Parliamentary questions

Legislative Measures

Chris Andrews

308. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021, given that over 12 months have passed since the Minster said he would work with the sponsors to see the Bill advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7166/24]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

287. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if a sanction will be granted for a reading school to be opened in an area (details supplied) to cater for the high number of dyslexic children in the locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6237/24]

Medicinal Products

Chris Andrews

554. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details suppled) and ensure that their prescription only drug will be made available to them. [6065/24]

Mental Health Services

Chris Andrews

610. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if urgent action will be taken to prioritise the reform of the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6611/24]

School Curriculum

Chris Andrews

56. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education to outline when the transition year curriculum was last amended; if she will carry out a review of the possible benefit of adding dance and performative arts to the current curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4518/24]

Departmental Schemes

Chris Andrews

136. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and award them the Government electricity credit. [3641/24]

Recycling Policy

Chris Andrews

74. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what options are available to home bound individuals, who get their food shopping delivered to their home, to return their recyclable items under the deposit return scheme. [3342/24]

Housing Schemes

Chris Andrews

134. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a specific scheme is in place to assist older people obtaining a mortgage; and if so, the details of this scheme. [3107/24]

Human Rights

Chris Andrews

111. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he could ensure that issues around human rights in Western Sahara and the ongoing illegal occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco will be included in EU Priorities in UN Human Rights Fora for 2024. [2759/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Chris Andrews

565. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent date for surgery. [2408/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Chris Andrews

45. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the history of the State, diplomatic status has even been given to representatives of a political movement (such as the African National Congress or Palestine Liberation Organization), as opposed to the more standard diplomatic status for representatives of a State; and if this has not been granted, if he could explain how relations between the State and the ANC prior to the fall of Apartheid, or relations between the State and the PLO prior to the establishment of the Mission of Palestine in Dublin, were coordinated. [1559/24]

School Funding

Chris Andrews

508. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that resources are made available to a school (details supplied) to carry out all necessary repairs as a matter of urgency. [56750/23]

Housing Provision

Chris Andrews

767. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports that can be offered to a person and their child (details supplied) facing eviction who is currently ineligible to go on the social housing waiting list. [56956/23]

Housing Schemes

Chris Andrews

816. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason there is no appeals process in relation to a request for an increase to a payment (details supplied) for persons who are on long-term; the reason there has been no increase of this payment to reflect the increase in rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1347/24]

Middle East

Chris Andrews

92. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are any specific guidelines for companies or other entities engaged with trade and other economic activities in territories deemed to be illegally occupied under international law. [54673/23]

Foreign Policy

Chris Andrews

93. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs while Ireland has a consistent policy on the status of Western Sahara and support for self-determination, if his Department has any concrete proposals for how a meaningful exercise of self-determination could happen; and could he explain how these proposals have been advanced with the broader international community. [54674/23]

EU Agreements

Chris Andrews

94. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs with regard to European Court of Justice cases on fisheries and free association agreements with Morocco, which included the occupied Western Sahara (Cases C-778/21 P, C-779/21 P, C-798/21 P), if he could request the European Commission for an indication on how they would intend to enforce the ruling in the case of the Court of Justice deeming the EU-Moroccan agreement to be in contravention of European Union law. [54675/23]

Human Rights

Chris Andrews

95. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he, along with embassy officials in Rabat, could raise the issue of human rights abuses with their Moroccan counterparts, including the issue of political prisoners, in particular if he could highlight the issue of the Gdeim Izik prisoners from Western Sahara, given that as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2010, he expressed his deep concerns at the actions of Morocco which led to the imprisonment of the Gdeim Izik protesters (details supplied). [54676/23]

Bus Services

Chris Andrews

206. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport the impact his Department anticipates for Derravaragh Road, Melvin Road, Hazelbrook Road and Corrib Road in Dublin 6W as a result of the proposed BusConnects scheme roll-out; if cars entering the Lower Kimmage Road from Corrib Road and Aideen Avenue will still be able to turn both left and right; if cars will be able to access Terenure Road West and Lower Kimmage Road from Hazelbrook Road; and if there are plans to add or remove bollards in this vicinity. [54710/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Chris Andrews

770. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment can be granted to a person (details supplied). [54579/23]