Results 4,041-4,060 of 4,708 for speaker:Neale Richmond

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (24 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out of the 25 extended trams for the green line LUAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24988/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of prefabs for a school (details supplied) for the 2020-2021 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26199/20]

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I am speaking slightly sooner than I expected. I am sharing time with Deputy O'Connor. If he arrives in the next few minutes, I will make way. We have three and a half minutes each, if that is okay.

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I welcome this legislation. I listened with great intensity to the remarks made yesterday by the Minister regarding this Bill and the importance of Ireland bringing this legislation into being in the context of the transposition of the EU's fifth anti-money laundering directive. It is a shame that there were delays in transposing the fourth directive, but we can remedy that. The importance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body responsible for ensuring that secondary school students wear face coverings on Bus Éireann school buses. [25708/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I want to take the Minister up on the challenge of engaging with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. We rightly look to local authorities but we must also consider the community example. One of the great successes in recent years has involved communities. An example, which may seem trivial by comparison with some initiatives associated with the Department, concerns the way local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the electric vehicle strategy, promised in the programme for Government, which will ensure that charging infrastructure stays ahead of demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24987/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: The programme for Government contains a commitment to an electric vehicle strategy to ensure that infrastructure stays ahead of demand. This is badly needed to ensure that all of those who have the means to purchase an electric vehicle are not constrained by a lack of charging facilities. I ask the Minister for an update on the status of this strategy and what it will cover.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Minister's comments. There is much that can be gleaned from them but there are a number of challenges that require urgent address. While EVs are becoming increasingly affordable, the geographic spread of the infrastructure needs to be addressed. Currently, there are 152 charging points in Dublin but only four in Leitrim and eight in Cavan. When we look at the speed the...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I sincerely commend Deputy Ward on this motion. There is a lot of agreement on its provisions across the House but not total agreement, which is why I will be supporting the Government amendment. We can all agree that the scourge of fireworks has come earlier and to a greater extent this year than ever before. This is clearly linked to the cancellation of many festivals, bonfires, parades...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waste Management (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken to combat the increasingly regular issue of overflowing waste from sewage treatment plants leading to the closure of swimming at beaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need for an ASD unit in the Kilternan, County Dublin will be examined in order that families do not have to send their children to school at a great distance to ensure they receive the education they require; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24779/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown on the autism spectrum disorder units in primary schools in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24769/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources and funding provided to primary schools to allow them to expand their ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24770/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish more ASD units in primary schools in the Kilternan, County Dublin area in view of the fact that many parents have no ASD units within the catchment areas of their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24771/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that will be taken to support parents and children with autism that are suffering due to the lack of ASD units in primary schools throughout Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24772/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 824. To ask the Minister for Health if psychological supports are available or will be made available for frontline staff that worked throughout the pandemic to cope with the effects it may have on their mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 825. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been made towards providing tailored mental health supports for those that had serious cases of Covid-19 in view of the fact that one third of patients treated for SARS and MERS exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder within a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: 826. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review current restrictions which only allow for five children to receive dance lessons in large scale auditoriums, halls (details supplied); if the restriction will be amended if a county reverts to Stage 1 of the new Covid-19 Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25439/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (17 Sep 2020)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I will not pretend that I am not a little disappointed with the lack of progress. As the Minister well knows, people in this area have been waiting more than 25 years for improvements to a road that is not fit for purpose. In the time since the need for an upgrade was identified, 7,000 new homes have been built in the area and there has...