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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with his European colleagues regarding the distribution of a potential Covid-19 vaccine. [38066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan to roll out a Covid-19 vaccine in Ireland. [39969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if travel advice will be updated in line with the European Centre of Disease Control updated travel advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42400/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Covid-19 restrictions at which she expects indoor sports to resume for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42402/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to allowing live music at weddings under level 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42403/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if cystic fibrosis patients will be given priority access to a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42399/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 224. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to making the wearing of face coverings compulsory in gyms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42401/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Brexit Issues: Members of the House of Commons (9 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank all of the witnesses for joining us, albeit virtually, at this meeting. I look forward to us being able to engage in person in London or Dublin in due course and I hope, as the Chairman said, yesterday's news might get us a little bit closer to that. I want to touch on a couple of issues as we have laid out. I want to start on the Internal Market Bill. While the announcement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Commissioner Mairead McGuinness on priorities for her term of office and EU Commission matters (9 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Commissioner for her presentation and I congratulate her belatedly on her appointment. I will stress two areas. First, I will pick up on the Commissioner's closing remarks in her intervention on Brexit. I do not want to get into specifics of negotiations or anything that is going on. As it pertains to her portfolio, what may come about after 31 December in terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Commissioner Mairead McGuinness on priorities for her term of office and EU Commission matters (9 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I agree with the Commissioner. For the member state she knows best, there is a great role for the complementary approach to the City of London as opposed to the competitive. My second area is tentatively related but the Commissioner referred to it in her remarks on money laundering and combating the efforts of organised crime and dissident terrorists when it comes to cryptocurrencies and...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to speak in support of this motion and, indeed, in support of this concept. For everyone in Ireland, 2020 has been an unprecedented year. After years of preparing our businesses and the economy for the threat of Brexit, we also faced a new challenge in Covid-19 and the economic ramifications that followed. These twin threats have had an immense impact on every...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the engagements he has had with the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland in respect of lifting Covid-19 restrictions. [39968/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I raise this issue, as Deputy Boyd Barrett has, in order to look at a couple of areas. The end of a period of restrictions is, supposedly, approaching in Northern Ireland and most of us in this jurisdiction have been enjoying in the past week or so being back at level 3 restrictions. We hope to stay there or go down to level 2 or 1 in due course. It...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work to date on ensuring market access and developing new markets in view of the impact of Brexit which will have significant ramifications for Irish agri-businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41539/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is undertaking to ensure diversification of food exports in order to reduce reliance of Irish exporters on the UK market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41538/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 84. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to cross-Border shopping trips in view of the respective Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions Ireland is taking in relation to the ongoing crisis in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41140/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Places (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools numbers in the Carpenterstown, Dublin 15; if there are enough school places to accommodate the growth in estates over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adding those who are on maternity benefit to the list of those eligible to receive the Christmas bonus for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for members of An Garda Síochána injured in the course of their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41142/20]