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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 578. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the next round of core funding for childcare providers and contracts will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 860. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing those who live alone to benefit from the recent decrease to the drugs payment scheme on a pro-rata basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 864. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 15 February 2022, when cariban was classified as a food supplement rather than a medicine; if it was always classified as a food supplement in Ireland; the metrics under which this classification was awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9987/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: Yesterday we welcomed the announcement by the European Court of Justice that it had dismissed the appeal by the Hungarian and Polish Governments in respect of the European Commission's new-found ability to withhold funding from those countries due to flagrant breaches of the rule of law. Will the Government now urge European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to use that new law to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when body-worn cameras will be introduced for An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7770/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: Four years on from the recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing, what is the status of the introduction of body-worn cameras for members of An Garda Síochána?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the response of the Minister. I am grateful for it. It is worth noting that in the four years since the Commission on the Future of Policing recommended the introduction of body-worn cameras, 3,381 members of An Garda Síochána have been assaulted in the line of duty. Between 2018 and 2020, there was a 45% increase in assaults. I appreciate the Bill is particularly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the response of the Minister. I commit to supporting her on this. It is worth noting that body-worn cameras have been in use on Luas trams since 2009. They are a normal and practical part of everyday policing across Europe. What exchanges, if any, have been had between officials of her Department or members of An Garda Síochána and other police forces and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the rise in assaults against front-line workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7769/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a VAT exemption for self-build houses as is the case in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8886/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing tax credits for owner-occupiers of defective apartments and duplexes who have paid levies for the remediation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8920/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Independent Working Group on Housing Defects will complete its work by the end of March 2022; the status of this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8919/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by schools getting in touch with public health to report outbreaks of Covid-19 in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 288. To ask the Minister for Health when the free general practitioner care scheme will be extended to six- and seven-year-olds as per budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8847/22]

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I wish to share time with Deputy McGuinness. I have a well-prepared few remarks here but, much like myself and Deputy Paul Murphy 20 years ago in the debating chambers of UCD, we might as well respond to one another because that is why we are here. I will not necessarily be giving the Minister "soft points", as Deputy Barry has being laying out, but I will be making some of the points...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [6422/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet the British Prime Minister. [7768/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: A bit closer to home, the political events in Northern Ireland continue to mystify and trouble many of us on this island. It is about time that the Taoiseach and, more particularly, British Prime Minister, really engaged with this process. I am asking for the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference to be convened and for a full engagement on the part of the Taoiseach and the Prime...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 77. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to add hyperemesis treatment to the drug repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7762/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 154. To ask the Minister for Health when persons that received a booster Covid-19 vaccination in Northern Ireland will receive an updated EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7761/22]