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Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate my colleague, Deputy Higgins' generosity in sharing time. I apologise to the House for missing a previous speaking slot. I rise very much to support the Bill, which is good not only for workers and customers but, crucially, employers also. As mentioned by, I imagine, every Deputy in the House, there is an acute shortage of staff in all sectors, particularly in the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: As the special joint Committee on International Surrogacy reaches its conclusions, will the Government accept its recommendations? Will the Government amend the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022? More importantly, will the Minister lay out a timetable for the many families, many of whom are outside the gates at the moment, to ensure that they can be seen as truly equal in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to reduce reliance on Russian energy on a European level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to promote the installation of non-fossil fuel heating sources in homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to promote the use of wind energy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider decoupling Ireland’s electricity pricing from wholesale gas and price it based on the proportion of the sources of energy generation as was done by Spain and Portugal following European Union approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he will take to urgently increase the number of active taxi driver licences in Dublin given that drivers entitled to drive in Dublin have decreased by 5.5% since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently consider extending the running times of the Luas to ensure that those in the city late into the night can avail of public transport given the lack of taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently consider extending the running times of all Dublin Bus routes to ensure that those in the city late into the night can avail of public transport given the lack of taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36335/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently consider extending the running times of the DART to ensure that those in the city late into the night can avail of public transport given the lack of taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36336/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the Minister's frankness. He touched on many key areas, so I will ask supplementary questions to the points he raised to elicit additional information. I will begin in or around where he finished off, that is, the reconstruction conference held last week in Switzerland and the feasibility of future pledging conferences. The Minister will be aware that our wider European...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to come in on this. I thank the Minister for her kind words. More importantly, I thank her for driving this through with the Government. This is fundamentally a very important scheme, not just for the work it will do but also as a demonstration that crime does not pay. Does the Minister agree that perhaps this could be viewed as a pilot scheme? While the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I am grateful to the Minister for that update and the specific numbers in her response. I was very lucky to attend the centenary celebrations of An Garda Síochána in my local Garda station in Stepaside in the past few days. Having spoken with current and former members of An Garda Síochána who had been stationed at that station, as well as others, there are two issues...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate that. While Covid got in the way of many of the operational aspects of reform, in many ways it also showed potential positives for an Garda Síochána, not just with on-the-beat policing but also with smart policing. We will hopefully have 15,000 gardaí in due course. Leading up to the budget discussion, will the Minister ensure those gardaí will have the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Ireland broken down per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35719/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: Will the Minister lay out the number of members of An Garda Síochána currently serving in the State?

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this debate. While I agree with and support the three motions before us, I am slightly disappointed that we are only now moving from participating in one PESCO project out of a total of 60 to five projects. That is grossly unambitious. If we are serious about the security of our State and the European Union and if we believe in the true essence...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications to the community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35718/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of citizenship applications being processed for minors broken down by the length of processing time for the following bands, those aged up to one year, between one and two years, between two and three years and those aged three years or more in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (5 Jul 2022)

Neale Richmond: 518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the funding of the community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31018/22]