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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Minister's comments. There is much that can be gleaned from them but there are a number of challenges that require urgent address. While EVs are becoming increasingly affordable, the geographic spread of the infrastructure needs to be addressed. Currently, there are 152 charging points in Dublin but only four in Leitrim and eight in Cavan. When we look at the speed the...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I sincerely commend Deputy Ward on this motion. There is a lot of agreement on its provisions across the House but not total agreement, which is why I will be supporting the Government amendment. We can all agree that the scourge of fireworks has come earlier and to a greater extent this year than ever before. This is clearly linked to the cancellation of many festivals, bonfires, parades...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waste Management (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken to combat the increasingly regular issue of overflowing waste from sewage treatment plants leading to the closure of swimming at beaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need for an ASD unit in the Kilternan, County Dublin will be examined in order that families do not have to send their children to school at a great distance to ensure they receive the education they require; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24779/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown on the autism spectrum disorder units in primary schools in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24769/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources and funding provided to primary schools to allow them to expand their ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24770/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish more ASD units in primary schools in the Kilternan, County Dublin area in view of the fact that many parents have no ASD units within the catchment areas of their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24771/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that will be taken to support parents and children with autism that are suffering due to the lack of ASD units in primary schools throughout Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24772/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 824. To ask the Minister for Health if psychological supports are available or will be made available for frontline staff that worked throughout the pandemic to cope with the effects it may have on their mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 825. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been made towards providing tailored mental health supports for those that had serious cases of Covid-19 in view of the fact that one third of patients treated for SARS and MERS exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder within a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 826. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review current restrictions which only allow for five children to receive dance lessons in large scale auditoriums, halls (details supplied); if the restriction will be amended if a county reverts to Stage 1 of the new Covid-19 Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25439/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (17 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I will not pretend that I am not a little disappointed with the lack of progress. As the Minister well knows, people in this area have been waiting more than 25 years for improvements to a road that is not fit for purpose. In the time since the need for an upgrade was identified, 7,000 new homes have been built in the area and there has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (17 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue and I am delighted that the Minister is here to debate it. I know he is extremely aware of this road and its fabled history, not just from his nine years representing this constituency with distinction, but crossing it many times. I remember following him across this road some time ago when he was previously in government and attending...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspectors from the Health Service Executive, Health and Safety Authority and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine deployed to monitor whether pubs are adhering to the Covid-19 guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24374/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (15 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 90. To ask the Minister for Health the status of publicly funded fertility care as promised in the programme for Government; the form of supports that will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23278/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (15 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 103. To ask the Minister for Health the status of prostate screening in view of the steep drop in referrals from general practitioners in spring 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23279/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (15 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 146. To ask the Taoiseach the plans in place to establish a citizens' assembly in 2021 to discuss the proposal to bring a directly elected mayor to Dublin. [23299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband strategy in view of the fact that broadband speeds here are among the slowest in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23291/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (15 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if measures have been considered to encourage phone network providers to waive data roaming costs for Irish persons who were stranded in mainland Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic with no safe way to return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23292/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Proposed Legislation (15 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the climate action bill promised within the first 100 days of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23293/20]