Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

297. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct a school (details supplied) to open an ASD unit, given it has the space to do so. [16141/24]

Departmental Funding

Chris Andrews

189. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if an organisation receives State funding through his Department (details supplied). [15776/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Chris Andrews

59. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total cost of the development of the National Children's Science Centre at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; and which Department will be providing the funding for this centre. [15711/24]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

470. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the reason funding for pupils in special classes for the summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022, to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024; what evidence was used to inform this 50% cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14376/24]

Housing Schemes

Chris Andrews

624. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a cost-rental tenant in situ application (details supplied) was cancelled; and if the application will be reviewed with a view to proceeding with it. [13987/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1050. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to address the growing number of people living in tents around the International Protection Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13586/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1051. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to address growing concerns that the increasing number of people living in tents around the International Protection Office will become a flashpoint; the steps he is taking to ensure this does not occur; the engagement he has had with other Ministers and service providers, such as Dublin City Council and An Garda Síochána, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13587/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1052. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to address the serious concerns being raised by the local community with regards to the increasing number of people living in tents around the International Protection Office; the steps he is taking to support local community services; the engagement he has had with other Ministers and service providers, such as Dublin City Council and An Garda Síochána, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13588/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1053. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to address the concerns of local businesses whose trade has been impacted by concerns relating to the increasing number of people living in tents around the International Protection Office; the engagement he has had with other Ministers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13589/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1054. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on his engagements with Dublin City Council regarding public health and sanitation concerns relating to the increasing number of people living in tents around the International Protection Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13590/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1055. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on his engagements with the Minister for Health or the Health Service Executive regarding public health and sanitation concerns relating to the increasing number of people living in tents around the International Protection Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13591/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1089. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the process of securing alterative accommodation for the International Protection applicants who are living in an encampment at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14025/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1095. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures have been put in place to ensure businesses in a location (details supplied) and the surrounding areas do not close as a result of the failure of the Government to deal with immigration, resulting in an encampment of international protection applicants living in tents. [14094/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1096. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent attention will be given to the situation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14095/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

1176. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify what legal powers his Department, along with the gardaí, have to move along individuals at a location (details supplied). [15353/24]

Nursing Homes

Chris Andrews

1366. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of people, within the past five years, that have been discharged from nursing homes who are recipients of fair deal support (details supplied); and the reasons for these discharges. [14332/24]

International Protection

Chris Andrews

265. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to address the worsening situation at the international protection office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13411/24]

Child Safety

Chris Andrews

110. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the justification and rationale for payment of the role of safeguarding officer in St John Ambulance, and if this will be a mechanism available to other organisations in financial distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9584/24]

Foreign Policy

Chris Andrews

54. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if officials from his Department met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) in February 2024 to discuss the ongoing political situation for the Sahrawi people in Western Sahara; if so, the content of these discussions; and if his Department remains committed to continuing to engage constructively with the organisation. [8689/24]

Social Welfare Code

Chris Andrews

110. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider increasing the hours a person in receipt of the full rate of carer’s allowance is permitted to work from 18.5 hours to 20 hours a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8333/24]

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]

Sports Funding

Chris Andrews

211. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a club’s (details supplied) sports capital grant; and when the club can expect to receive a decision on its application. [54384/23]

Museum Projects

Chris Andrews

86. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department has pursued the return to Ireland of important Irish artifacts kept in British museums (details supplied); and if his Department has questioned the legitimacy with which these or other artifacts were removed from Ireland to be placed in British museums. [54146/23]

Middle East

Chris Andrews

112. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if every support possible will be provided to them to assist with safe passage out of Gaza for their children [53263/23]

Racism in Sport

Chris Andrews

270. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in light of the Gymnastics Ireland scandal and the promise from Sport Ireland to introduce anti-racism training in the NGBs; if she will can outline what percentage of the fund going to the twenty nine local sports partnerships will be ringfenced for this training; who will carry out the training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53204/23]

Departmental Policies

Chris Andrews

514. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if there has been no policy change regarding transgender women receiving breast augmentation as essential surgery (details supplied); the reason they have lost access to healthcare abroad under the Cross Border Directive; and the reason he and the HSE, specifically under the Cross Border Directive have allowed this blanket policy regarding breast augmentation for transgender women to be adopted. [53261/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Chris Andrews

156. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the effort he is making to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50156/23]

Middle East

Chris Andrews

238. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the effort he is making to secure the safe passage of Irish citizens out of the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50169/23]

Hospital Staff

Chris Andrews

556. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence/leave cover. [51853/23]

Health Services Staff

Chris Andrews

557. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for CHO5, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence/leave cover. [51854/23]

Hospital Staff

Chris Andrews

558. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, in tabular form; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate. [51855/23]