Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Staff

Richard Bruton

359. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the total number of resource teachers employed at primary and at secondary level, distinguishing those in mainstream classes, special classes and in special schools; and the number of children receiving support in each case. [40355/23]

School Staff

Richard Bruton

360. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the total number of special needs' assistants employed at primary and at secondary level, distinguishing those in mainstream classes, special classes and in special schools; and the number of children receiving support in each case. [40356/23]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

361. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the circumstances in which a detailed assessment is required before a child can obtain support in a special class or a special school; the number of cases where this is creating a delay in appropriate placement; and if there are steps under consideration to overcome this. [40357/23]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

362. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special needs receiving home tuition; and the aggregate number of hours of such tuition being provided nationally. [40358/23]

School Textbooks

Richard Bruton

382. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school children who received the benefit of free schoolbooks on their return to school this year; and the estimated savings to each child included in the scheme. [40727/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Richard Bruton

647. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection whether improvements in maternity, paternity or parental benefit is scheduled; and if so, the dates that they will take effect. [40354/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Richard Bruton

648. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate her latest estimate for the numbers of recipients of domiciliary care allowance, working family payment, carer's allowance, carer's benefit and carer's support grant; and her estimate of the number of children deriving support from these payments in each case. [40361/23]

Social Welfare Code

Richard Bruton

659. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the disregard of only a portion of maintenance payments in means tests continues to apply; whether she intends to make changes to this provision in the Social Welfare Bill planned for later in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40717/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Richard Bruton

660. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline how the working family payment is estimated in the case of a single parent who works and is in receipt of the one parent family allowance; and if she will provide some worked examples. [40718/23]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

661. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of people eligible for the free fuel scheme after the implementation of the changes made earlier this year. [40719/23]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

662. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the conditions in which an Irish social welfare pensioner can receive the household benefit package; the additional means-tested access available to those who do not have an Irish social welfare pension; the number of those in receipt of Irish social welfare pensions who also receive the household benefit package; the number who do not; and the number of persons who do not have an Irish social welfare pension who receive the package. [40720/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Bruton

663. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the conditions in which a telephone allowance is paid. [40725/23]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

664. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has reviewed the level of claims for exceptional needs being made to her Department; the number of claims and the average payment under the main categories of payment; and if she is considering changes in the guidelines applying to any of the categories in view of the sort of needs being presented. [40726/23]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

852. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children getting support under the universal childcare payment of €1.40 per hour; and their distribution, by age, and by average weekly hours claimed. [40346/23]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

853. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children getting support under the enhanced level of support available to those below an income threshold; and their distribution, by band of reckonable income, by age, and by average weekly hours claimed. [40347/23]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

854. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the hourly rate of support for childcare in different age groups is calculated in the different bands of reckonable income. [40348/23]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

855. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children benefiting from the core funding payment for childcare; their distribution, by age, and by hours delivered; and the number of children in classrooms led by graduate leaders. [40349/23]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

856. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered innovations to reduce the amount of administration and record keeping associated with the core funding payment for childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40350/23]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

857. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hours funded under the free early childhood care and education scheme; the number of children who take it up, indicating those who complete two years; the hourly payment made to providers; and when this was last increased. [40351/23]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

858. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of children being cared for in the private home of the carer; the number of applications which have been made for the interim support to such carers; and what steps need to be taken before these carers could be included within the supports of the national childcare scheme. [40352/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Bruton

859. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the latest number of children participating in the various streams of support under the access inclusion model; and the number of staff deployed in delivering services. [40353/23]

Parental Leave

Richard Bruton

860. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether improvements in maternity, paternity, or parental leave is scheduled; and if so, the dates that they will take effect. [40354/23]

Census of Population

Richard Bruton

7. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he would consider publishing individual census returns earlier than the elapse of 100 years, in order that more timely research could be undertaken by those interested in genealogy and social history. [37832/23]

