Questions asked 32 total

• Health 9 questions

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a bonus for healthcare workers who worked on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41818/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recruitment issues in the homecare sector; if he is taking steps to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41966/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if work is underway to end the restrictions on gay men donating blood; the steps he has taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42428/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be deployed in budget 2022 to address the unprecedented backlog in cancer service demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43057/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the work he has undertaken to address cyber-security measures faced by the Health Service Executive to prevent further cyber-attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43058/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he will consider abolishing inpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43059/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the work that is ongoing to alleviate the financial cost of inpatient charges on patients with long-term illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43060/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if plans are in place to introduce flexible car parking passes to all public hospitals to help alleviate the financial cost to those with long-term illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43061/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden faced by those undergoing long-term cancer treatment; if he has taken steps to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43062/21]
• Enterprise 5 questions

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to issues in recruitment within the homecare sector which is believed to have been worsened by the decision to not allow providers to recruit staff from outside the EEA; if he has taken steps to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41967/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has a draft timetable for full preparations up to and including the necessary referendum on the European Unified Patent Court system which Ireland signed up to and is now expected to be operational in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42435/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the preparations to host an Irish local division of the Unified Patent Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42436/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans in place to develop a strategy to market the Irish local division of the Unified Patent Court internationally to ensure it is successful and delivers on its full economic potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42437/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering making a bid to host the central division of the Unified Patent Court system given that the UK’s withdrawal from the agreement means that the central division court destined for London will have to find a new home (details supplied); if there have been discussions with the enterprise agencies on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42438/21]
• Environment 5 questions

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of work into developing a policy statement on the importation of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41972/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, as part of the target of reducing 51% of emissions over 12 years includes specific annual targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42563/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the five-year carbon budgets will include targets set for each five-year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42564/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Climate Change Advisory Council will have a role in determining whether Ireland is on track to meet our emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42565/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will set individual sector targets for emission reductions to ensure Ireland meets our emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42566/21]
• Finance 3 questions

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies declining employer’s insurance to disabled employers who manage their own support services in order to live independently in the community; if he has engaged with insurance companies on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41968/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the tax relief applied to general practitioner referred physiotherapy costs to general practitioner referred therapy sessions for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42014/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a person to appeal a decision on vehicle registration tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42568/21]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has engaged with each local authority on recruiting full-time dedicated EU officers; the local authorities that have EU officers in place already; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43013/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of EU funding each local authority has received per year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43014/21]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered engaging with employers to encourage them to top up rates of parent’s benefit to encourage parents to avail of this leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41933/21]
  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered engaging with employers to encourage them to top-up levels of parent’s benefit to encourage parents to take up the newly extended parent’s leave without financial penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41935/21]
• Tourism 1 question

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has a roadmap for when indoor classes will be allowed to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42134/21]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person [details supplied] is included on the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42419/21]
• Education 1 question

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education when the sites acquisition and property management unit of her Department will issue a decision in respect of an application for consent to allow a school (details supplied) apply for planning permission for the development of a new hockey pitch and changing facilities; if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays in processing this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42009/21]
• Social 1 question

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the Local Employment Services Network regarding the new Pathway to Work Strategy; if she will meet the group to discuss its concerns; if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the payment by results model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42135/21]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice the number of knives seized from 2016 to date in 2021, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41925/21]
• Agriculture 1 question

  • 2021-09-09 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to issues UK citizens are experiencing when bringing pets here; if there are measures being considered to streamline this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42388/21]