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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]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the suspension of processing of foreign birth registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects the processing of foreign birth registrations to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 374. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure the foreign births register staff are contactable and applicants can receive an update on their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cybersecurity Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 385. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he has taken in response to recent statements by a person (details supplied) regarding academic freedom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new post-primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11036/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered using transition year to allow students to catch up on missed classes and lessons due to Covid-19 school closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with UCD on the accreditation of the national training course for special needs assistants that is being held by UCD; the details of the future accreditation of the course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12022/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered ensuring that inheritances that do not qualify for inheritance tax do not affect a non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11105/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Freedom of Speech (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if action has been taken in relation to an incident regarding academic freedom (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 913. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for autism assessment for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 915. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for autism assessment for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11780/21]