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Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (20 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when publicly funded IVF services will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure there is sufficient GP capacity in light of the free GP care provided in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51385/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to make a few points on the upcoming European Council meeting and also the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community, which is long overdue and extremely welcome. It is a forum of aspirant and former member states that is much needed by everyone in the orbit of the European Union at a time when talking has never been this important. Historically, the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: Yesterday, I listened to the Oireachtas Committee on Health with keen interest and quite a sense of disappointment when the members discussed the fact that every year 15,000 women in this State suffer with perinatal mental health issues. It is something that affects pretty much every family in this State and it is certainly something I am very familiar with. Bluntly, is the State serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: I thank our guests for their submissions. I have questions for the representatives of both institutions but might start with Mr. Jansen to give Ms Arnett and Ms Howard a break. Their interactions with Deputy Doherty were intense, even as an onlooker. I thank him for his forensic analysis. I want to pick up on the point Mr. Jansen made about the fact that the estimates are now different to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: Mr. Lennon has answered my question about direct debits before I got to ask it so I will move on. I will ask the following of both institutions. Engagement with utility companies and third parties in the whole area of direct debit switching is something that has come up quite a bit. While people may have switched their accounts, they are having difficulty switching over their direct debits...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: What are the actual numbers there?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit will next meet. [49696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to further reduce student contributions in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2023 (18 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports he has provided in Budget 2023 to help with the costs of going to college both in terms of fees and grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (18 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 766. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the figures for occupancy and waiting lists for a palliative care bed at a hospital (details supplied) in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51507/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the engagement he has had with childcare providers in Dublin regarding core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49692/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost-of-living supports her Department announced in budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49689/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the auto-enrolment workplace pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49690/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parents who avail of childcare through a childminder can expect to avail of the reduction in childcare fees announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Go-Ahead Ireland regarding its consistently late buses and buses not turning up, especially on the 17 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50787/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 114 bus route operated by a company (details supplied) is often very late or does not show up leading to jobs being put at risk due to the lateness of commuters; if he will engage with Dublin Bus in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether Covid-19 signage in schools should be removed as there are no Covid-19 safety measures in place in Ireland at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50749/22]

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: I strongly welcome this legislation. Indeed, I have just expressed my gratitude to the Minister of State in the Chamber for his assistance with so many different representations received over the last number of years in particular, from employers and workers alike, who are caught in what is quite a Byzantine system. I would like to start by picking up on a point made by Deputy Catherine...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Neale Richmond: This week, we have seen the full levels of depravity the Russian regime is capable of in Ukraine. We have also seen the Estonian Parliament and the European Parliament accept motions declaring Russia a terrorist state. Will Ireland join with them and declare Russia a terrorist state?