Results 461-480 of 1,692 for speaker:Chris Andrews

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: 268. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: 269. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: 270. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: 271. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (13 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available to a person (details supplied). [61860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (13 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: 438. To ask 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]

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: I thank Deputy Bacik for introducing this very good Bill. It is also welcome that the Minister is welcoming it and will work with it on Committee Stage. Dublin Bay is hugely important to everyone in this country, not just people living close to the coast. It is an environmental jewel that needs to be protected. During Covid, many people discovered swimming and how important and healthy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: I acknowledge the commitment of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to children with disabilities. There is no questioning that because she put in a great amount of work. She is very committed and is trying and working very hard to unpick or disentangle the mess that applies to her brief. This is not about lack of will from the Minister of State. The Government very much needs to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: I apologise for being late; I was at a Zoom meeting. I thank the Minister of State for his patience. Life is hard enough for children with disabilities. Families with children who have disabilities are already creaking under the pressure. As the Minister of State will know, waiting lists for children are growing at an unprecedented rate. More than 18,000 children are now on the waiting...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: I welcome the Minister's movement on some issues. I also welcome his candour. It is clear that the Minister is listening. With regard to anonymisation and having listened to Deputy Kelly, regardless of whether that it is to be done here or in the Seanad, we have to take another step and ensure that people can sign up to what is in the Bill. That is very important. The whole debate is...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: I certainly believe the Minister is working exceptionally hard. Every Minister works hard but the Minister for Health goes above and beyond in his commitment. I support the Bill. There are good things in it and it is an important Bill. However, it will not build trust in the health system, where trust is in short supply. It will not build trust in the cancer screening process or the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: With each passing week, the situation in Palestine becomes worse and worse. Israel, an apartheid terror state, makes that community an area of terror and fear for anybody who happens to be Palestinian in their homeland. Two weeks ago, apartheid forces dragged children from a primary school in Masafer Yatta to make way for bulldozers. It is another example of a community being ethnically...

Building Defects: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: Over many years, many couples have scraped and sacrificed and saved the money they needed to buy their dream home. However, a few years into living in their new home, it has turned into a nightmare because they find their home is not safe to live in. Of course, they cannot sell as they cannot afford the cost of making things right. As has been said, they had no hand, act or part in causing...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: Legislation to regulate gambling is long overdue and is very welcome. It is to the credit of the Minister of State and Government that it is being introduced now. Successive Governments fail to act on it every year. It is welcome and commendable that the legislation is in the Dáil now. I commend the Minister of State. As a society, we often fail to address and to see gambling for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: 517. To ask 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]

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Chris Andrews: I commend Deputy Ó Ríordáin on bringing forward the motion. This is a really important issue and affects every section of society. We need more discussions as to how we approach the use of drugs in this country. We need to hear from everybody. Everybody has to have a voice on this. Whether we agree or disagree with them, we have to ensure that people are engaged in this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Nov 2022)

Chris Andrews: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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]

COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022)

Chris Andrews: The devastating impact of global warming is clear for all to see. The vast majority of us realise we have to reduce our emissions, to cut our carbon footprint and urgent action is needed across the State. We have seen much talk with this Government on the action that is needed. I agree with the previous Government speaker in saying that the pace is glacial. We need a fair retrofit plan...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Chris Andrews: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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]