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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure there are sufficient childcare places for children with ASD in Dublin city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28171/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I will pick up on a couple of points the Tánaiste and Deputy Ó Murchú made, elements of which the Tánaiste referred to in his opening remarks. At the meeting in Brussels last week of EU trade ministers, Europe's general trade policy review was discussed. The Tánaiste explained to Deputy Ó Murchú that the majority of member states have ratified this, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: On the overall approach to CETA, the Tánaiste went into great detail in his opening remarks on the importance of the Canadian market to Europe and Ireland, which is evident. What potential does CETA provide to workers and companies across Ireland? Has the Tánaiste’s Department, in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland or the IDA, identified particular sectors where there is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 11. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of her work towards remote working as per the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27844/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: My question follows on from those of Deputies Kerrane and Dillon. What is the status of the Minister's work on remote working, as per the Our Rural Future rural development policy? I refer in particular to the commitment to have 20% of the public sector workforce working remotely or from home by the end of this year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I assure the Minister that my cousins in Cootehill, Ashfield, Newbliss and many other places will understand the importance of this proposal. While I represent a Dublin constituency, it is one that includes a large swathe of a rural area throughout the Dublin Mountains. The programme the Minister is championing is important to the revitalisation of every aspect of rural Ireland, be that in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I reassure the Minister that there is much excitement in Newbliss regarding the renovation of the building mentioned. As someone who represents a suburban constituency, it struck me that since the outbreak of the pandemic I am the only person on my suburban street of 40 homes who has been regularly travelling into the city centre to work. The vast majority have been working from home in a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister of State for that thorough answer. I agree with the closing line, which is so important, but there is a job of work to do to ensure groups know who their local community development committees, LCDCs, are. We take it for granted because we work in this are everyday, be it as county councillors, Senators, Deputies or Ministers of State such as the Minister of State,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy David Stanton. I wish to ask the Minister of State about the supports provided by the Department for the maintenance and enhancement of community facilities, the way in which local community groups may access this funding and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am very grateful for the thorough overview of the many supports available from the Minister of State. In asking this question, Deputy Stanton has asked me to convey the very clear point that over the past year we have all spent a lot more time close to home in our local communities which has allowed us to take full advantage of the amenities available to us, including community facilities...

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak. I thank the Minister and the vast majority of Deputies who made such considered responses, although I was struck that Deputy Paul Murphy, who is leaving the Chamber, demanded mandatory hotel quarantine for Great Britain but made no mention of what the impact of Northern Ireland having an open border with Great Britain wold be. I question his...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the supports she has created for community organisations to recover from the Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27845/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the ban of the importation of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27963/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the effectiveness of the partial relief from carbon tax that applies to biomass products; if a review has taken place on the effectiveness of the measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual volume and value since the introduction of the partial relief from carbon tax that applies to biomass products in tabular form; if a review has taken place on the effectiveness of the measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has responded to the invitation from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to send election observers to Armenia ahead of the June 2021 general election there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent meeting of the United Nations Security Council. [27999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the expected timeline for the roll-out of the baby box programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (25 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider an exemption on citizenship applications fees for long-term Irish residents that are citizens of EU and EEA member states or the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27473/21]

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I want to raise the issue of drive-in cinemas, particularly Retro Drive-in Movies in Leopardstown in my constituency and the absolutely baffling news it has been closed down for supposedly being in breach of Covid regulations. This has come as a surprise to the businesses as it did to many of us, including me, who attended one of these drive in cinemas on Friday night. Previously under SI...