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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Taoiseach for his thoughtful response, as ever, on a range of issues that require deep attention from both him and the UK Prime Minister, the Head of Government of our closest neighbour. I wish to take the Taoiseach up on a couple of issues that are important in the context of their recent conversations. I welcome the fact they agreed on the need to meet in person as soon as...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the status of his most recent communications with the Northern Ireland First and Deputy First Ministers following recent events in Northern Ireland. [19970/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the duration of planning permissions due to expire in straightforward cases which do not require an environmental impact assessment due to the delays which have been caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to support and encourage outdoor dining in summer 2021; the engagement he has had with the local authorities on the matter; if section 254 licence fees will be charged for outdoor furniture use by local commercial rate payers this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22616/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: North-South Ministerial Council (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full report on the recent North-South Ministerial Council that focused on trade matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to introduce a deposit-and-return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts that have been made to examine the possibility of using rapid antigen testing for Covid-19 to allow for the return of some spectators to sports matches, concerts or other spectator events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered recognising the murder of up to one and a half million Armenians from 1915-1917 as genocide as was recently done by the President of the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Communications (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Georgian and Ukrainian Governments in view of their ambassadors’ attempts to influence academic teaching in DCU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communication he has had with the UK Government on the possibility of the holding of a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. [22607/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding pregnant women receiving the Covid-19 vaccine; if they will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine given the risk of Covid placentitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 650. To ask the Minister for Health if there are currently waiting lists in maternity hospitals throughout Dublin for women seeking perinatal care; if so, the length of the waiting lists; the number of persons waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23196/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the work his Department is undertaking to encourage persons to take the second dose of their Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Planning Data (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: 700. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of planning applications submitted for the erection of headstones in each of the years 2015 to 2020; the number granted and refused, respectively; the reason for refusal in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22618/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Barry Andrews, MEP (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Andrews for the presentation. It is great to see him, albeit virtually. I will pick up on some matters, the most important of which is his final point. The Chairman alluded to it, namely, the suggested parliamentary structure between Belfast and Brussels, which would be really progressive and important. I would appreciate it if Mr. Andrews could, for the sake of the meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Barry Andrews, MEP (5 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: I have two follow-up questions for Mr. Andrews. The first, which is to some extent the elephant in the room, is the fact that the trade and co-operation agreement has no scope in the area of financial services. There is much more discussion to be had in this area. There is an acutely difficult path ahead for Ireland, especially for Dublin where Mr. Andrews and I are from, and the impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (29 Apr 2021)

Neale Richmond: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered introducing the teaching of Irish sign language into the curriculum of secondary schools given it is Ireland’s third official language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Neale Richmond: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waits being experienced at mass vaccination centres; the steps he is taking to combat these waits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22519/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Neale Richmond: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered restoring bus and rail services to their full weekday schedules as demand increases to facilitate social distancing amid growing concerns of overcrowding on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Neale Richmond: 335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sporting activities that qualify as elite as per the Covid-19 guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21185/21]