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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (28 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 664. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to an initiative (details supplied) which aims to reduce the levels of child abuse by 70% by 2030 in the UK; his views on whether a similar goal could be established in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34077/22]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this very important debate. We have all accepted it is wide ranging. The expeditious nature and requirement of passing this legislation is not lost on anyone in this House, but there are a few points and questions I wish to put to the Minister and the Minister of State, and perhaps they could respond in due course. We should never let a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with the French Ambassador (15 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: I have two brief questions because we are more or less out of time. The ambassador has been very kind and generous in giving full answers and I will not ask anything new. I just wanted to pick up on two matters and ask two supplementary questions to the comments already made by the ambassador. In his first intervention the ambassador referred to the strategic compass, the 72 projects and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the European Committee of the Regions (15 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: My first question relates to the post-Brexit scenario. When I was a member of the European Committee of the Regions, there was significant input from members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and councillors from Northern Ireland to our work and it was very important in the build-up to Brexit to hear those voices, whether unionist, nationalist or other, ringing in about how it would impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (30 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33650/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of SNA supports for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33651/22]

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this debate. While I agree with and support the three motions before us, I am slightly disappointed that we are only now moving from participating in one PESCO project out of a total of 60 to five projects. That is grossly unambitious. If we are serious about the security of our State and the European Union and if we believe in the true essence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Ireland broken down per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35719/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: Will the Minister lay out the number of members of An Garda Síochána currently serving in the State?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I am grateful to the Minister for that update and the specific numbers in her response. I was very lucky to attend the centenary celebrations of An Garda Síochána in my local Garda station in Stepaside in the past few days. Having spoken with current and former members of An Garda Síochána who had been stationed at that station, as well as others, there are two issues...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate that. While Covid got in the way of many of the operational aspects of reform, in many ways it also showed potential positives for an Garda Síochána, not just with on-the-beat policing but also with smart policing. We will hopefully have 15,000 gardaí in due course. Leading up to the budget discussion, will the Minister ensure those gardaí will have the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to come in on this. I thank the Minister for her kind words. More importantly, I thank her for driving this through with the Government. This is fundamentally a very important scheme, not just for the work it will do but also as a demonstration that crime does not pay. Does the Minister agree that perhaps this could be viewed as a pilot scheme? While the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: As the special joint Committee on International Surrogacy reaches its conclusions, will the Government accept its recommendations? Will the Government amend the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022? More importantly, will the Minister lay out a timetable for the many families, many of whom are outside the gates at the moment, to ensure that they can be seen as truly equal in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to reduce reliance on Russian energy on a European level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to promote the installation of non-fossil fuel heating sources in homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to promote the use of wind energy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider decoupling Ireland’s electricity pricing from wholesale gas and price it based on the proportion of the sources of energy generation as was done by Spain and Portugal following European Union approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he will take to urgently increase the number of active taxi driver licences in Dublin given that drivers entitled to drive in Dublin have decreased by 5.5% since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently consider extending the running times of the Luas to ensure that those in the city late into the night can avail of public transport given the lack of taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently consider extending the running times of all Dublin Bus routes to ensure that those in the city late into the night can avail of public transport given the lack of taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36335/22]