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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a 24-7 helpline for follow-up care for those who have received the Covid-19 vaccine who may experience some adverse effects and require assistance out of hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 737. To ask the Minister for Health the out of hours facilities available for those who have received the Covid-19 vaccine who may experience some adverse side effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (10 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 835. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on his meeting with EU Health Ministers on 1 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 924. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration for pharmacists working in mass vaccination centres; if the method of their recruitment has an impact on their remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13190/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: I thank the witnesses for appearing before us. It feels like we could be engaging with the Central Bank every second day right now, there is so much happening. Like other members, I will keep my questions to the investigation into J & E Davy. My first question is for Ms Rowland. How many people does the Central Bank employ in its enforcement division?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: The more relevant question is how many of the Central Bank's employees were working on this investigation. Does Ms Rowland feel that the Central Bank had enough resources to carry out the investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: Okay. The reason I am asking these questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am aware I am pressed for time. The Davy consortium was formed in November 2014 and was subject to media reports four months later. In that light, we can only assume that the Central Bank discovered this transaction in March 2015. We have been waiting six years for this investigation to conclude. That strikes me as being an extremely long time. The witnesses spoke about needing extra...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: While I respect Ms Rowland's points, she must agree that this investigation has taken an exceptional length of time, considering how long the matter has been in the media. The Central Bank has repeatedly made the point, including today, that its powers to hold individuals to account require strengthening. However, the Central Bank already has certain powers to hold individuals to account,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: I have two further points, if the Chair allows me the time. The Central Bank issued a press statement announcing the imposition of a fine on Davy. However, the public impression was that the company was fined but no individual was being held to account. No individuals have been labelled with fines and, as Ms Rowland said to other Deputies, she cannot go into the detail of any further cases...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: I refer to actions against individuals. There was and still is an impression that the fine, as Ms Rowland correctly said, is only being applied to Davy. The concern out there, as detailed by every speaker so far in this committee hearing, is that the initial impression was that no action would be taken against individuals. As Deputy Doherty laid out in great detail, there are concerns over...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am very grateful to my colleague, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, for allowing me to contribute on this important Topical Issue matter. We are all aware that throughout this pandemic, people have sadly slipped through the gaps in terms of the supports available from the Government. We discuss these at length. Supports are available under the Covid restrictions support scheme and there are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome many of his comments. This is about the practicalities of individuals carrying out vital works that are unfortunately not classified as essential. I am referring to family circumstances that most of us in this House deal with every day simply through representations but we do not experience them on a personal level. The families do not have the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to establish a comprehensive redress scheme for houses affected by historic defects and pyrite as recommended by the 2018 Safe as Houses report by the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government; if so, the progress that has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered updating the application criteria for the Covid-19 operating support payment to ensure as many providers as necessary can avail of these supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12301/21]

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: I am not going to try to do mental arithmetic but I want to speak for 30 seconds and put a question to the Minster. Many people have spoken about the dark past fortnight for the Irish banking system. So many customers and staff have been impacted. Many of us know, however, that this has been going on for some time. It has been going on since before the crash, when so many of our financial...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Company Registration Office has taken steps to streamline and speed up works to allow common tasks such as company incorporation, updating information and ordering documents to happen without delay and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Companies Registration Office has plans to accept recognised platforms such as a platform (details supplied) for electronically submitted documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11035/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered holding the driver theory test online to clear the backlog and allow it to proceed during Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11783/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Tax (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered reassessing the method by which motor tax is calculated to a system by which the cars that produce more harmful exhausts are liable for more tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11098/21]