Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Childcare Services

Chris Andrews

767. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a childcare facility can disregard the childcare health requirements in the provision of the service; if so, the consequences of a childcare facility that disregards public health requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13225/20]

Water Safety

Chris Andrews

869. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a commitment will be given to improve the methods of informing persons of do not swim notices along Dublin Bay following wastewater leaks; if the use of local media will be arranged to provide information of such a health warning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12906/20]

Homeless Accommodation

Chris Andrews

908. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied with the running and performance of private homeless hostels in view of evidence to show that some private homeless hostels do not Garda vet some staff, in view of the fact that legislation stipulates that persons working with children or vulnerable adults must be Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13695/20]

Homeless Accommodation

Chris Andrews

909. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the hiring of staff for privately run homeless hostels without Garda vetting is an issue to which his attention has been drawn; the measures he plans to put in place that will prohibit such practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13697/20]

Passport Services

Chris Andrews

25. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Passport Office will be reopened for applications and urgent passport appointments; and the length of time an applicant will have to wait to receive a passport from the original date of application. [12046/20]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

160. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow autism classes to take place in schools that are in temporary accommodation. [11965/20]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

185. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request that schools in Dublin 2, 4 and 6 put in place classes for children with autism and make resources available for same if necessary. [12073/20]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

207. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a place on the summer provision scheme will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12209/20]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

224. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) will be granted special needs assistant support. [12337/20]

Visa Applications

Chris Andrews

308. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the restrictions on accepting new visa applications will be lifted. [11708/20]

Housing Assistance Payment

Chris Andrews

865. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the housing assistance payment; and when a decision will issue in relation to the case. [12066/20]

International Relations

Chris Andrews

21. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the administration of the United States of America; and if he will write to President Trump outlining his condemnation of recent police action against civilians (details supplied). [10503/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Chris Andrews

42. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if staff can remain on the temporary wage subsidy scheme as a transition or if they revert back to ordinary employment immediately. [10555/20]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

206. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in a process as part of the provisions under section 37A of the Education Act 1998, to ensure schools in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 6W areas open autism special classes and that it is implemented effectively to begin to address the imbalance and exclusion that persists. [10721/20]

Disability Support Services

Chris Andrews

465. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the supports planned for children with disabilities and their families that are suffering during the Covid-19 lockdown and require support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10507/20]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Chris Andrews

775. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there a shortage of funds for the trading online voucher; the funding allocated to the scheme; the amount allocated to each local enterprise board nationally for the scheme; and the reason so many persons are being refused funding through the scheme. [10992/20]

Waste Management

Chris Andrews

786. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the introduction of an annual grant for persons with lifelong and-or long-term medical incontinence that will help persons meet the average annual cost of disposal of incontinence products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10684/20]

Wastewater Treatment

Chris Andrews

1043. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the impact the raw sewage that is being released into the sea by the wastewater treatment plant in Ringsend is having on the water quality in Dublin Bay and the surrounding environment; and if the sewage releases from the wastewater treatment plant are contributing to the increase of the algae ectocarpus on Sandymount Strand in view of the fact it is not believable that the raw sewage released into Dublin Bay is having no impact on the environs. [10784/20]

Wastewater Treatment

Chris Andrews

1044. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has considered whether raw sewage being released into Dublin Bay has Covid-19; if there is a process for testing if it has Covid-19; and if the sewage can be tested if that is not already being done. [10785/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Chris Andrews

1053. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures put in place for those who were in the process of buying a home but now find themselves on the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [10621/20]

Environmental Schemes

Chris Andrews

382. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to set up a special unit in the environmental health department to help tackle a rat infestation in an area (details supplied); and if he will work with the unit to resolve this issue. [10074/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Chris Andrews

658. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment will be issued. [10038/20]

Ministerial Meetings

Chris Andrews

28. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the US Senate Majority Leader, Mr. Mitch McConnell to date in 2020. [9011/20]

English Language Training Organisations

Chris Andrews

181. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers and students will be included as stakeholders in the active Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector (details supplied). [8589/20]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

189. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) will be awarded a SNA support. [8666/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Chris Andrews

453. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the benefits a business which is approved for the business continuity voucher receives for €2,500; the costs that the enterprise board incurs in delivery of the €2,500 grant for a business; and the amount mentors are paid per hour. [8840/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Chris Andrews

557. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be given an urgent date for an assessment of needs to be carried out by CAMHS. [8519/20]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Chris Andrews

639. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to each regional drugs and alcohol task force in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [9013/20]

Carer's Benefit

Chris Andrews

1067. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review application for carer’s benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8418/20]

Data Protection

Chris Andrews

1109. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of personal information sharing and-or exchange between her Department and An Garda Síochána. [9012/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Chris Andrews

167. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if additional special needs assistants will be allocated to a school (details supplied). [7386/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Chris Andrews

175. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider offering children with disabilities a return to school before September 2020 as teachers are in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Chris Andrews

182. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines schools and principals will receive in terms of public health safety before they return to reopen schools. [7529/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Chris Andrews

183. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to be able to issue schools with public health requirement guidelines for the reopening of schools. [7530/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Chris Andrews

184. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding resources schools will have in order to pay for the new public health and safety requirements they will have to implement. [7531/20]

Commercial Property

Chris Andrews

308. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the same protection for commercial tenants as for residential tenants in the context of recent evictions by landlords of businesses will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7489/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Chris Andrews

971. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the pandemic unemployment payment until August 2020 for persons that are not due to return to work until phase 5 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [7759/20]

Wildlife Control

Chris Andrews

1097. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the scientific grounds on which she refused to sign the derogation permit in 2020 which allows farmers to shoot pigeons as part of their crop protection. [7693/20]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

158. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to consider an arrangement for children with extra needs, such as autism, to return to school between now and September 2020 as it would greatly benefit such children that rely on structure and normality. [5583/20]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Chris Andrews

718. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if organ transplant patients are excluded from receiving medications under the long term illness scheme and the drugs payment scheme; and if so, if transplant patients that require life-saving drugs for the rest of their lives will be made eligible to receive their medication under these schemes. [6043/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Chris Andrews

743. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if employees of a company (details supplied) are being treated in a hospital for Covid-19. [6211/20]

National Office for Suicide Prevention

Chris Andrews

737. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation for the National Office for Suicide Prevention in 2019 and 2020, respectively in tabular form. [5044/20]

Ministerial Meetings

Chris Andrews

931. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times to date in 2020 he has met formally with the CEO and or chairperson of Horse Racing Ireland; and when he will next meet the CEO and or chairperson. [5043/20]

Homeless Persons Supports

Chris Andrews

1214. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure that homeless persons and families will be able to self-isolate if and when they are required to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4774/20]

Homeless Persons Supports

Chris Andrews

1279. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if resources will be put in place to allow homeless hostels to be accessible 24 hours per day, seven days per week in order that homeless service users do not need to attend day services, which would make self-isolation easier if required. [4775/20]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

Chris Andrews

1295. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions taken regarding new HAP contracts when landlords are waiting on payment but local authorities are not processing so the tenant is in default; the measures being put in place to safeguard vulnerable tenants and to ensure landlords are receiving payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5036/20]