Questions asked 22 total

• Environment 5 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he expects to introduce a deposit-and-return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/21]
  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the carbon budgets will be applied at an industry and sector level only under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021; if there will be a mechanism to push targets down to individual companies; if the latter, the mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23585/21]
  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he is considering to encourage businesses and organisations to measure and report their carbon emissions under scope 1, scope 2 and or scope 3; the timelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23586/21]
  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide and set a clear standard for organisations to follow in relation to scope 3 carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23588/21]
  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide clarity on the type of scheme and the timelines of the proposed feed-in tariff for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23592/21]
• Enterprise 3 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full report on the recent North-South Ministerial Council that focused on trade matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22605/21]
  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the non-financial reporting directive which requires that companies with over 500 employees in size need to report on their carbon emissions in their annual reports will be enforced in Ireland; if a similar initiative will be put in place for companies and organisations with less than 500 employees; if a specific standard will be specified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23587/21]
  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has considered providing training to businesses on becoming an authorized consignee to aid with post-Brexit trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23605/21]
• Foreign 3 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with the Georgian and Ukrainian Governments in view of their ambassadors’ attempts to influence academic teaching in DCU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the communication he has had with the UK Government on the possibility of the holding of a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. [22607/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has considered recognising the murder of up to one and a half million Armenians from 1915-1917 as genocide as was recently done by the President of the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23163/21]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding pregnant women receiving the Covid-19 vaccine; if they will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine given the risk of Covid placentitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22667/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if there are currently waiting lists in maternity hospitals throughout Dublin for women seeking perinatal care; if so, the length of the waiting lists; the number of persons waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23196/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the work his Department is undertaking to encourage persons to take the second dose of their Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23243/21]
• Taoiseach 2 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone conversation with the UK Prime Minister following recent events in Northern Ireland. [19969/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Taoiseach the status of his most recent communications with the Northern Ireland First and Deputy First Ministers following recent events in Northern Ireland. [19970/21]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider extending the duration of planning permissions due to expire in straightforward cases which do not require an environmental impact assessment due to the delays which have been caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to support and encourage outdoor dining in summer 2021; the engagement he has had with the local authorities on the matter; if section 254 licence fees will be charged for outdoor furniture use by local commercial rate payers this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22616/21]
• Tourism 1 question

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the efforts that have been made to examine the possibility of using rapid antigen testing for Covid-19 to allow for the return of some spectators to sports matches, concerts or other spectator events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22604/21]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of planning applications submitted for the erection of headstones in each of the years 2015 to 2020; the number granted and refused, respectively; the reason for refusal in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22618/21]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on the possibility of offering a training service to businesses on becoming an authorised consignee to aid with post-Brexit trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23606/21]
• Education 1 question

  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if it is the policy of the planning and building unit not to share details with school principals and management details of the work path, project manager and delivery deadline for the contractors supplying modular temporary accommodation for autumn 2021; if her attention has been drawn to the challenge this poses to school principals trying to plan for the new school year in autumn 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23441/21]