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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]

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

Neale Richmond: 914. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in accessing autism assessment for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 924. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered increasing investment in test and trace facilities to help combat Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 925. To ask the Minister for Health the current average turnaround time for contact tracing following a positive test for Covid-19; the goal for the turnaround time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Neale Richmond: 1101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a charity (details supplied) has availed of funding under the Covid-19 stability fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (25 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered reinstating the rates waiver for vacant premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10865/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to allow small-scale construction to resume in cases in which the residency in the home depends on the construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10673/21]

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to share a few thoughts in this very important debate. I commend the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, on his efforts just over a year ago, with his former colleague, the then Secretary of State, Julian Smith, to make this agreement possible and get the Northern Ireland Executive back up and running. I was taken with the Taoiseach's opening remarks....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Data (24 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered publishing an impact assessment on the UK-EU trade deal on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered engaging with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to introduce a measure to ensure that utility companies must contract persons when their contracts are up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9562/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (24 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports he will provide to the aviation industry to support it through the Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10242/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from VAT, mineral oil tax and carbon tax on liquid fuel in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) or with individual banks regarding wage subsidy schemes affecting the eligibility for mortgage approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10351/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider issuing exemptions in written format to private citizens having to conduct emergency works under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Neale Richmond: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans being considered for the junior certificate examinations in view of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9808/21]