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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definition of a national park and a regional park; the statutory protection each covers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63005/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 663. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when applications will resume for the Working Holiday Authorisation agreement with Australia in addition to other states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1917/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children expected to need junior infant places in September 2022 versus the number of spaces in local primary schools for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children expected to need junior infant places in September 2022 versus the number of spaces in local primary schools for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63436/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2020: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Murphy for his presentation and comments; they are always extremely useful and enlightening in terms of the activities, not just the ECA, but the EU as whole. It gives us a great idea of Ireland's contribution and responsibility. I have a couple of questions. The first is a general one that is not necessarily specific to the court, but it is in the whole general area of EU...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister for his opening statement and for his responses to colleagues thus far. To follow on from what has been said, I have three questions I wish to raise with the Minister. The first relates to the EWSS and is somewhat retrospective at this stage. I refer to the conditions that companies had to meet in order to qualify for the scheme and, in particular, the 30% drop in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: It was quite stark for a lot of businesses that the real cut-off for them was 20 December with the introduction of the 8 p.m. closing time. In many cases that was compounded for the businesses that attempted to stick it out, while we had issues with staff shortages and so on due to isolation periods. It is something worth bearing in mind and I would hope there is an agreement that this year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister. That is all from me.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Crime Prevention (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of funding for the Community Safety Innovation Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2342/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of remote working in terms of the Civil Service Renewal 2030 Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2341/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the holding of a stakeholder forum on insurance issues for sporting events as actioned under the Sports Action Plan 2021-2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the current state of women’s rugby; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2339/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2690/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on processing times for applications for the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for applications for the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the agreement in principle reached in relation to a field adjacent to a school (details supplied); if her Department now officially owns the land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the permanent site for a school (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for making a decision on a permanent site if one has not been made; if the school could be accommodated on the same campus by extending into the adjacent unused site already zoned for community infrastructure; and if she will make a...