Results 421-440 of 1,678 for speaker:Chris Andrews

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who is in the early stages of selling an apartment will be eligible to apply for a rebate under the apartment defect scheme, given they paid a total of €20,000 to repair fire deficiencies in the apartment, if they no longer own the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 341. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address the issue of substandard accommodation in the married quarters section of Cathal Brugha Barracks (details supplied). [3013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare supports available to assist a person (details supplied) whose partner has recently passed away. [3113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if the rules in relation to the invalidity pension will be changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3164/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support the introduction of a transport police service for national, regional and local bus, tram and rail services. [2963/23]

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: Carbon emissions, climate change, the climate action plan, COP26, and COP27 are undoubtedly very important to us all, but they mean very little to those living in Dublin City Council flat complexes. The Government talks about this scheme and that scheme, but none of them impact on residents living in Countess Markievicz House or Whitefriar Gardens. The Government regularly announces how...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department supports current aspects of the EU-Morocco trade agreement as they relate to the natural resources of Western Sahara; and if he will call for the resources of Western Sahara to be excluded from EU-Moroccan deals moving forward. [63227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employment permit application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [63587/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent date to undergo their driving test given that they require the use of a car for their job as an essential worker. [1482/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 355. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will alter the eligibility criteria for the rent tax credit to allow individuals who rent a property from their parents, such as a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1677/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the application from Dublin City Council regarding the regeneration of a building (details supplied). [1090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 602. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 607. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 1302. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 1383. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 1536. To ask 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]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: As the Minister of State will be aware, Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 has been the backbone of the provision of much-needed social housing stock across the State for many years. Without the requirement that each private developer provides a percentage of social housing for the local authority, it is hard to imagine how much worse off the housing crisis would be. These...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: The last few sentences of the Minister of State's response provided some bit of hope, because there is clearly an issue around developments being exempted due to the site being 0.1 hectares. The scraping of height restrictions has led to applications for ten- and 15-storey buildings. There was an application for a 15-storey building in Ringsend with public housing available on the site but...

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: I, too, extend my Christmas wishes to the Minister, the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Deputy James Browne, and all the Houses of the Oireachtas staff, who have kept the wheels turning over the past year and do a fantastic job. The increase in income thresholds is very welcome. I believe the levels should be greater than what is proposed. Inflation, which will continue,...