Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

International Agreements

Chris Andrews

602. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will respond to concerns relating to an agreement between Morocco and an Israeli energy company (details supplied) for natural gas exploration in the territorial waters of Western Sahara; and if this theft of Western Sahara’s natural resources will be highlighted with the Moroccan and Israeli ambassadors. [63453/22]

United Nations

Chris Andrews

607. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the relationship between Ireland and the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization C-24; the input that Ireland has made to this special committee; and if Ireland has ever applied to join same. [63899/22]

Health Services

Chris Andrews

1302. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if a service provided by the HSE in Crumlin, Dublin 12 could be restored (details supplied); and the reason for its removal from the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63680/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Chris Andrews

1383. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for an operation in Beaumont Hospital given that they have been waiting for five years for this operation and their mobility has deteriorated. [1025/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Chris Andrews

1414. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the pandemic recognition payment. [1157/23]

Health and Safety

Chris Andrews

1536. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and instruct the HSE’s environmental health section to take urgent attention to eradicate the rat infestation in this property. [1667/23]

Human Rights

Chris Andrews

120. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the issue of Indonesia’s new penal code with the Indonesian Government and the major problems relating to the criminalisation of political thought and activism, the criminalisation of sex outside of marriage and further restrict access to abortion. [62442/22]

Legal Services Regulation

Chris Andrews

221. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to proposals to establish a legal services commission; and the status of these proposals. [62490/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

266. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the development of the National Children’s Science Centre at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 (details supplied). [61890/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

267. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is appropriate that the OPW will spend State resources to develop a new science centre at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 which will then be handed over to the National Children’s Science Centre (details supplied). [61891/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

268. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is engaging with commercial entities that may have an interest in the National Children’s Science Centre project (details supplied). [61892/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

269. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the credentials that the OPW believe that the National Children’s Science Centre has to run a science museum (details supplied). [61893/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

270. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projections of the OPW to demonstrate that the National Children’s Science Centre will be financially viable (details supplied). [61894/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

271. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the OPW was in arbitration with the National Children’s Science Centre (details supplied). [61896/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Chris Andrews

287. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that have been taken to bring the Old Baggot Street Hospital into use as accommodation for refugees given there is an extreme need for accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers; and the measures that he has taken since the feasibility report in relation to this site which was completed in March 2022. [61862/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Chris Andrews

407. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are available to a person (details supplied). [61860/22]

Child Abuse

Chris Andrews

438. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the recent independent review into historical abuse within an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61698/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Chris Andrews

517. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the steps that the Government is taking for immunocompromised persons who continue to cocoon to avoid Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60165/22]

Bus Services

Chris Andrews

68. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport the number of reported incidents of public order reports of a sexual nature on Dublin Bus services for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59743/22]

Energy Policy

Chris Andrews

177. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the supports that can be given to tenants in the case in which a landlord has not passed on electricity credits to them (details supplied). [59368/22]

Electoral Process

Chris Andrews

260. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline any proposed changes to the process of voter registration; the details that are required on voter registration forms; and when these changes will come into force. [58699/22]

Medicinal Products

Chris Andrews

197. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to provide the CF drug kaftrio to a cohort of 35 Irish children aged between six and eleven years, who are currently excluded from access to the drug due to a disagreement between the manufacturers and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58379/22]

Departmental Programmes

Chris Andrews

162. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding that has been invested into sporting organisations as a result of the Immigrant Investor Programme for each year since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56820/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Chris Andrews

208. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if the relevant funding will be made available to enable the expansion of the criteria for eligibility for the primary medical certificate. [56499/22]

Foreign Policy

Chris Andrews

308. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has reopened diplomatic relations with the Government of Venezuela, led by Nicholás Maduro, or if it is still the position of his Department to recognise Juan Guaidó as the President of Venezuela. [56219/22]

Immigration Policy

Chris Andrews

876. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the situation in which prospective applicants of the recent regularisation scheme for undocumented persons who reached the residence requirement during the scheme but could not apply due to their not having the full residence requirement on the day that the scheme opened; and if an allowance to apply could be made in these cases. [55167/22]

Dental Services

Chris Andrews

1002. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of children with additional needs in CHO 7 who have had to travel outside of the CHO7 for dental care for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54547/22]

