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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: Specifically on that point, as Professor O'Brennan is aware, I worked on the blue star programme for the first five years of its creation and it is a lovely programme. I am going to visit a blue star school on Monday. It is the national school I attended. I know Deputy Howlin has spoken to schools and Deputy Harkin definitely has. I have visited schools Deputy Harkin has spoken to. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: I agree with Professor O'Brennan but there are two points I would like to add. As regards getting a foothold in Brussels one can always improve their language while there. The availability of language courses in Brussels, be they French or whatever else, is something there is unfortunately a sense of distance from. That it is an exotic option and unless one is going over fluent in French...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (6 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the progress of the Community Safety Innovation Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60605/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (1 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: 21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the provision of maternity leave for local authority councillors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59116/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the uptake of the Erasmus programme for the 2022/2023 academic year among students in Irish third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (1 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in supporting third-level institutions in their building of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (1 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding awarded to cross-Border projects recently under the Shared Island Local Authority Development Funding Scheme. [49695/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the recent US congressional delegation. [57757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Christmas bonus 2022 will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59110/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (29 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the cost-of-living supports that she has provided for in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (29 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland on benchmark pricing for retrofitting given that contractors are giving vastly different quotes; if he is taking steps to ensure that quotes given by SEAI-approved contractors are not inflated and are not higher than quotes given independent of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (29 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are criteria that contractors must reach before becoming eligible for the one-stop scheme for retrofitting by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (29 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are mechanisms whereby contractors can be removed from the one-stop scheme for retrofitting by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland if they are found to be abusing their position and prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59406/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish citizens with family members in Russia are still able to bring family members from Russia to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59360/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: In the past week, the New IRA has been linked to two attacks on the police in Northern Ireland, the first such attacks since April. What is the Government doing, in partnership with the authorities in the United Kingdom and in Northern Ireland, despite the impasse, to ensure that all efforts are made to allow for co-ordination between An Garda Síochána, the PSNI and all other State...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (24 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence Ireland's involvement in the EU's training of Ukrainian defence force members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure that there are sufficient Irish-speaking schools in south Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57656/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to promote the learning of foreign languages among Irish students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57655/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Rule of Law Report: Engagement with European Commissioner for Justice (24 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Commissioner for that detailed overview. He obviously has a very wide brief in his portfolio. It is good to have him here in person after our previous video engagement. I am purely going to cover one area of his remarks relating to sanctions against Russia. I would like to focus the first part of my contribution on the freeze and seize task force to which the Commissioner has...