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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the uptake of the paternity benefit scheme; the steps she is taking to encourage the uptake of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work he is carrying out on Belarus; if his Department has engaged with the ambassador regarding the detention of protestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 432. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had engagement with his UK counterpart regarding the detention of EU citizens in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Communications (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 5 May 2021, his views on whether it is appropriate to engage with the Georgian and Ukrainian Ambassadors regarding their engagement with Dublin City University given that the Ambassadors have sought to engage him on this issue by sending several letters to his Department and other Ministers;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding received by an independent fostering agency (details supplied) for providing a section 3 emergency placement service in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25579/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 587. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of providing the Tusla run section 3 out-of-hours social work service to counties Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland regarding access to Erasmus for students in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Minister for the Economy in Northern Ireland who stated that it will be up to individual universities to allow for students from Northern Ireland to avail of Erasmus rather than a centralised plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (18 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the short stay visa waiver programme will be recommenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25618/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU social summit in Porto. [26071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the discussions related to the CIÉ pensions scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26769/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Foreign Births Register will reopen; the length of the backlog; the length of time he expects it will take to clear it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26821/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the application of EU circular 0027/2016 and its potential equivalence to teachers in Ireland having worked on a voluntary basis in an Irish school with specific regard to the effect on pay scales; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26797/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered implementing a pathway for those on the pandemic unemployment payment to go onto the back to work enterprise allowance to support those on the pandemic unemployment payment that have started their own business during the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26745/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options for those on the pandemic unemployment payment that want to apply for the back to work enterprise allowance; if they can apply for the allowance with the security of having their pandemic unemployment payment continue if their application is not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26746/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale behind individual stickers being placed on fruit such as apples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27113/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I thank the witnesses and appreciate their time. There are many areas and colleagues will cover other issues so I will keep my questions quite specific. My question is for Mr. O'Midheach from FBD on something he referred to quite extensively in his opening remarks that I want to tease out, namely business continuity insurance. I have three questions. First, why is FBD still arguing over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am also referring to the Central Bank indicating that FBD should pay the full costs of the test cases. Can Mr. O'Midheach provide clarity on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: Does Mr. O'Midheach not appreciate these businesses have been closed and they are struggling immensely? The costs saved by FBD by the test cases, rather than multiple cases, means it is in the company's interest as well as the businesses involved to have the issue of costs resolved as soon as possible.