Dental Services

Chris Andrews

1003. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made under the Dental Treatment Service Scheme DTSS in CHO7 by LHO for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54548/22]

Dental Services

Chris Andrews

1004. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO7 who are currently on dental and orthodontics waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54549/22]

Vaccination Programme

Chris Andrews

1042. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the way in which people can register for a monkeypox vaccine; and if the issues with the online portal system when it was first launched have been completely rectified. [54653/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Chris Andrews

1101. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if an urgent surgery for a child (details supplied) can be arranged. [54891/22]

Health Service Executive

Chris Andrews

1237. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to reverse the dereliction of a HSE-owned building (details supplied). [55570/22]

Rail Network

Chris Andrews

209. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will provide a list of DART stations with CCTV-monitored bicycle parking in tabular form. [52717/22]

Human Rights

Chris Andrews

339. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government in relation to the ongoing situation in Haiti and the widespread anti-government protests; and if his Department will oppose a military-led intervention currently being discussed by the United States and Canada. [52716/22]

State Pensions

Chris Andrews

445. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if the refusal of a pension (non-contributory) will be examined for a person (details supplied). [52948/22]

Departmental Meetings

Chris Andrews

237. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the interactions his Department has had with the visiting delegation from the Polisario Front of Western Sahara during their visit and if his Department is open to maintaining future communications with representatives of the Polisario Front. [52471/22]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

245. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the total number of primary schools in Dublin by postcode that provide ASD classes; the total number of Irish-medium primary schools in Dublin by postcode that provide ASD classes; the total number of Educate Together primary schools in Dublin by postcode that provide ASD classes and the total number of fee-paying primary schools in Dublin which provide ASD classes, in tabular form. [52473/22]

Vaccination Programme

Chris Andrews

319. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if it is planned to roll-out an additional Covid-19 booster for the wider population. [52460/22]

Nursing Homes

Chris Andrews

329. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of a closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in which the relatives of residents were only informed of its imminent closure with a few weeks' notice; and if there are any statutory requirements placed on nursing homes to provide a minimum notice period to allow families sufficient time to find appropriate alternatives for their loved ones. [52511/22]

Bus Services

Chris Andrews

63. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if planning permission has been approved for the new BusConnects route due to travel down Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6; the number of stops in total that will be installed on this road; and if residents were given prior notice before construction work recently commenced. [52139/22]

Budget 2023

Chris Andrews

318. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide the timeline for the roll-out of the €35 million in funding set aside in Budget 2023 to help sports clubs cope with the rising cost of energy this winter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51310/22]

Budget 2023

Chris Andrews

319. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that individual sport clubs draw down from the new funds of €35 million; if he will provide a timeline for when the said clubs will receive the funding following their application;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51311/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Chris Andrews

533. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine a case whereby a person (details supplied) has had their disability allowance application rejected. [51933/22]

Departmental Contracts

Chris Andrews

566. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a case with an accommodation provider (details supplied) will be fully addressed. [51539/22]

Sport and Recreational Development

Chris Andrews

615. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with respect to the sale of a large site in Dublin city centre (details supplied), if his Department will consider including a clause in the sale whereby the provision of sports and recreational facilities be included in the development owing to the fact that there is a chronic lack of such facilities in the inner-city area. [51900/22]

General Practitioner Services

Chris Andrews

725. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) whose key worker submitted an urgent request to the HSE for them to be assigned a GP could be assigned to one as a matter of urgency. [51396/22]

Irish Aid

Chris Andrews

347. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance that has been provided by the Irish Government to the government of Pakistan in the context of the ongoing severe floods in Pakistan. [49833/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Chris Andrews

269. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the fuel allowance on the basis that they are currently on the jobseeker’s allowance for less than 312 days and have previously been in receipt of the working family payment; and if the working family payment can count towards the 312 days. [49212/22]

Waste Management

Chris Andrews

54. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that have been carried out to remove man-made waste from the rivers Liffey, Tolka and Dodder in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48755/22]

Waste Management

Chris Andrews

55. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are measures in place along the rivers Liffey, Tolka and Dodder to prevent rubbish and general waste entering into Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48756/22]