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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the Commissioner for the Regulation of Utilities engaging with energy providers on the prevention of electricity theft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received any reports from the Commission of the Regulation of Utilities on electricity theft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57470/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received any reports from the Commission of the Regulation of Utilities on gas theft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57471/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Savings Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland should have an individual savings allowance system, including the stocks and shares individual savings allowance as is the case in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57937/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Priorities (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that the capital gains tax allowance and capital gains tax in Ireland is vastly lower than that in Northern Ireland; if he will take steps to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57938/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Priorities (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the exit charges on investments are still necessary on investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57939/22]

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I greatly appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Such a debate has been requested multiple times by Deputies on all sides of the House, be it through parliamentary questions, Topical Issue matters, Questions on Policy or Legislation or Leaders' Questions. I hope the debate is being approached in a positive manner. Like most of the speakers so far, I love being from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I want to pick up on the Minister's final point. I get that this is complicated. There is no square peg in a round hole when it comes to childminders. It is often the case that when childminders are being used, it is because there are no other suitable childcare options. There could be many good reasons for that, such as the size of a family, work patterns or kids being at different...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: If legislative change is required, the whole House would get behind that to enact it as quickly as possible, although not in a rushed manner, of course. That is welcome. It goes to the nature of child minding. It is quite an ad hocprofession. It is not necessarily a role a person enters directly; it is something that many people fall into and it becomes a good fit because it is flexible....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parents who use childminders will be able to benefit from the reduction in childcare fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56370/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I want to ask when the parents who use childminders will be able to benefit from the flagged cuts to childcare costs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I think of my own daughter's preschool costs with 12 kids who have completely separate childcare needs. No household looks the same anymore, thankfully, but equally, the outgoings and what they need differ. Not to be negative because that genuinely is not the intention, but I will bring it back to my geographic concern that those of us, like the Minister, who represent Dublin constituencies...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 70. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged or will engage with childcare providers in Dublin on their concerns about the core funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56369/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: What engagement has the Minister had with childcare providers in Dublin on their concerns about the new funding model?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister for that fulsome reply and the genuine approach he is taking to this issue. Like anyone in this Chamber, I very much welcome the Together for Better model but I do have a concern. The Minister mentioned that 93% of providers have taken up the model, but that is not the case in my constituency, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, where the uptake is 81%. There is an issue...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the marginal increase in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area, but we have to reflect on the fact that this sector is very diverse. There is no one size fits all. I say that as someone who has kids in the sector and a wife who has been a Montessori teacher for more than a decade, usually with small independent providers. There are many issues at play with the one-size-fits-all...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: On behalf of Deputy Farrell, I ask the Minister if he will detail the implementation of schemes to reduce childcare costs by 25%, a neat follow-up to what we have just discussed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: The Minister's answer was perfect. I have absolutely no follow-up on the direct answer. However, when I was having a cup of coffee this morning with other parents after the drop-off, the questions were a little more granular. When will they see the impact of the change? What will the dates be? What will it amount to, not necessarily annually? Many of these people are getting by week by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on her Department's work to reform Ireland's night-time economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56302/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that her Department is taking to increase female participation in Irish sports at a local and professional level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56301/22]