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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance if wage supports will be extended for the childcare sector to allow them to operate the pod system and prevent closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44663/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing a 0% VAT rate for the early years sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce income tax relief for owner-occupiers of homes affected by pyrite and fire defects as well as VAT rebates for social landlords affected by these issues and the resulting costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45146/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that any financial solutions afforded to those affected by pyrite and fire defects will be retrospective to ensure that those who have already paid to repair their home will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered implementing a waiver of commercial rates for the early years sector as is in place for the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of refugees Ireland will take in from Afghanistan; the timeline for their arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian assistance Ireland will provide to the people of Afghanistan; the timeline for its roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to provide each classroom with CO2 monitors to help control ventilation and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school has an obligation to find a suitable place for a child in an appropriate alternative school in cases in which the school believes the child requires to be educated in another school due to their educational needs as in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of domiciliary care allowance by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address the rise in closures of small and average sized childcare services since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44662/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the UNICEF recommendation for 1% of GDP to be invested in childcare; if it is his plan for Ireland to reach this benchmark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44664/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is one of the lowest spenders on childcare in the EU; the steps he is taking to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44665/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if supports will continue for childcare providers to help them access insurance given the rising costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many childcare providers find the current rates for the early childhood care and education scheme to be untenable and insufficient to allow providers to make ends meet; the steps he is taking to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that childcare is affordable for parents and is not a factor in parents exiting the workforce prematurely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44668/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Code (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 753 and 754 of 9 September 2021, his views on whether employers should top up the rates of parent's benefit; if he will engage with employers on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44987/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to combat human trafficking in Ireland; if coordinated work is ongoing between An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland to tackle this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered marking a national day of commemoration to those lost to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45149/21]

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Sep 2021)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this important and timely debate on this legislation. I thank the Minister of State for bringing it to the House. Like my colleague, Deputy Catherine Murphy, I agree that at some point we need to look at the process of keeping up with the transposition of European directives and ensuring that Ireland is not a laggard when it comes to...