Results 41-60 of 1,686 for speaker:Chris Andrews

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Chris Andrews: 1089. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the process of securing alterative accommodation for the International Protection applicants who are living in an encampment at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14025/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Chris Andrews: 1095. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures have been put in place to ensure businesses in a location (details supplied) and the surrounding areas do not close as a result of the failure of the Government to deal with immigration, resulting in an encampment of international protection applicants living in tents. [14094/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Chris Andrews: 1096. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent attention will be given to the situation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14095/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Chris Andrews: 1176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify what legal powers his Department, along with the gardaí, have to move along individuals at a location (details supplied). [15353/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Chris Andrews: 1054. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on his engagements with Dublin City Council regarding public health and sanitation concerns relating to the increasing number of people living in tents around the International Protection Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13590/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Chris Andrews: 1055. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on his engagements with the Minister for Health or the Health Service Executive regarding public health and sanitation concerns relating to the increasing number of people living in tents around the International Protection Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13591/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Apr 2024)

Chris Andrews: 1366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people, within the past five years, that have been discharged from nursing homes who are recipients of fair deal support (details supplied); and the reasons for these discharges. [14332/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Chris Andrews: Harold's Cross Educate Together Secondary School is a relatively new school in the community. It started with just 38 students and has grown rapidly due to the high demand in the area. Planning permission for vital works was granted two years ago but parents, teachers and students have seen absolutely no progress since then. This is a new school with nearly 300 children that has no...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Chris Andrews: Permission was granted two years ago.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Chris Andrews: It has gone to design, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2024)

Chris Andrews: 265. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to address the worsening situation at the international protection office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13411/24]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Chris Andrews: Last Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee, IOC, took the decision to bar athletes representing countries with responsibility for war and conflict but this seems to apply to only one war - the war in Ukraine. The IOC feels it has the high moral ground to decide which wars are right and just and which are wrong and illegal. As a result, the only countries to be barred from...

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Chris Andrews: The glass bottle site is a big site. Residents in Ringsend and Irishtown had big hopes that affordable and social housing would be delivered on that site, which would relieve the huge pressure residents are currently living under, and the overcrowded conditions, and would give people an opportunity to buy an affordable home in the community with the supports they require and deserve. That...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Chris Andrews: For well over a decade, workers and families in Ringsend and Irishtown have been looking at the glass bottle site as their only hope for social and affordable homes. However, that hope has turned to fear as the local community see no determination from Dublin City Council or the Government to deliver genuinely affordable homes. No contract for affordable units has been signed yet. There is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Safety (28 Feb 2024)

Chris Andrews: 110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the justification and rationale for payment of the role of safeguarding officer in St John Ambulance, and if this will be a mechanism available to other organisations in financial distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9584/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Chris Andrews: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials from his Department met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) in February 2024 to discuss the ongoing political situation for the Sahrawi people in Western Sahara; if so, the content of these discussions; and if his Department remains committed to continuing to engage constructively with the organisation....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Feb 2024)

Chris Andrews: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the hours a person in receipt of the full rate of carer’s allowance is permitted to work from 18.5 hours to 20 hours a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8333/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Chris Andrews: Recently, the Sporting Liberties report highlighted the severe lack of sports facilities in the inner city. It is an example of inner city neglect. Regeneration of council housing in the inner city is beyond slow. Flat complexes are being left derelict and empty for years in the middle of a housing crisis. Regeneration at Glovers Court, Pearse House and St. Andrew’s Court is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (15 Feb 2024)

Chris Andrews: 308. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021, given that over 12 months have passed since the Minster said he would work with the sponsors to see the Bill advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7166/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Chris Andrews: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a sanction will be granted for a reading school to be opened in an area (details supplied) to cater for the high number of dyslexic children in the locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6237/24]