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Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will meet next. [3070/22]

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [4687/22]

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: While I appreciate there are regular interventions and engagements between the Taoiseach and Ministers in a whole host of areas, it is slightly concerning that it has been a while since there has been a dedicated meeting of this Cabinet committee. It is important and I am glad to hear it is resuming at the end of the month. I very much hope by the end of the month that we still have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank both professors for their very insightful presentations and their wider commentary. I was about to use the phrase "over recent days" but they have both been talking about this for quite some time, long before the most recent escalation activities. I will ask them both a couple of questions to begin. I then have individual questions for each of them that follow on from their...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: The fault is probably all at my end, so I apologise to the Chairman and Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, for the messing about. There are three areas I want to ask about. The Minister of State referred to all of them in his opening remarks. I just want more elaboration and meat on the bones. The first point, which is pertinent, relates to commemorations and the important calendar of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I really appreciate that. There is heavy lifting in the literal sense and every other sense. It is a credit to the men and women in the Minister of State's Department. I would like to move on to an extremely topical issue to which the Minister of State referred in his opening remarks. It relates to the construction and installation by the OPW, in co-operation with the Revenue...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: It is very interesting. It is a massive investment but one that will lead to a return for the State particularly in Rosslare Europort, with the increase in traffic and the increase in opportunities. As the Minister of State rightly said, essentially it is doubling the capacity. I have another set of questions on an issue the Minister of State touched on briefly. It is an issue I raised...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister of State. I apologise as I must leave to go to the Dáil Chamber.

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (1 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this extremely important and timely debate. Reconciliation on these islands will be built through a shared desire to move forward to brighter days, but to do that, we must ensure all commitments are met, especially those contained in New Decade, New Approach. Despite this important agreement being reached not that long ago, many of its core...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Site Acquisition (1 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes made to relationships and sexuality education in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4689/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units delivered by each local authority under the buy and renew scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (1 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders commenced and completed by each local authority in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (1 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a birth registration application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4335/22]

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: I raise two issues I am concerned about, one of which the Minister of State and I discussed previously in the context of oral questions. It relates to my constituency and those of the Minister of State and Deputy Duncan Smith, and to all those quasi-rural parts of Dublin that have not been covered. Will the Minister of State identify where they are being brought up to speed to ensure they...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: With regard to that commercial service and how it overlaps with the national broadband plan, this is an increasing phenomenon, particularly over recent years with so many people working remotely. The Minister of State mentioned Stepaside, which, as he will be aware, is where I live. In the cul-de-sac where I live, there are 40 homes and, during the pandemic, only two of us, namely, a nurse...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister. I have a few general questions on the approach to embassies and consuls but I want to ask some supplementary questions specifically on the new embassy in Kyiv. In light of current global events, that embassy is of particular interest to the House. Will the Minister outline the extent of the Irish diaspora in Kyiv? I appreciate that in recent days the Minister asked...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: Will the Minister elaborate on the work he is doing, in tandem with the Tánaiste, to develop those trading links? It is very important, in light of current events, that we continue to make the strong point that Ireland stands with Ukraine and that its sovereignty must be maintained. Ukraine is a key ally, not just of Ireland but of our partners in the EU. Should events unfold...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: Will the Minister give details of the increasing network of Irish embassies and consulates opened throughout 2021, with particular reference to the embassy in Ukraine?