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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to shorten waiting lists for scoliosis operations for children; if he will combat the delays that occurred due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49433/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to prevent persons under 18 years of age from accessing cosmetic fillers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49708/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I join briefly with expressions of sympathy to the late Tom Burke, a constituent of mine in Dublin Rathdown who up until very recently, I would regularly meet for a walk in Marlay Park to talk about everything that is going on here. On the issue of parks, the programme for Government makes a commitment to prioritise the upkeep and expansion of our public parks. I ask the Tánaiste to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve retention of staff in the early years sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47978/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that childcare is affordable and accessible to all families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the impact of his decision to exclude home carers from the critical skills exemption list to the non-EEA employment permit system on recruitment in the sector; the steps he will take to remedy same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48810/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to issues of persons whose homes are affected by pyrite and so therefore have no market value and are exempt from paying the local property tax, however as the home is a duplex they are situated above the foundation and have not received the necessary certification required to receive the necessary exemption; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered broadening the fuel allowance qualifying conditions to include those partaking in the community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether Ireland is fully honouring its commitments under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding those with Down syndrome and their access to inclusive education and equality before the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with employers to encourage them to top-up employee parent’s leave rates to encourage its take-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Paternity Leave (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to encourage the take-up of paternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47977/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Priorities (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to promote high-visibility policing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cybersecurity Policy (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will determine the steps the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau and the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau are taking in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders in response to the rise in phishing over the past year and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48855/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount and volume of drugs and cash seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48856/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the examination by the Chief Justice of government spending on the courts and justice system; her views on whether the funding is sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48861/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 412. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to persisting issues with the portal for those vaccinated in Northern Ireland to apply for an EU Digital COVID Certificate; the steps he is taking to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48860/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to these statements and I am grateful to the Minister of State for being here. I thank him and the Minister for Justice, Deputy Humphreys, and before that, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, for the consistent and vitally important work they have done in this area. I have raised several issues in this context before and I do so again. They must be and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (6 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale behind the delay of the MetroLink project to 2034; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48590/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (6 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that claimed the help-to-buy scheme since its inception for a self-build home; the value of these claims broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48588/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (6 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that claimed the help to buy scheme since its inception to purchase a home; the value of these claims broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48589/21]