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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which Irish citizens living abroad can return home for compassionate reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41141/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 775. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has decided to partake in the RescEU stockpile of medical equipment; if not, the reason; if so, the breakdown of the supplies received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42082/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Cigarettes (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 776. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to banning the sale of e-cigarettes to those under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42083/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Cigarettes (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 777. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to banning the advertisement of e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42084/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Cigarettes (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 778. To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place to curtail the use of e-cigarettes among young persons in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Cigarettes (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 779. To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place to discourage the use of cigarettes or e-cigarettes among persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42086/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Cigarettes (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 781. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of young persons that use tobacco products regularly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42088/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Screening Programmes (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 780. To ask the Minister for Health the research that has been done into a lung cancer screening programme in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42087/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cancer Services (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 782. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures that will be introduced to support lung cancer patients through the psychological burden of their diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42089/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Screening Programmes (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 783. To ask the Minister for Health if the introduction of lung cancer screening is a priority for him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42090/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cancer Services (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 784. To ask the Minister for Health if patient organisations specific to lung cancer are consulted by him on their approach to lung cancer treatment and supports; if so, the groups; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42091/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cancer Services (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 785. To ask the Minister for Health if a new approach to lung cancer is required given that Ireland has the second highest rate of lung cancer mortality in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cancer Services (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 786. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out research into the reason lung cancer mortality rates are dramatically different for men and women in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42093/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cancer Services (8 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: 787. To ask the Minister for Health if a female-centred awareness campaign for lung cancer is required given that female mortality rates for lung cancer are dramatically higher than those for men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42094/20]

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

Neale Richmond: I thank Deputy Calleary for giving way. The Minister talks about the three key areas and I agree with everything he says. We need to look at the geographic constraints, with the costs in certain parts of the country, the requirements such as where a child cannot be put in for a half day, it has to be a full day, or quite simply the place is not there. The waiting lists for childcare in my...

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]