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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Incentives (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a tax incentive scheme on gym memberships or exercise classes when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the salary expectations for persons to be able to access the affordable housing scheme which he plans to roll out in summer 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8326/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Breaks Standardisation (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to schools minimising their midterm break but opting for extended breaks later in the spring; if this decision is supported by her Department; her views on whether schools should ensure that when children return to the classroom that any additional interruptions should be kept to a minimum; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is a requirement of childcare providers to offer fee credits to parents for weeks in which the childcare provider setting is closed due to a Covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement throughout 2020 and to date in 2021 with au pair organisations in relation to the childcare duties many participants provide to parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8322/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department considers au pair participants to be essential workers; if so, if specific provisions are in place to allow them to enter the country through essential travel provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8323/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with third level institutions to ensure that they are providing sufficient mental health supports to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8251/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken steps to ensure that all third level students have access to mental health supports in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8255/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether mental health facilities in third level education are sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8256/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce emergency contingency plans on international travel within the European Union should the South African variant of Covid-19 become the dominant strain of Covid-19 infections in most European Union member states and the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7992/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 679. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce emergency travel measures if a new and more deadly strain of the Covid-19 virus were to appear in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 680. To ask the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will reopen and resume its regular services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7997/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if family carers will be vaccinated as a specific group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 737. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, on the vaccination of family carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8247/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 738. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing psychological and mental health supports for family carers to ease their burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8248/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that all those who need mental health supports have access to them in an affordable and timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8250/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 741. To ask the Minister for Health when in-person counselling services will be permitted to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8252/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 742. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered declaring counselling services an essential service that can be conducted face-to-face with the necessary precautions taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8253/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 744. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered revisiting the renumeration for dentists who treat patients with medical cards to ensure that they are not at a loss for treating such patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to encourage dentists to provide treatment under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8261/21]