1236. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the State funding an organisation (details supplied) has received each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19532/21]
783. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of fines imposed on Ireland by the EU in each of the past ten years due to raw sewage being released into Dublin Bay by the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19958/21]
782. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
676. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
675. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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, the cost of this exercise; his plans to progress this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18297/21]
176. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and 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]
298. Deputy Chris Andrews asked 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]
276. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice 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]
1222. Deputy Chris Andrews asked 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]
935. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for further monitoring of the person's condition. [16632/21]
903. Deputy Chris Andrews asked 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]
760. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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]
1556. Deputy Chris Andrews asked 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]
959. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for 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 reflect same. [13963/21]
725. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
567. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when applicants for the tourism and business continuity scheme will be notified if they have been successful in their application for this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14665/21]
414. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) was regulated to operate here; and if so, the regulatory body under which it was regulated. [15496/21]
384. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be issued a date for their driver theory test; if there is an option for them to sit the test remotely; and the length of time it will take to process the backlog of theory tests once level 5 restrictions are lifted. [15682/21]
187. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to SMEs that opened from the beginning of January 2020 and that are now temporarily closed under the current lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/21]
246. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the reason the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital is refusing patients such as a person (details supplied) an appointment until 14 days prior to receiving their Covid-19 vaccination; if this is normal practice; and the reason for same. [13828/21]
887. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the reason the residents and staff of a facility (details supplied) have not been given their Covid-19 vaccinations; and when they will receive the vaccine. [11676/21]
684. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by Filipino citizens, many of whom are front-line workers employed in the HSE, who have been unable to apply for renewal of their Philippine passports at the embassy in London due to travel restrictions and as a result are facing difficulties renewing their stamps 1 and 4 critical-skill visas; if she has considered a scheme in which skill-based visas are automatically renewed without the requirement to hold a valid passport, in recognition of the service rendered by foreign citizens supporting the health service and economy here during these difficult times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11677/21]
267. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to insurance policies and maternity cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10643/21]
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Teoranta, to define its functions in relation to the preservation, restoration and management of the cultural historical quarter within the Moore Street Battlefield Area in line with the functions, aims and objectives set for it in this Act and to provide for connected matters.
752. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if seasonal staff entering Ireland in summer 2021 will be required to produce negative Covid-19 test results; if so, the person or body that will pay for these tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10283/21]
751. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the way in which the matter of staff who are entering Ireland for seasonal work will be addressed; if they will be required to undertake mandatory quarantining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10282/21]
750. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to address the concerns of persons in relation to a repeat of the arrival of large volumes of seasonal workers into Ireland in the coming weeks given the quarantine process and public health guidelines for incoming travellers and workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10280/21]
418. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and secondary schools across areas in south-east Dublin; the staff to student ratios and levels of each by patronage in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9545/21]
417. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the number of students with additional needs or special education needs across Dublin city school planning areas; the status of the provision of additional needs and special education schools or classes across these areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9544/21]
416. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if there are plans for additional primary or secondary schools in each of the planning areas across Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/21]
415. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the school planning areas in Dublin city; the student population in each planning area; the schools in each area by population, staff levels and ratios in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9542/21]
121. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport when e-scooter legislation will be introduced in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10042/21]
120. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if legislation dealing with e-scooters will legalise all e-scooters; if not, if it will legalise sharing scooters and companies as has been done in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10041/21]
51. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when fibre broadband will be supplied to a location (details supplied), given residents of the area are struggling with slow broadband speeds while trying to work from home and with home-schooling. [9795/21]
38. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he has had with the companies that will require significant assistance from seasonal workers during summer 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10281/21]
314. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of children nationwide and in the Dublin region who availed of early intervention from the HSE by category (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7806/21]
849. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of children under two and a half years of age nationwide and in the Dublin region that availed of early intervention from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6968/21]
261. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider supplying antigen testing kits to League of Ireland clubs in view of the major financial impact Covid-19 testing will have on League of Ireland clubs once the league resumes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6413/21]
260. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the nationwide audit of sport facilities as committed to in the National Sport Policy 2018-2027 by each of the 31 local authorities in tabular form. [6402/21]
635. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if funding will be guaranteed for the Dublin south-east breastfeeding support group programme and the lactation consultant role in the public health nurse office that accompanies it (details supplied) given that Ireland has the lowest breastfeeding rates in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5118/21]
252. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the protocol in relation to quarantining for visiting sports teams and athletes. [5851/21]
251. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the French rugby team will be quarantined on their arrival into Ireland before their game against Ireland on 14 February 2021. [5850/21]
249. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the high-performance director of a sport power will be granted the power to decide on the training partner requirements needed for preparation for the upcoming Olympics. [5761/21]
248. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if new criteria will be established for the classification of athletes on the Covid-19 restrictions list, for example, that in athletics the top ten athletes on the national rankings lists will be granted exemption from restrictions and allowed train and compete. [5760/21]
247. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Olympic athletes will be allowed to use facilities relevant to their sport given the high level of importance facilities play in the preparation for athletes training for the upcoming Olympics. [5759/21]
246. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the players of an organisation (details supplied) are currently able to book sports facilities for individual training sessions while athletes training for the upcoming Olympics are denied access; and the scientific reason for same. [5758/21]
245. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason such a high number of players of an organisation (details supplied) have been given elite athlete status and granted exemption while so many Olympic hopefuls have not received the same exemption. [5757/21]
172. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance the reason a business (details supplied) was not eligible to apply for the Covid restrictions support scheme; and the other supports available to this business to keep it afloat during the pandemic. [5091/21]