Questions asked 21 total

• Health 5 questions

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for autism assessment for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11778/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in accessing autism assessment for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for autism assessment for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11780/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he has considered increasing investment in test and trace facilities to help combat Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11792/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the current average turnaround time for contact tracing following a positive test for Covid-19; the goal for the turnaround time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11793/21]
• Foreign 3 questions

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the suspension of processing of foreign birth registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11871/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects the processing of foreign birth registrations to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11872/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure the foreign births register staff are contactable and applicants can receive an update on their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/21]
• Education 3 questions

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for a new post-primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11036/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if she has considered using transition year to allow students to catch up on missed classes and lessons due to Covid-19 school closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11465/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if she has engaged with UCD on the accreditation of the national training course for special needs assistants that is being held by UCD; the details of the future accreditation of the course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12022/21]
• Enterprise 2 questions

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Company Registration Office has taken steps to streamline and speed up works to allow common tasks such as company incorporation, updating information and ordering documents to happen without delay and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11032/21]
  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Companies Registration Office has plans to accept recognised platforms such as a platform (details supplied) for electronically submitted documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11035/21]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered holding the driver theory test online to clear the backlog and allow it to proceed during Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11783/21]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered reassessing the method by which motor tax is calculated to a system by which the cars that produce more harmful exhausts are liable for more tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11098/21]
• Defence 1 question

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Defence the action he has taken in response to recent statements by a person (details supplied) regarding academic freedom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11878/21]
• Social 1 question

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered ensuring that inheritances that do not qualify for inheritance tax do not affect a non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11105/21]
• Further and Higher Education 1 question

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if action has been taken in relation to an incident regarding academic freedom (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12048/21]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2021-03-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a charity (details supplied) has availed of funding under the Covid-19 stability fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12001/21]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2021-03-04 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to establish a comprehensive redress scheme for houses affected by historic defects and pyrite as recommended by the 2018 Safe as Houses report by the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government; if so, the progress that has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12313/21]
• Children 1 question

  • 2021-03-04 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered updating the application criteria for the Covid-19 operating support payment to ensure as many providers as necessary can avail of these supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12301/21]