Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
Leathanach 2 de 39
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
oral
Tax Code
Richard Bruton
5. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered how the tax system might make a better contribution towards adjustment to a longer and more fruitful retirement through supporting rightsizing, early release of pension savings in certain circumstances, more flexibility in continued working from employers, better recognition of family carers and in other ways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15262/24]
Céad, 10 Aib 2024
written
Tax Credits
Richard Bruton
20. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the extent of unclaimed tax allowances and other benefits; if he would consider establishing a cross-Government initiative to promote better take-up of such benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15263/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Data
Richard Bruton
1. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will indicate the life expectancy at birth and at age 65 in 1950, 1970, 1990, 2010 and the most recent year for which data is available. [13516/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Data
Richard Bruton
2. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach the numbers of people aged 65-74, 75-84, and 85+ in 2000, 2022, and projected for 2040, and the corresponding ratio each represents as a proportion of those of working age in those years. [13517/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Data
Richard Bruton
3. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach the ratio of those aged 65+ to the population of working age in each local authority. [13518/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Data
Richard Bruton
4. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach the numbers of people at work who have pension coverage beyond the social insurance pension, and the number who do not, distinguishing the pattern for male versus female workers, and for those aged under 50 years, and those 50+ years. [13519/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Data
Richard Bruton
5. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of people aged 65-69, 70-74, and 75+ who are still in employment. [13520/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Richard Bruton
525. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the status of the planning for a new secondary school (details supplied), and if her Department has had an update on new developments under construction or in the pipeline which will drive pupil numbers. [14944/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Richard Bruton
526. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the status of the masterplan for the new build for a school (details supplied) in Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14945/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Development Contributions
Richard Bruton
714. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered extending the deadline for the temporary waiver of development fees, as many applicants were unable to complete the process within the short timeframe given. [15376/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Social Welfare Payments
Richard Bruton
787. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the costs for a homeless family being rehoused in unfurnished accommodation; whether the present ceiling of €3,000 for establishment costs adequately reflects the true cost of a family setting up home; and if she would consider establishing a higher limit. [14742/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Departmental Staff
Richard Bruton
1015. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department, where it mistakenly placed an employee on too high a PRSI deduction for a lengthy period, will repay the over-deduction over the full period; and if not, if the refund will only apply to the four year period for which the Department of Social Protection will make repayments. [14835/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
National Treatment Purchase Fund
Richard Bruton
1468. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the NTPF has set out an activity plan for 2024 setting out the outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and diagnostic evaluations and scopes that will be carried out in the course of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14708/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
written
Health Services Staff
Richard Bruton
1534. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered a Dublin premium for health workers where there is a high level of attrition from posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14943/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Defence Forces
Richard Bruton
22. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has undertaken an assessment of Ireland's defence vulnerabilities in light of the deteriorating defence situation in Europe. [13260/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Just Transition
Richard Bruton
136. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projects which have been funded to date from the Just Transition Fund in County Offaly; their scope and planned impact; the number of applications from the county; and their current status. [13544/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Just Transition
Richard Bruton
137. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has reviewed the operation of the Just Transition Fund to date; the lessons which have been learnt; when it is intended to establish a Statutory Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13545/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Public Transport
Richard Bruton
177. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the number, location and capacity of local link transport services; and his plans to grow this service. [13533/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Transport Policy
Richard Bruton
178. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the possibility of creating a digital platform for people living in isolated areas where public service transport is not feasible to access rides either by volunteers or on a cost covering basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13534/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Road Network
Richard Bruton
179. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the adequacy of the funding for regional and local roads in 2024; how it compares with last year; how need is measured; what measure he uses to establish relative need in different counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13546/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Tax Code
Richard Bruton
185. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that “community gain” allocations under the process for developing renewal energy projects, is subject to income tax; and if he would consider altering its tax status or allowing a tax free amount, in order that it could become of greater value to the communities affected by these essential infrastructures for a net-zero world. [13548/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Public Sector Pensions
Richard Bruton
187. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of people who now have a public service or State body pension; and his projection for this number for 2030 and for 2040. [13521/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Public Sector Pensions
Richard Bruton
188. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated proportion of income which would be necessary to set aside during each working year of a typical public servant in order to create an adequate actuarial fund to pay the prospective public service pension. [13522/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Public Sector Pensions
Richard Bruton
189. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the size of the fund that would be needed at retirement age to pay a prospective public service pension of €20,000 per year. [13523/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Swimming Pools
Richard Bruton
219. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is aware of the damage suffered to a swimming pool (details supplied); if he is considering setting aside a special fund to support swimming pools in forthcoming capital allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13547/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Housing Policy
Richard Bruton
235. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which the actions in Housing Options for Our Ageing Population have been achieved; the areas in which achievements have fallen short of expectation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13535/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Housing Policy
Richard Bruton
236. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, based on the policy Housing Options for Our Ageing Population, data has been collected on the level and the growth of accommodation in the core categories required by an ageing population namely adapted family homes, dedicated homes for older people with varying degree of attendant services below the levels of more acute support requiring institutional care; and if he will indicate the baseline in 2018, and the additional provision since. [13536/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Housing Policy
Richard Bruton
237. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the size of the stock of housing held by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies dedicated to the accommodation of older people; how this has grown since 2010; and the size of the national waiting list for older persons accommodation. [13537/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Housing Policy
Richard Bruton
238. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proportion of the stock of housing held by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies dedicated to the accommodation of older people, which has ancillary support services, and the numbers of homes with the various range of such supports. [13538/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Pension Provisions
Richard Bruton
244. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the target of income adequacy in old age; the contribution which she hopes that auto-enrolment will make to achieving that; and by what date she expects people retiring to have reached that target. [13551/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Richard Bruton
245. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the role, if any, which MABS plays in advising on pension and financial planning for old age; and if she has considered developing a programme in mid-career by MABS which would equip people to plan better for their retirement. [13552/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Social Welfare Code
Richard Bruton
246. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has systems for identifying and supporting more vulnerable carers, such as older parents caring for ageing children with disabilities, in order that extra supports could be developed in partnership with other Government agencies. [13553/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Home Help Service
Richard Bruton
316. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of man hours allocated to provide home help and homecare services; and the number of persons receiving those services in 2000, 2010, 2020 and allocated for 2024. [13524/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Home Help Service
Richard Bruton
317. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the steps necessary to be taken to put in place a national statutory homecare scheme; and the date on which he hopes to reach each milestone. [13525/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Home Help Service
Richard Bruton
318. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has carried out an audit of the assistive technology that is now available to support care in the home; if he has assessed the feasibility in each case of supporting their use to better manage care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13526/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Health Services
Richard Bruton
319. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the estimated proportion of consultations with GPs, with medical consultants, with nurse practitioners and with therapists which were conducted at their peak during Covid; the extent to which this has been sustained as practices have returned to normal; if he has undertaken a review to see whether such approaches should take a more prominent position in future care; and the barriers which may need to be overcome to achieve that. [13527/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Health Services
Richard Bruton
320. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted any census of carers to identify the circumstances of their care, their access to information and support, their age profile, and their capacity to continue; if he will indicate where the findings may be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13528/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Health Services
Richard Bruton
321. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the performance reports which he receives on the HSE's enhanced community care initiatives and its component elements to illustrate its reach, its intensity and its impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13529/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Health Promotion
Richard Bruton
322. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether he has received reports on the evolution of the indicators in the Healthy Ireland Outcomes Framework instituted in 2018 to date; and whether the impact of Covid and the return to more normal conditions illustrates challenges for public policy in this area. [13530/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Health Services
Richard Bruton
323. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the scale of the social prescribing initiative undertaken by the HSE in terms of resources deployed, people reached and impact of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Health Strategies
Richard Bruton
324. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the actions outlined in the Positive Ageing Strategy of 2013 were achieved; the areas where achievement fell short of expectations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13532/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Care Services
Richard Bruton
325. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a manpower review of current and upcoming needs for care assistants who could support nursing home care or homecare; the predicted needs over the next ten years; the capacity to meet those needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13554/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Legislative Measures
Richard Bruton
326. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered amending health insurance legislation to encourage more insurers into the support of preventative health measures and improved management of continuing health vulnerabilities among their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13555/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Flexible Work Practices
Richard Bruton
343. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of connected hubs in each county which are now established; if she would consider giving these hubs an explicit mandate to promote positive ageing, particularly as a location to access information, to develop digital skills, to access trusted advisers and services, and to promote community networks supportive of positive ageing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13549/24]
Déar, 21 Márta 2024
written
Departmental Policies
Richard Bruton
344. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department plays in promoting social innovation in communities to respond to environmental and demographic pressures, particularly in counties with higher old age profiles. [13550/24]
Céad, 20 Márta 2024
written
Departmental Strategies
Richard Bruton
179. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport whether he has monitored the progress made under the actions specified in the National Positive Ageing Strategy 2013 and published annual progress reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12647/24]
Céad, 20 Márta 2024
written
Departmental Strategies
Richard Bruton
335. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he has monitored the progress made under the actions specified in the National Positive Ageing Strategy 2013 and published annual progress reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/24]
Céad, 20 Márta 2024
written
School Facilities
Richard Bruton
529. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will outline recent allocations to a school (details supplied) for improvements to the buildings; and if she will outline any planned works that she is considering for the school. [12949/24]
Céad, 20 Márta 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Richard Bruton
544. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); and the timeline for completion of the project. [13170/24]
Céad, 20 Márta 2024
written
Social Welfare Eligibility
Richard Bruton
789. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection where the payment of a qualified adult allowance is under review, if half of the savings of a couple are automatically attributed to the qualified adult, regardless of whose name is on the bank account; and whether in the same way if the savings are in an account in the name of the qualified adult, that person will still only be assessed with half of the savings. [13176/24]