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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered making tips received in the hospitality sector tax free in view of the legislative progress made to protect employee tips and gratuities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered increasing the household benefits package given the recent rise in the cost of electricity bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7872/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a Montessori school (details supplied) will receive a funding model and contract for the upcoming year for its ECCE payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7884/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing funding for Montessori schools under the ECCE scheme given that an increase has not been provided since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7885/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many Montessori schools are considering going private given that the funding they receive from the State is not sufficient; the steps he is taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7886/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: House Sales (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the practice of listing houses as available for bidding that are sale agreed; if she will take steps to limit same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications that have been finalised and determined on a monthly basis for the period January 2021 to January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7887/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if home carers are included in the Covid-19 bonus payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7554/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure that women with hyperemesis can access the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 708. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high cost that women with hyperemesis are facing in accessing the drug Cariban; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that generic alternatives are not available in Ireland; the steps he will take to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7752/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [6422/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet the British Prime Minister. [7768/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: A bit closer to home, the political events in Northern Ireland continue to mystify and trouble many of us on this island. It is about time that the Taoiseach and, more particularly, British Prime Minister, really engaged with this process. I am asking for the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference to be convened and for a full engagement on the part of the Taoiseach and the Prime...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I wish to share time with Deputy McGuinness. I have a well-prepared few remarks here but, much like myself and Deputy Paul Murphy 20 years ago in the debating chambers of UCD, we might as well respond to one another because that is why we are here. I will not necessarily be giving the Minister "soft points", as Deputy Barry has being laying out, but I will be making some of the points...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when body-worn cameras will be introduced for An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7770/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: Four years on from the recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing, what is the status of the introduction of body-worn cameras for members of An Garda Síochána?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the response of the Minister. I am grateful for it. It is worth noting that in the four years since the Commission on the Future of Policing recommended the introduction of body-worn cameras, 3,381 members of An Garda Síochána have been assaulted in the line of duty. Between 2018 and 2020, there was a 45% increase in assaults. I appreciate the Bill is particularly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the response of the Minister. I commit to supporting her on this. It is worth noting that body-worn cameras have been in use on Luas trams since 2009. They are a normal and practical part of everyday policing across Europe. What exchanges, if any, have been had between officials of her Department or members of An Garda Síochána and other police forces and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: Yesterday we welcomed the announcement by the European Court of Justice that it had dismissed the appeal by the Hungarian and Polish Governments in respect of the European Commission's new-found ability to withhold funding from those countries due to flagrant breaches of the rule of law. Will the Government now urge European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to use that new law to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the rise in assaults against front-line workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7769/22]