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Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (18 May 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the staff at the Health Service Executive Parliamentary Affairs Division intends to clear the backlog when they cease their industrial action; if questions raised over the past few months will be answered in due course; if Deputies' staff have to duplicate their work and raise the questions a second time. [20063/10]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (27 Apr 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the potential accession of Israel to the OECD; if he will provide assurance that Israel's proposed accession to the OECD is considered by him in the context of OECD principles, international law obligations, as well as the Middle East peace process efforts; his further views on the fact that Israeli accession to the OECD...

Human Rights Issues. (22 Apr 2010)

Chris Andrews: I wish to share time with Deputy Finian McGrath. The Acting Chairman might tell me when I am halfway through the allotted time.

Human Rights Issues. (22 Apr 2010)

Chris Andrews: I believe the case of the Miami Five is one of serious injustice and given our experience in Ireland of miscarriages of justice, this case resonates deeply with Irish people. The Miami Five were five Cubans who were sent to try to infiltrate Miami-based terrorist groups to prevent them from carrying out terrorist actions against the people of Cuba. The information they collected built up...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2010)

Chris Andrews: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this matter because regardless of which side of the House one is on, we all agree the revelations in regard to our banking system and the lack supposed regulation, which was designed to protect customers and society, are truly shocking. In common with many other countries, including the UK and the US, the Irish regulatory system failed...

Written Answers — Firearms Licences: Firearms Licences (20 Apr 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in place for the disposal of a firearm in respect of which a licence has not been granted; if guns are to be handed into restricted firearms dealers then the process to be followed then for their disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/10]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (20 Apr 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 614: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on banning the importation of goods originating from settlements in the West Bank that are illegal under international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14995/10]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (20 Apr 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 644: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 308, 309 and 310 of 30 March 2010, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is the first time since the First Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Measures to Reduce the Demand for Drugs, 1996, that drugs is not named as a primary ministerial area of...

Written Answers — Immigration Matters: Immigration Matters (1 Apr 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is correct that a person can no longer describe themselves as Tibetan on Garda National Immigration Bureau cards; if so, when the Tibetan option was erased from the drop down menu in the software that creates these cards; the reason that option disappeared; if he was requested by China to disallow Tibetan as an...

Written Answers — Local Drugs Task Forces: Local Drugs Task Forces (30 Mar 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 404: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the proposed reductions to projects run through local drugs task force in Dublin in 2010, with a cessation of this funding in 2011; if there has been any review of these proposals; or if there are plans to review these proposals. [13600/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (25 Mar 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13382/10]

Written Answers — EU Globalisation Fund: EU Globalisation Fund (23 Mar 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the application for support for former workers at a company (details supplied) to up-skill under the European globalisation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12660/10]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Chris Andrews: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this issue. It is particularly important because there are more than 280,000 people working in the retail sector across the country. It is estimated that some 30,000 of those workers have lost their jobs in the past year. Tonight we are focused on the issue of rents, but other issues affect retailers, such as rates, wages and other costs...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Chris Andrews: It would appear the biggest problem they face is the refusal of institutional landlords to discuss anything in terms of a reduction in rents or a realistic rental rate. In some cases people are locked into 25-year leases, with nowhere to turn if the landlord does not show any willingness to negotiate. The drastic change in the economy over the past 18 months has meant the existing leases...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Chris Andrews: It is not just a simple black and white issue, as Deputy Varadkar indicated. There are two sides to it and we have to tread carefully to ensure that we do not give a cash injection to lawyers throughout the country. The Labour Court currently provides a system whereby employers and employees are encouraged to negotiate and bring about dispute resolution. If a similar framework was put in...

Thalidomide Survivors. (25 Feb 2010)

Chris Andrews: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this matter. Last Tuesday I met with members of the Irish Thalidomide Association who were in Leinster House to brief the Joint Committee on Health and Children on their situation. Their story is one of the most difficult and tragic I have come across, and is all the more upsetting because it could have been prevented. We can get bogged down...

Written Answers — Illegal Imports: Illegal Imports (24 Feb 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on banning the importation of goods originating from settlements in the West Bank that are illegal under international law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9432/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Feb 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the National Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill; when the Bill is expected to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9366/10]

Written Answers — Labour Court Recommendations: Labour Court Recommendations (16 Feb 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company refuses to comply with a Labour Court recommendation, the next steps that can be taken by the employees' union. [7847/10]

Written Answers — Labour Court Recommendations: Labour Court Recommendations (16 Feb 2010)

Chris Andrews: Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is any recourse for companies that refuse to comply with Labour Court recommendations. [7848/10]