Waste Management

Richard Bruton

79. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he receives reports on the extent to which the pricing structure of bin collections incentivise reduce and recycle through the differential between the cost of black, brown and green collections; if domestic waste is currently being appropriately segregated into the respective streams; whether such segregation is delivering lower total volumes of waste and lower levels of contamination in the respective streams; and if any changes in price structures are anticipated. [37354/23]

Data Centres

Richard Bruton

93. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department have considered introducing an obligation on existing data centres to use the excess heat produced for local district heating systems. [37816/23]

Data Centres

Richard Bruton

94. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department have considered introducing obligations on new data centres to build heat export ability at the time of construction to supply district heating to local communities. [37817/23]

Data Centres

Richard Bruton

95. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of excess heat being produced by data centres; and the percentage of excess heat being used in district heating systems. [37818/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

123. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown in the use of biomass for electricity generation. [38272/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

124. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current level of solar activity. [38273/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

125. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected solar activity by 2030. [38274/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

126. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current level of hydroelectric activity. [38275/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

127. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected hydroelectric activity by 2030. [38276/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

128. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current level of renewable energy generated by wind, broken down by onshore and offshore. [38277/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

129. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of projected level of renewable energy generate by wind by 2030, broken down by onshore and offshore. [38278/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

130. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current installed capacity of solar, broken down by commercial and domestic production. [38281/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Bruton

131. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current installed capacity of wind power, broken down by commercial and domestic production. [38282/23]

Energy Prices

Richard Bruton

148. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether the trend in electricity prices have been tracked to ensure that customers are not being unfairly charged in situations where underlying forward contracts for fuel stocks remain undisclosed; if it is expected that intervention will be needed by public authorities to ensure falling costs are fairly shared; and how it is intended that the revenue from new caps on renewable energy prices and taxes on the profits of energy companies will be shared with customers. [38641/23]

Energy Conservation

Richard Bruton

170. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he would consider the replacement of a single-glaze window for stand-alone grant aid in the case of stone houses, for which wall insulation is not feasible; and if he would request the SEAI to model the costs and benefits of such work in those houses in terms of fossil fuel use and carbon emissions. [38918/23]

Motor Fuels

Richard Bruton

330. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown in the use of biomethane for biofuels. [38272/23]

Motor Fuels

Richard Bruton

331. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the current level of biofuel production. [38279/23]

Motor Fuels

Richard Bruton

332. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the projected level of biofuel production by 2030. [38280/23]

Banking Sector

Richard Bruton

467. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the gap that has emerged between deposit rates given by banks and the lending rates charged; and if he has plans to ensure that depositors and lenders are fairly treated. [38584/23]

Insurance Coverage

Richard Bruton

535. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the arrangements that are in place for remedial works in an area (details supplied) to ensure people in the area affected can get insurance in the future. [38284/23]

Home Schooling

Richard Bruton

594. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she has received correspondence from a school (details supplied); and if she is in a position to allocate resources for an adequate home school liaison service. [37232/23]

School Admissions

Richard Bruton

599. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a shortage of places for all Irish primary education in the Clontarf, Killester and Raheny catchment area; if she has any plans to increase the availability of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37376/23]

School Facilities

Richard Bruton

726. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the request by a school (details supplied) to modify its building plan to replace three proposed basketball courts with one multi-use games area, and to add equipment, long jump facilities and an all-weather track bearing in mind that these facilities will allow the leaving certificate curriculum to be delivered, will enhance sports participation in the school and will provide sporting facilities in a fast-growing community where facilities are very scarce. [38834/23]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Bruton

731. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the status of all new-build and refurbishment projects, if any, in post-primary schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38874/23]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Bruton

732. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the status of all new-build and refurbishment projects, if any, in primary schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38875/23]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Bruton

733. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans to construct a new primary or post-primary school to serve the Northwood area of Santry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38876/23]

Planning Issues

Richard Bruton

841. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered applying orders which would restrict the planting of unsuitable species of trees in residential areas, which through their growth are likely to grow out of control and create a hazard for other dwellers. [37522/23]