Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Housing Provision

Richard Bruton

362. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate the number of expressions of interest, applications and approvals under the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund for the development of sites. [25590/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Bruton

363. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate the number of expressions of interest, applications and approvals under the Croí Cónaithe Cities Fund. [25591/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Bruton

364. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the progress to date on the projected affordable housing delivery of each local authority; and the number planned that remain to be developed. [25592/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Bruton

462. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered what it would cost to extend the fuel allowance to persons who have been six months on an assistance payment, and to those in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25958/23]

Disability Services

Richard Bruton

608. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth that available therapeutic resource for children with special needs is properly allocated between completing assessments and delivering therapeutic services; and if he will indicate the key performance targets for the new disability networks, and their capacity to achieve them. [18546/23]

Medical Cards

Richard Bruton

747. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health when the new means limit for the GP only card, which was due to be in place from April 2023 will come into force; and if he will outline the exact thresholds that will apply. [26099/23]

Crime Prevention

Richard Bruton

21. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the preparatory work being done for the roll-out of community safety plans beyond the pilot areas; if new sources of funding, beyond the proceeds of crime, will be needed to fund initiatives under these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25190/23]

Victim Support Services

Richard Bruton

39. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the support to victims of crime now being provided, including an assessment of the numbers benefitting from supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25191/23]

Public Spending Code

Richard Bruton

70. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the price of carbon fixed in the public expenditure code is factored into the design of agricultural policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/23]

Land Issues

Richard Bruton

72. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of land use currently under way; the key findings of the work to date; and the implications for future policy development. [25194/23]

Mental Health Services

Richard Bruton

288. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all sections 38 and 39 organisations that receive funding from his Department or the HSE MHS budget for the provision of mental health supports for the past three years; to provide details on the services being provided by these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25448/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Bruton

104. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has investigated areas where there are very high concentrations of claimants of jobseeker’s allowance, one-parent family allowance, disability allowance or other indicators of concentrated need; and if she is considering innovations in these areas to break the cycle. [24636/23]

Waste Management

Richard Bruton

178. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he believes there is justification for the introduction of a charge on brown bins - and therefore food and garden waste - by waste collection companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24463/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Richard Bruton

716. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are impediments to former nursing homes which are no longer in use being considered for emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24847/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Bruton

98. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering supports for the construction of affordable homes for purchase along the lines of the supports recently announced for cost rental. [23561/23]

Electoral Process

Richard Bruton

141. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will consider adding persons with a disability to the roster of persons who act as election observers in other jurisdictions, as has been recommended by an Oireachtas Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/23]

National Development Plan

Richard Bruton

12. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the recent patterns in demographic growth require a revision in the national development plan; and the key areas he has identified where additional investment in transformative changes or in capacity is required. [21546/23]

Legislative Measures

Richard Bruton

45. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has reviewed the operation of the legislation which mandated the preparation of strategy statements, annual reporting against objectives and systematic annual evaluation of a rolling number of key programmes; his views on whether it has achieved its objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21714/23]

Enterprise Policy

Richard Bruton

70. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to update the strategy for entrepreneurship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21543/23]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Bruton

81. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the preparations that have been undertaken in his Department to develop a circular economy strategy in key economic sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21544/23]