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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: Amendment No. 96 has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: Amendments Nos. 102 and 104 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: Before the Deputy gets going, I have been told that it is 6.20 p.m. I am sorry, but perhaps we can take the Deputy's comments when we resume.

Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (12 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I truly welcome the Minister of State's very detailed analysis of this legislation. Many of us have been waiting quite some time for it to come back before the House. It is a shame that it fell in the previous Oireachtas, but we have finally got here. There are a few points I wish to make and a few concerns I would like to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Tests (12 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Ireland joining the EU traffic light system for travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35006/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (12 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports provided to the aviation sector during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35007/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (12 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports that will be provided to specialists in public health medicine to bring their contracts in line with their duties and responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35954/20]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: I am sharing time with Deputy O'Dowd. I welcome this Bill, although it is hard to welcome anything that arises out of such sadness of circumstances. None of the issues and legislation that we have debated concerning Brexit in the past number of years has been a positive thing. Brexit has needlessly exercised the minds and abilities of scores of civil servants, politicians and business...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has encouraged banks to offer payment breaks for small businesses or on mortgages for those who are out of work due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe: Discussion (11 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank the witnesses for their excellent presentations. Before I ask my questions, I echo Deputy Calleary's remarks regarding Irish influence within the institutions. Ms Day set a high bar for others to follow. I fear that we do not have the numbers there. I say that as someone who managed only two years in Brussels and then came home and so I am, in part, responsible. I want to focus...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 86. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his assessment on the preparedness of Irish businesses for the end of the Brexit transition period on 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34983/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had regarding the European green deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34997/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed broadband will be supplied to all households including those in cities to allow them to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic with ease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34996/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commission on the Future of Policing (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 157. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing. [34583/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 161. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by Departments in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [34588/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 179. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the regulations which will be in place for winter 2020-2021 for the harvesting and selling of real Christmas trees that can adhere to social distancing and hygiene regulations while operating outdoors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35345/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy for advertisements on public transport and public transport infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34619/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by the Central Bank; the role of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interaction he has had with UCD over the 2% to 4% increase in fees for EU and non-EU students studying graduate entry medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34617/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (10 Nov 2020)

Neale Richmond: 568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action taken to support students of graduate entry medicine in UCD given that the fees now are higher than the maximum available bank loan to students therefore forcing students out of the course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34618/20]