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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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if landlords who are exempt from registering with the RTB due to falling under the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Acts of 1982 and 1983 will be able to avail of the tax incentive for retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is reducing its class numbers for junior infants for 2023, causing many families to miss out on spaces for their child; if she will engage with the school on its application for temporary accommodation which would allow for a third junior infants class and would...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: I greatly appreciate the contribution by the Taoiseach and look forward to the Minister of State's responses and his insight into the recent European Council meeting. The focus of the contribution in the pre-European Council debate was largely on the energy impacts of Russia's brutal war in Ukraine. That continues to have a tangible impact on our country, notwithstanding the desperate...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: In the last couple of hours, we have seen that the Russian Federation has taken the decision to sanction the Taoiseach, the Ceann Comhairle and a number of Cabinet Ministers and Members of this House and the Seanad in a disgraceful statement that ends with a line stating that, in relation to further action, the Russian Government will be guided by its embassy in Dublin. This is a very...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing legislation to require solar panels built in car parks over a certain size, as has been done to increase solar panel usage in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the Irish curriculum and Junior and Leaving Certificate level is fit for purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Irish curriculum will be updated to allow students to have a better level of Irish speech when leaving school including oral and written levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether there should be a full Irish oral examination for Junior Certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will include churches in any scheme to assist with lighting and heating costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56779/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: We will adjourn once we finish Committee Stage of the Finance Bill 2022. We are resuming on section 85. Amendment No. 80 is in Deputy Matthews's name and has already been discussed with amendment No. 77. Deputy Matthews is not here but I believe he said he may return to the amendment on Report Stage.