948/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Bruton

222. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the undertaking made by each local authority to the development affordable homes for purchase in each of the coming years for which he has sought a commitment. [25949/22]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

355. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the way in which admission to special schools will be determined (details supplied); if she will reassure parents that children will not lose out during this transition required by the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25690/22]

Child Abuse

Richard Bruton

364. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the strategy that is in place to support young persons who were abused in secondary boarding schools; and if recent recognition by religious orders of abuse will result in additional supports or steps to be taken by her Department. [25799/22]

School Enrolments

Richard Bruton

420. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the aggregate capacity of secondary schools in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf catchment area; and the extent to which it exceeds current enrolment. [26174/22]

School Enrolments

Richard Bruton

421. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary schools in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area which are mixed and non-denominational; and the capacity of each school. [26175/22]

School Enrolments

Richard Bruton

422. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the existing pattern of children entering or leaving the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling. [26176/22]

School Accommodation

Richard Bruton

423. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if the CSO has provided her Department with a projection of population for the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area over the next five years. [26177/22]

Probate Applications

Richard Bruton

546. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if she has received reports of delays in the Probate Office and if the delays that arose during Covid are being overcome. [26204/22]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Richard Bruton

62. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the top competitiveness challenges for small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25378/22]

Living Wage

Richard Bruton

67. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main challenges to be overcome in the development of a living wage; and if this concept includes terms of access to protection and services needed by those at work. [25379/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Richard Bruton

176. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress to date in the roll-out of public sector apprenticeships and the sectors in which further progress will be made. [25377/22]