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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Migration and Asylum Pact: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Shotter for that very detailed presentation and for sending the slides to us in advance. I want to touch on a couple of issues but I will start with his final comments on the external dimension. What steps does he believe should be taken to deal with third countries? Is there a risk of being overly reliant on third countries, which may start to have a slightly different...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Unemployment (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to combat youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39964/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Costs (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he is considering to make childcare affordable for all parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39966/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Costs (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I do not want to repeat anything Deputy Calleary said. Needless to say I agree with all of it but it is important that I declare an interest, not only as the father of two young children, including one currently in an ECCE scheme, but also as someone who is married to a Montessori teacher. It is not an underestimation to say that during the general election last February, which seems like...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Costs (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank Deputy Calleary for giving way. The Minister talks about the three key areas and I agree with everything he says. We need to look at the geographic constraints, with the costs in certain parts of the country, the requirements such as where a child cannot be put in for a half day, it has to be a full day, or quite simply the place is not there. The waiting lists for childcare in my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons who have benefited from the enterprise support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports he is providing to childcare facilities to support them through the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of allocations for each programme under her Department’s expenditure estimate for 2021 sub-heading A.29 – Disability Activation Supports Allocation €13,660,000 in tabular form; the reason there is a reduction in the budgeted allocation from 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department will make the necessary funding available for the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission agreement of August 2019 between a union (details supplied) and city and county childcare committees involving CCC managers being regraded at local authority grade 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the engagements he has had with the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland in respect of lifting Covid-19 restrictions. [39968/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I raise this issue, as Deputy Boyd Barrett has, in order to look at a couple of areas. The end of a period of restrictions is, supposedly, approaching in Northern Ireland and most of us in this jurisdiction have been enjoying in the past week or so being back at level 3 restrictions. We hope to stay there or go down to level 2 or 1 in due course. It...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to speak in support of this motion and, indeed, in support of this concept. For everyone in Ireland, 2020 has been an unprecedented year. After years of preparing our businesses and the economy for the threat of Brexit, we also faced a new challenge in Covid-19 and the economic ramifications that followed. These twin threats have had an immense impact on every...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work to date on ensuring market access and developing new markets in view of the impact of Brexit which will have significant ramifications for Irish agri-businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41539/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is undertaking to ensure diversification of food exports in order to reduce reliance of Irish exporters on the UK market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41538/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 84. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to cross-Border shopping trips in view of the respective Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions Ireland is taking in relation to the ongoing crisis in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41140/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Places (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools numbers in the Carpenterstown, Dublin 15; if there are enough school places to accommodate the growth in estates over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adding those who are on maternity benefit to the list of those eligible to receive the Christmas bonus for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for members of An Garda Síochána injured in the course of their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41142/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for members of An Garda Síochána that receive verbal abuse in the course of their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41143/20]