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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (8 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider expanding the criteria for the widow's pension to include couples who were co-habiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54513/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider expanding access to the State pension for those on a Stamp D who have worked their entire career in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Education and Training Provision (8 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 1116. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered funding the counselling psychology doctorate programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 1215. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that new parents in Dublin 18 are still not being offered public health nurse developmental checks for their new children, despite this service being offered to new parents in other areas of Dublin; if he is taking steps to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55453/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 1233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow access to the Ozempic weight loss drug for those on the drugs payment scheme without a diagnosis of diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55558/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (10 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered providing a differentiation in benefit-in-kind rules for company cars for someone who receives a car as a work benefit versus someone who uses the car as a part of their job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55873/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: One of the many impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic was the cancellation by public health nurses of the provision of developmental checks for newborn babies. This happened across the country and across Dublin and, since the ending of the emergency phase of the pandemic nine months ago, we have seen these steadily return. One part of the capital, however, namely Leopardstown, Dublin 18, in the...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I greatly appreciate the opportunity to make a contribution on this Stage of the Bill. I welcome the Bill and I am grateful to the Minister for Justice for bringing it forward. Since her time in this office she has relentlessly pursued this much-needed and long overdue Bill and that is a phrase that will be used by most contributors at this stage; it is long overdue. It is a difficult Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to ensure that the broader south Dublin area has sufficient access to public transport in light of increased building and population growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55849/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (10 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on progress in allowing electric vehicle charging points to be installed in apartment complexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (10 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on tax receipts and revenues to end-October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55874/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the details of the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52965/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Student Accommodation (15 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to raise this issue this evening. I raise it not just in the context of being a Deputy whose constituency contains the Belfield campus but also because it is of national structural and infrastructural importance. Of course, University College Dublin, UCD, is the largest third level institution in the State with a student population of over 25,000. While the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Student Accommodation (15 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the full reply that was given. I would also appreciate the opportunity to speak with the Minister, Deputy Harris, about this. I strongly welcome the consultation that is ongoing between the Department and the various third level institutions. It is important to recognise the national efforts to address this issue in terms of short-term activation measures. I see UCD being...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: In the last couple of hours, we have seen that the Russian Federation has taken the decision to sanction the Taoiseach, the Ceann Comhairle and a number of Cabinet Ministers and Members of this House and the Seanad in a disgraceful statement that ends with a line stating that, in relation to further action, the Russian Government will be guided by its embassy in Dublin. This is a very...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I greatly appreciate the contribution by the Taoiseach and look forward to the Minister of State's responses and his insight into the recent European Council meeting. The focus of the contribution in the pre-European Council debate was largely on the energy impacts of Russia's brutal war in Ukraine. That continues to have a tangible impact on our country, notwithstanding the desperate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 70. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged or will engage with childcare providers in Dublin on their concerns about the core funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56369/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: What engagement has the Minister had with childcare providers in Dublin on their concerns about the new funding model?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister for that fulsome reply and the genuine approach he is taking to this issue. Like anyone in this Chamber, I very much welcome the Together for Better model but I do have a concern. The Minister mentioned that 93% of providers have taken up the model, but that is not the case in my constituency, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, where the uptake is 81%. There is an issue...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the marginal increase in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area, but we have to reflect on the fact that this sector is very diverse. There is no one size fits all. I say that as someone who has kids in the sector and a wife who has been a Montessori teacher for more than a decade, usually with small independent providers. There are many issues at play with the one-size-fits-all...