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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding spinal muscular atrophy to the new-born heel prick test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to an additional palliative care bed for a care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33376/22]

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: I wish our visitors from Cork the best of luck today. Unfortunately, I think the Dubs might have the measure of Cork this weekend, but I would say that, would I not? I really appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I am on the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach of which Deputy Paul Murphy was previously a member. This is an issue that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to view separated and divorced persons as first-time buyers for the help to buy scheme even if they have previously owned a home as is the case for the local authority schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32883/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (22 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW intends to provide comments back to Dublin City Council on the preliminary contract documents that have been furnished to it in respect of phase 2 of the flood relief works which goes from north of Sandymount Strand to Sean Moore Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that non-European Union citizens must apply online for Irish Residence Permit cards and the process takes nine to ten weeks whereas pre-Covid this could be carried out in the Garda National Immigration Bureau Office in a matter of hours; if she will take steps to allow for in-person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a helpline through which non-EU citizens can receive updates on their Irish Residence Permit card applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (22 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many qualified nurses living in Ireland who received their qualifications in Australia but they are not recognised in Ireland; if he will take steps to recognise these qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32865/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: On a point of order-----

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: The Deputy can make a speech without making this personal.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this very important debate in an important week. There are only two points to which I would like to refer ahead of the European Council. The first is in relation to Russia's ongoing brutal war in Ukraine and the very welcome news that the European Commission has recommended candidate status not just for Ukraine but also for Moldova and Georgia....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to provide additional supports to assist local authorities to meet demand for playing pitches in their areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will conduct a review into sports capital grants; if she will outline her future plans for the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cost of Living Issues (16 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that he believes are contributing to the decrease in consumer spending to date in 2022; the steps that he will take to address this and the rising cost-of-living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31067/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the tax revenues to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31019/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (16 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to increase the diversity of the workforce in the financial services sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31068/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Creation (16 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects that Ireland will reach full employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25203/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: Every day, for understandable reasons, we hear Deputies from every party raise very serious concerns about the cost-of-living crisis and the true stories that are happening in our communities and constituencies. While we acknowledge the welcome intervention by the Government thus far, does the Minister plan, in the lead-up to the budget for next year, a substantive intervention regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (15 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on an application to the foreign births register (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31290/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with the French Ambassador (15 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: I have two brief questions because we are more or less out of time. The ambassador has been very kind and generous in giving full answers and I will not ask anything new. I just wanted to pick up on two matters and ask two supplementary questions to the comments already made by the ambassador. In his first intervention the ambassador referred to the strategic compass, the 72 projects and...