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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: On behalf of Deputy Farrell, I ask the Minister if he will detail the implementation of schemes to reduce childcare costs by 25%, a neat follow-up to what we have just discussed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: The Minister's answer was perfect. I have absolutely no follow-up on the direct answer. However, when I was having a cup of coffee this morning with other parents after the drop-off, the questions were a little more granular. When will they see the impact of the change? What will the dates be? What will it amount to, not necessarily annually? Many of these people are getting by week by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I think of my own daughter's preschool costs with 12 kids who have completely separate childcare needs. No household looks the same anymore, thankfully, but equally, the outgoings and what they need differ. Not to be negative because that genuinely is not the intention, but I will bring it back to my geographic concern that those of us, like the Minister, who represent Dublin constituencies...

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

Neale Richmond: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parents who use childminders will be able to benefit from the reduction in childcare fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56370/22]

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

Neale Richmond: I want to ask when the parents who use childminders will be able to benefit from the flagged cuts to childcare costs.

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

Neale Richmond: I want to pick up on the Minister's final point. I get that this is complicated. There is no square peg in a round hole when it comes to childminders. It is often the case that when childminders are being used, it is because there are no other suitable childcare options. There could be many good reasons for that, such as the size of a family, work patterns or kids being at different...

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

Neale Richmond: If legislative change is required, the whole House would get behind that to enact it as quickly as possible, although not in a rushed manner, of course. That is welcome. It goes to the nature of child minding. It is quite an ad hocprofession. It is not necessarily a role a person enters directly; it is something that many people fall into and it becomes a good fit because it is flexible....

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I greatly appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Such a debate has been requested multiple times by Deputies on all sides of the House, be it through parliamentary questions, Topical Issue matters, Questions on Policy or Legislation or Leaders' Questions. I hope the debate is being approached in a positive manner. Like most of the speakers so far, I love being from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing legislation to require solar panels built in car parks over a certain size, as has been done to increase solar panel usage in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the Irish curriculum and Junior and Leaving Certificate level is fit for purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Irish curriculum will be updated to allow students to have a better level of Irish speech when leaving school including oral and written levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether there should be a full Irish oral examination for Junior Certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will include churches in any scheme to assist with lighting and heating costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on her Department's work to reform Ireland's night-time economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56302/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that her Department is taking to increase female participation in Irish sports at a local and professional level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if landlords who are exempt from registering with the RTB due to falling under the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Acts of 1982 and 1983 will be able to avail of the tax incentive for retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is reducing its class numbers for junior infants for 2023, causing many families to miss out on spaces for their child; if she will engage with the school on its application for temporary accommodation which would allow for a third junior infants class and would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank all our contributors this morning and also for their contributions to come and generally over the past six or seven years. They have been sober voices in very difficult times. I will not lie - I have cheated many times by regurgitating what they have written in many a format while obviously giving credit and citations of course. I will start by answering Deputy Ó...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU50: Ireland and the Single Market conference. [56297/22]