Results 721-740 of 1,690 for speaker:Chris Andrews

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rights envisaged in relation to the section in the Programme for Government on long-term letting rights for tenants; and when they will be in place. [15692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 959. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the qualifying criteria to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment were changed to state that an applicant had to be genuinely seeking work given the majority of applicants have a job and are waiting to return to their profession as soon as the restrictions are lifted; and if the criteria will be changed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (24 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 1556. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a prescription for medical cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14639/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: Deputy McAuliffe looks nothing like him.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: Deputy McAuliffe was ahead of me.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: In 2017, a ruling was made by the European Committee of Social Rights that Ireland had breached Article 16 of the revised European Social Charter. The committee went on to state that the Irish State had failed to ensure the right to housing of an adequate standard for a not insignificant number of families. We are four years on from this ruling and nothing has changed for people paying rent...

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: Who is going to care for the carers? It is not this Government it seems. The strain on carers and families is horrendous at the best of times. During this pandemic, however, it has been unbearable. We need to invest in carers. Doing so would be a win-win for both families and the State. It would take pressure off hospitals, nursing homes and GP services. Investing in respite should not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (31 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process and requirements a place of education and training must undergo to be allowed open during level 5 restrictions in order to commence and complete practical based courses. [17255/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 903. To ask the Minister for Health if elite athletes traveling abroad to compete fall within the grouping of essential international travel under the proposed Covid-19 restrictions; if not, if they will be required to hotel quarantine depending on the country they are returning from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 933. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for surgery. [16630/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 934. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for further tests. [16631/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 935. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for further monitoring of the person's condition. [16632/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Chris Andrews: 1222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and arrange for them to be given a Covid-19 vaccination as a matter of urgency. [17577/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an additional extension will be allowed for expired immigration permits given the situation with Covid-19 restrictions; and when an announcement will be made on the matter. [17673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 298. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for surgery in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin given several appointments have been cancelled and their mobility is deteriorating rapidly. [17672/21]

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: I acknowledge this important motion brought forward by my colleague, Deputy Ward. We all know how Covid has taken its toll on mental health. Speaking to parents and young people, every one of them says they are in varying degrees of stress and anxiousness. Children have been missing their sports for more than a year. That void has had a huge impact on their mental health and placed...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Examinations (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employers will be entitled to ask job applicants if their leaving certificate was predicted grades or exam based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); if Dublin City Council ever submitted a cost-benefit analysis or capital appraisal to his Department in relation to this area; if a consultancy was engaged by Dublin City Council between 2007 and 2010; if they supplied various submissions after consultations with residents; if so,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the study by his Department in relation to a project (details supplied) will acknowledge that this is not a new application but rather a legacy issue and that funding was already approved back in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of fines imposed on Ireland by the EU in each of the past ten years due to raw sewage being released into coastal waters at various wastewater treatment plants nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19955/21]