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Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Departmental Reports
Neale Richmond
567. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the interdepartmental and multiagency review of Ireland’s anti-fraud and anti-corruption structures chaired by a person (details supplied) will report to her; if the report will be published; if so, when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16530/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Proposed Legislation
Neale Richmond
569. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has completed the drafting of the criminal procedure Bill; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16532/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neale Richmond
153. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of passengers that entered here by plane from the United States of America since the introduction of passenger locator forms; the number of follow-up calls or visits that were made to enforce the mandatory 14-day quarantine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16342/20]
Wed, 15 Jul 2020
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Consumer Protection
Neale Richmond
78. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be put in place to protect persons following public health advice to not go abroad in summer 2020 who will not receive a refund from the airline for their flights, which were not cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16271/20]
Wed, 15 Jul 2020
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Education Policy
Neale Richmond
102. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a registered educational and membership body here can be awarded chartered status and confer individual charter status to its members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16215/20]
Wed, 15 Jul 2020
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Hospital Services
Neale Richmond
136. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health when day services will resume at St. John of God Hospital for those who regularly attended services there prior to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16167/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Horizon 2020 Strategy
Neale Richmond
64. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a report on Irish involvement in the Horizon 2020 programme has been commissioned; if so, when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15119/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Enterprise Support Services
Neale Richmond
100. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the specific measures being considered to protect businesses facing into the Covid-19 recovery, which will affect businesses long after 1 January 2021, and a potential no-trade deal Brexit simultaneously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16128/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Brexit Supports
Neale Richmond
101. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that will be put in place to protect vulnerable industries, particularly the agrifoods industry, post Brexit in view of the fact no trade deal will be better than the UK and Ireland both trading within the EU single market (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16129/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Electric Vehicles
Neale Richmond
104. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the mechanisms in place for persons residing in private apartment complexes to install electric car chargers at their own cost in their parking spaces or to encourage management companies to allow residents to do so as in the case of residents in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14793/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Neale Richmond
147. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for the allocation of Covid-19 funding support for the sport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15115/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neale Richmond
214. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider exemptions to the two-week return self-quarantine for international travel in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15191/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Banking Licences
Neale Richmond
291. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications that were received for banking licences here in each of the years 2015 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15106/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Banking Licences
Neale Richmond
292. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance the number of new banking licences that were issued here in each of the years 2015 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15107/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Financial Services Sector
Neale Richmond
293. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance the status of the roll-out of the Ireland for Finance strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15108/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Local Authority Members
Neale Richmond
403. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the implementation of the Moorhead Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15116/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Ministerial Meetings
Neale Richmond
462. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with the Chinese authorities regarding events in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15100/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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EU Data
Neale Richmond
463. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who completed an official traineeship in the European Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15102/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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EU Data
Neale Richmond
464. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who undertook the EU Concours competition in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15103/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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EU Data
Neale Richmond
465. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who passed the EU Concours competition in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15104/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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EU Data
Neale Richmond
466. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish civil servants who are currently on secondment to EU institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15105/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Defence Forces Deployment
Neale Richmond
482. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of peacekeeping missions until 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15101/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Neale Richmond
557. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills the contact made with a school (details supplied) to facilitate it with the appropriate information to allow it to provide the summer provision scheme to its students in 2020, either through teachers providing the service or parents funding tutors to provide the service within school grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14942/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Neale Richmond
558. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provision can be made for those who are eligible to attend a special class but do not wish to take part in the home-based summer provision programme such as in the case of a person (details supplied). [14943/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Schools Building Projects
Neale Richmond
578. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15112/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Schools Building Projects
Neale Richmond
579. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status on the construction of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15113/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Schools Building Projects
Neale Richmond
580. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status on the construction of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15114/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Erasmus+ Programme
Neale Richmond
581. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish students who participated in the Erasmus+ programme in each of the years 2015 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; the countries that the students studied in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15117/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Erasmus+ Programme
Neale Richmond
582. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who participated in the Erasmus+ programme in each of the years 2015 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020 here; the countries that the students came from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15118/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Early Years Sector
Neale Richmond
853. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the national roll-out of the baby box scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15110/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Neale Richmond
863. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a crèche (details supplied) is receiving subsidies; if it is eligible for same in view of the fact that at the beginning of July 2020 it announced an increase in its prices to parents, which is not in line with subsidies announced during the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14844/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Neale Richmond
864. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to a facility (details supplied) to allow it to reopen on 29 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15018/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Early Years Sector
Neale Richmond
868. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a report on the pilot baby box scheme will be commissioned; if so, when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15109/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Garda Data
Neale Richmond
922. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of Garda vehicle resources in the DMR; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15111/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Neale Richmond
1114. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the position regarding insurance coverage for Covid-19 tests for patients to access services in private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15211/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Neale Richmond
16. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the precise amount distributed to each local authority for the restart grant by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13828/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Tobacco Control Measures
Neale Richmond
386. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he will request a formal investigation by the EU Commission independent advisory panel on characterising flavours in tobacco products into the continued sale of menthol-style products in view of his comments that some tobacco companies are undermining the menthol cigarette ban that came into force in May 2020; if he will consider issuing a prohibition order on the products while the investigations by the HSE are ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12751/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Human Rights
Neale Richmond
17. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the content of the press statement on protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights and promoting gender-responsiveness in the Covid-19 crisis signed by Ireland and other states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11726/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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School Accommodation
Neale Richmond
108. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the planning and procurement for the installation of appropriate prefabs has been organised for a school (details supplied) to ensure the school can open in line with other secondary schools when it is safe to do so, with appropriate space to facilitate social distancing and the teaching of a wide variety of subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9694/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Neale Richmond
871. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in place and that will be introduced to support the private coach and bus sector through the Covid-19 crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8426/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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School Accommodation
Neale Richmond
157. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the planning and procurement for the installation of appropriate prefabs has been organised for a school (details supplied) to ensure that the school can open in line with other secondary schools when it is safe to do so, with appropriate space to facilitate social distancing and the teaching of a wide variety of subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7297/20]