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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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the European Committee of the Regions (15 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: My first question relates to the post-Brexit scenario. When I was a member of the European Committee of the Regions, there was significant input from members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and councillors from Northern Ireland to our work and it was very important in the build-up to Brexit to hear those voices, whether unionist, nationalist or other, ringing in about how it would impact on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: I am grateful for that comprehensive update from the Taoiseach. I join with others in strongly supporting his call for the full and rapid accession of Ukraine to the EU, as well as Moldova and Georgia in due course. One of the sad things, and we are over 100 days into this phase of the conflict, is that the attention of so many people is drifting. Sadly, it is drifting when the war is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. [30513/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to address the backlog of NCT tests and the long wait time for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30511/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to increase the numbers of taxis in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Issues (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that businesses that infer that they are based in Ireland with a .ie web domain do not leave customers with customs and VAT charges post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29026/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are available for retail businesses that require financial support and assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30110/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline Ireland’s major trade destinations from 2015 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (14 Jun 2022)

Neale Richmond: 184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the impact that the Northern Ireland Protocol has had on Ireland’s trade destinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30419/22]