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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: When I submitted this question two weeks ago, the content and tone of the Taoiseach’s meeting would have been very different from today. It is absolutely telling that when the Taoiseach finished his comments, he mentioned that he laid a wreath at a memorial to those who perished in the Holocaust. Just last week, we saw the graveyard of many people who had been killed by Nazi soldiers...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: I am delighted to speak on the important occasion of International Women's Day. I am even more delighted to be following my good friend from college, Deputy Higgins. We have soldiered together for a long time as politicians and friends. There are three areas on which I will briefly focus. I could speak for an hour on each of them, as could many others in the House. The first relates...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: I raise with the Taoiseach the State's response to the emerging refugee crisis in continental Europe in light of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine that has already seen 2 million people displaced. It will be larger than anything seen since the Second World War. On the Irish response, have any efforts been made or planned to engage those already here, whether they are from Ukraine or, more...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [11439/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Taoiseach for his detailed response. This is an issue that many of us raise with him regularly. The events in continental Europe at this time and the fear arising from them really put Brexit into context. Nevertheless, I have a few questions for the Taoiseach. Will he outline the ongoing discussions that will continue to take place between Commissioner...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: I greatly appreciate the opportunity to speak in support of this extremely important motion. I thank the Minister for bringing to the House following yesterday's Cabinet meeting. In combination with the hate crime Bill and that is due to be published this summer the Minister has clearly showed her leadership on an issue that is in that always been a nasty part of our society, as has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foreign Conflicts (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with third-level education institutions regarding Ukrainian students enrolled in Ireland given the crisis in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12749/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Irish universities are involved in research projects or alliances with Ukrainian universities; if these have been impacted by the Russian invasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12750/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [12183/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to address the rising use of plastic in supermarkets and in food packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12949/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will meet with retailers including supermarkets to discuss their use of plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Sanctions (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if the suspension of Euro clearing for Russian banks will be supported in view of the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12656/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the actions contained in the Hamilton Review Group Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12987/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Covid-19 related immigration permissions will be treated as reckonable residency for the purposes of long-term residency applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of Covid-19 anti-viral drugs to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13435/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (10 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work of her Department to ensure that full use is made of educational facilities outside of school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13328/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (10 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the use of schools for after-school care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13329/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Post-Brexit Relations: Engagement with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (9 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. It is wonderful to have the Cabinet Secretary in person. It is wonderful to have anyone here in person, but particularly Mr. Robertson after the past couple of years. Those of us who were in the previous Oireachtas had a very good relationship with his predecessors across a multitude of roles, both Mr. Mike Russell and Ms Fiona Hyslop, who, I know, play a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the ambassador for her extremely powerful opening statement. I also thank her and her team for their distinguished presentation of their people's flight to this country in recent weeks. They have maintained the highest levels of professional diplomacy during what I can only imagine is the most difficult time personally for them and their families both here and at home. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: My first questions are for both ambassadors. In the assessment of their countries, how far along are they in terms of achieving the Copenhagen criteria? What do they consider to be a credible, albeit expedited, timeline for the ultimate accession of their countries, alongside Ukraine, to the European Union? I fully agree with the contention of H.E. Mr. Zurabashvili that it has to be a...