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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to prevent persons under 18 years of age from accessing cosmetic fillers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49708/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: I join briefly with expressions of sympathy to the late Tom Burke, a constituent of mine in Dublin Rathdown who up until very recently, I would regularly meet for a walk in Marlay Park to talk about everything that is going on here. On the issue of parks, the programme for Government makes a commitment to prioritise the upkeep and expansion of our public parks. I ask the Tánaiste to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve retention of staff in the early years sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47978/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that childcare is affordable and accessible to all families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the impact of his decision to exclude home carers from the critical skills exemption list to the non-EEA employment permit system on recruitment in the sector; the steps he will take to remedy same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48810/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to issues of persons whose homes are affected by pyrite and so therefore have no market value and are exempt from paying the local property tax, however as the home is a duplex they are situated above the foundation and have not received the necessary certification required to receive the necessary exemption; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered broadening the fuel allowance qualifying conditions to include those partaking in the community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether Ireland is fully honouring its commitments under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding those with Down syndrome and their access to inclusive education and equality before the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with employers to encourage them to top-up employee parent’s leave rates to encourage its take-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47976/21]