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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 661. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the pod system will be removed from childcare providers given that this is causing many providers to curtail their opening hours due to being unable to mix the pods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51196/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am delighted to share my thoughts on the budget but in five minutes it is difficult to cover the full depth of the various areas of life that this budget will impact on. I will, therefore, try to limit my remarks to three issues of particular interest not just in my own constituency of Dublin Rathdown but also in areas where I have worked and in the committees on which I serve. I look...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I was glad the Minister of State referenced those four centres. I would describe them as one relatively large centre and three small centres. They are full. Sandyford Community Centre is directly across the road from the estate on which I live. Not only is it full for all the services provided but the services - the Montessori school, yoga class, active retirement group - are all full...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 9. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the schemes that are available for local groups to avail of funding to establish community centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49453/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I ask the Minister of State to outline the schemes and funding that are available for community centres.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I truly appreciate the Aire Stáit's response. It is quite appropriate because he and I represent constituencies that are not too dissimilar from each other, albeit at other ends of the capital. In a European context they are described as peri-urban, meaning they are largely suburban, with a bit of rural and a bit of urban. There are so many communities simply caught in the middle and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 75. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to expand the walks scheme to include walking trails in the Dublin mountains; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow those with driver’s licences that have been automatically extended to be renewed before the six-month window; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be nominating any Irish election observers for the election in Uzbekistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (14 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pension contributions will be liable for PRSI; if, when drawing down a pension it will be liable for PRSI; her views on whether it is necessary for the same pension to be charged PRSI on two occasions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50210/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that Northern Ireland is involved in the Horizon Europe research programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49456/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: For the past number of years, the Horizon Europe programme has provided huge funding and motivation, not just for the third-level sector but to so many researchers to develop vital new innovations. In light of Brexit, what steps are being taken by the Government to ensure Northern Irish institutions and researchers will still be able to access the new Horizon Europe programme?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I have a few supplementary questions. Horizon Europe, or Horizon 2020 as it was known previously, provides opportunities for researchers, institutions and society as a whole across the European Union unlike anything that went before in terms of innovation, life-saving drugs, new technologies and viable economic ventures. It is to the forefront of a strategy that makes this region the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am struck by the fact that this is yet another lamentable occasion where we do not have the North-South Ministerial Council operating at full capacity. This is the area that is made for that strand 2 institution of the Good Friday Agreement to be running at its best. Within Horizon Europe over the years, Ireland has participated well but it has not got the most out of it. I fear that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Erasmus Plus programme for the current academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if parents of children in a school (details supplied) will be fully updated on the results of an evaluation carried out by the HSE of services provided in the school; if recommendations provided in the evaluation will be implemented in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49937/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Thank you for the opportunity. I thank our guests for joining us in person today, which is a novelty that we will get used to in due course as we, hopefully, all get back to normal. It is great to hear the summary of what was a very ambitious state of the Union address. There is a couple of areas I will pick on and perhaps ask a few questions, based...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (12 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he has considered establishing a commission to consider the constitutional future of Ireland. [47289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (12 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns with the construction of windfarms on sandbanks on the east coast of Ireland and the impact on the wildlife in the areas; if he will seek to protect existing wildlife with the construction of windfarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49432/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to shorten waiting lists for scoliosis operations for children; if he will combat the delays that occurred due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49433/21]