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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]

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I thank Dr. Soares for that introduction and for the briefing paper. It is always great to have Dr. Soares involved in any Oireachtas committee, but particularly this one at this time. I wish to tease out some of the points Dr. Soares made and, indeed, some of the points that have been made by the centre in recent months on this area. The first one is what opportunities or avenues are...

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]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that Northern Ireland is involved in the Horizon Europe research programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49456/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: For the past number of years, the Horizon Europe programme has provided huge funding and motivation, not just for the third-level sector but to so many researchers to develop vital new innovations. In light of Brexit, what steps are being taken by the Government to ensure Northern Irish institutions and researchers will still be able to access the new Horizon Europe programme?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I have a few supplementary questions. Horizon Europe, or Horizon 2020 as it was known previously, provides opportunities for researchers, institutions and society as a whole across the European Union unlike anything that went before in terms of innovation, life-saving drugs, new technologies and viable economic ventures. It is to the forefront of a strategy that makes this region the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am struck by the fact that this is yet another lamentable occasion where we do not have the North-South Ministerial Council operating at full capacity. This is the area that is made for that strand 2 institution of the Good Friday Agreement to be running at its best. Within Horizon Europe over the years, Ireland has participated well but it has not got the most out of it. I fear that...