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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Costs (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he is considering to make childcare affordable for all parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39966/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Costs (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I do not want to repeat anything Deputy Calleary said. Needless to say I agree with all of it but it is important that I declare an interest, not only as the father of two young children, including one currently in an ECCE scheme, but also as someone who is married to a Montessori teacher. It is not an underestimation to say that during the general election last February, which seems like...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Unemployment (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to combat youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39964/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons who have benefited from the enterprise support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports he is providing to childcare facilities to support them through the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of allocations for each programme under her Department’s expenditure estimate for 2021 sub-heading A.29 – Disability Activation Supports Allocation €13,660,000 in tabular form; the reason there is a reduction in the budgeted allocation from 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees (3 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department will make the necessary funding available for the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission agreement of August 2019 between a union (details supplied) and city and county childcare committees involving CCC managers being regraded at local authority grade 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to make a few remarks on the, once again, crucial European Council meeting. I will limit my remarks to just two aspects of the upcoming Council meeting because there are so many other aspects such as the rule of law in certain parts of central and eastern Europe or in our near neighbourhood that merit discussion but eight minutes is quite limited. The first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Migration and Asylum Pact: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Shotter for that very detailed presentation and for sending the slides to us in advance. I want to touch on a couple of issues but I will start with his final comments on the external dimension. What steps does he believe should be taken to deal with third countries? Is there a risk of being overly reliant on third countries, which may start to have a slightly different...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that have been taken to allow for a safe resumption of inter-school sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39963/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will move to its permanent site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Trade Agreements (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 127. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Job Creation (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 128. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide a full sectoral breakdown of new jobs announcements supported by Enterprise Ireland in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39730/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Job Creation (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 129. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide a full sectoral breakdown of new jobs announcements supported by IDA Ireland in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39731/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the protections in place for those attending the post office, especially those in the vulnerable category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39600/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if arrangements will be in place for Irish residents to exchange their UK Northern Ireland driver licenses after the Brexit transition period comes to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39609/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the pathway in place to allow for the resumption of basketball for children when level 5 restrictions end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39706/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact on current co-living development applications to planning authorities arising from the issuance of a de facto ban; if these applications can be considered for approval or be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39577/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an approved housing body has applied to the Housing Finance Agency, his Department or an entity operating under the aegis of his Department for purchasing or operating residential units from the developer of an estate (details supplied) to deliver cost-rental units; if he, the Housing Finance Agency, his Department or an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (1 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department has been notified by Dublin City Council if companies (details supplied) were informed that the procurement procedure had ended and that no contract would be awarded as a consequence of the decision adopted by the elected members of Dublin City Council on 16 November 2020 not to assent the proposal...