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Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: Being here is a bit like being at a cinema and at a poor movie, unfortunately. I would like to congratulate the Tánaiste on his appointment. It is a huge honour and a huge responsibility. I wish him success in his new role and his new Department. Trying to get the balance right between saving lives and opening up the economy will be very difficult and challenging. It is in all of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures which have been put in place for those that were in the process of buying a home but now find themselves on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12876/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the resources will be put in place to allow the Teaching Council prioritise registration for soon to be qualified primary school teachers in order that they can deliver home tuition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12909/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are delays in the registration of home tutors. [12910/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a space will be made available on the summer or July provision for a child (details supplied). [13029/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol for Dublin City Council to contact the HSE pest control unit. [12937/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the approved contractors used by the HSE for pest control. [12938/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE pest control unit will not sanction the use of bait boxes for use in the Dublin City Council area in view of the fact it does so in other Dublin local authority areas; the person that makes the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12939/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 445. To ask the Minister for Health when services will resume for a child (details supplied). [13030/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if builders will be instructed to have caps fitted on the revolving drum of all cement trucks in order to prevent spillages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12908/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 655. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if electric scooters are legal to use; if so, the locations in which they can be used;hisplans to make electric scooters legal; the timeline for legislation in relation to same; and ifhewill make a statement on the matter. [12695/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 766. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the management and owners of a childcare facility (details supplied) are asking parents if they want the facility to not comply with the public health requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13224/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 767. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Safety (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 869. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 908. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (30 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: 909. To ask 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]

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: I have five minutes. I think the clock is wrong.

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: I understood that I had five minutes of the time allocated.

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: With the House's indulgence, I will take another minute. We must challenge the annexation of more Palestinian land. How can we say we want to end racism if we do not stand up to racist Israel? I have to think that we did not want to upset anyone in advance of the United Nations Security Council vote. Not including Senator Frances Black's Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories)...

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Chris Andrews: The unjustifiable murder of George Floyd has sparked a long overdue conversation on an important issue, that is, racism. While prejudice, discrimination and antagonism are evidently indisputable in the US, the Irish are not as innocent as we make ourselves out to be. In recent months, I have been disappointed to hear people saying that racism does not exist in Ireland. Have they forgotten...