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Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: The crux of the conference the Commissioner attended concerned the Single Market and the impact on the energy crisis we are facing, in particular. One area of the Single Market to which we are all well attuned is the access that Northern Ireland continues to have through the protocol. Once again, at the weekend we saw more internal party politics and messing across the water regarding...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU50: Ireland and the Single Market conference. [56297/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [56296/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Change Negotiations (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 51. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the COP27 summit. [56295/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent meetings with the political parties in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57649/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the interaction that he has had with his British counterpart regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57650/22]

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?