465. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the supports planned for children with disabilities and their families that are suffering during the Covid-19 lockdown and require support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10507/20]
206. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in a process as part of the provisions under section 37A of the Education Act 1998, to ensure schools in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 6W areas open autism special classes and that it is implemented effectively to begin to address the imbalance and exclusion that persists. [10721/20]
42. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if staff can remain on the temporary wage subsidy scheme as a transition or if they revert back to ordinary employment immediately. [10555/20]
21. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the administration of the United States of America; and if he will write to President Trump outlining his condemnation of recent police action against civilians (details supplied). [10503/20]
658. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment will be issued. [10038/20]
382. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to set up a special unit in the environmental health department to help tackle a rat infestation in an area (details supplied); and if he will work with the unit to resolve this issue. [10074/20]
1109. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of personal information sharing and-or exchange between her Department and An Garda Síochána. [9012/20]
1067. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review application for carer’s benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8418/20]
639. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to each regional drugs and alcohol task force in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [9013/20]
557. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be given an urgent date for an assessment of needs to be carried out by CAMHS. [8519/20]
453. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the benefits a business which is approved for the business continuity voucher receives for €2,500; the costs that the enterprise board incurs in delivery of the €2,500 grant for a business; and the amount mentors are paid per hour. [8840/20]
181. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers and students will be included as stakeholders in the active Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector (details supplied). [8589/20]
28. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the US Senate Majority Leader, Mr. Mitch McConnell to date in 2020. [9011/20]
1097. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the scientific grounds on which she refused to sign the derogation permit in 2020 which allows farmers to shoot pigeons as part of their crop protection. [7693/20]
971. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the pandemic unemployment payment until August 2020 for persons that are not due to return to work until phase 5 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [7759/20]
308. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the same protection for commercial tenants as for residential tenants in the context of recent evictions by landlords of businesses will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7489/20]
184. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding resources schools will have in order to pay for the new public health and safety requirements they will have to implement. [7531/20]
183. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to be able to issue schools with public health requirement guidelines for the reopening of schools. [7530/20]
182. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines schools and principals will receive in terms of public health safety before they return to reopen schools. [7529/20]
175. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider offering children with disabilities a return to school before September 2020 as teachers are in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/20]
167. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if additional special needs assistants will be allocated to a school (details supplied). [7386/20]
743. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if employees of a company (details supplied) are being treated in a hospital for Covid-19. [6211/20]
718. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if organ transplant patients are excluded from receiving medications under the long term illness scheme and the drugs payment scheme; and if so, if transplant patients that require life-saving drugs for the rest of their lives will be made eligible to receive their medication under these schemes. [6043/20]
158. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to consider an arrangement for children with extra needs, such as autism, to return to school between now and September 2020 as it would greatly benefit such children that rely on structure and normality. [5583/20]
1295. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions taken regarding new HAP contracts when landlords are waiting on payment but local authorities are not processing so the tenant is in default; the measures being put in place to safeguard vulnerable tenants and to ensure landlords are receiving payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5036/20]
1279. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if resources will be put in place to allow homeless hostels to be accessible 24 hours per day, seven days per week in order that homeless service users do not need to attend day services, which would make self-isolation easier if required. [4775/20]
1214. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure that homeless persons and families will be able to self-isolate if and when they are required to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4774/20]
931. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times to date in 2020 he has met formally with the CEO and or chairperson of Horse Racing Ireland; and when he will next meet the CEO and or chairperson. [5043/20]
737. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation for the National Office for Suicide Prevention in 2019 and 2020, respectively in tabular form. [5044/20]
822 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify the specific performance related targets that the board of Horse Racing Ireland set the Chief Executive Officer to achieve a performance related bonus (details supplied); if he is satisfied that HRI and the Turf Club are being run on a prudent financial basis; the examination that has taken place into the way Exchequer funds are being spent and the return on investment in both organisations; if a person (details further supplied) who has undertaken consultancy work on behalf of HRI will be examining the productivity of HRI; if he is satisfied that this examination will be independent.
[1006/11]
627 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made regarding the introduction of labelling of produce from illegally occupied Palestinian territories in view of his statement of January 2010 to explore this issue.
[1073/11]
516 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied).
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572 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide details of the regulations governing the so called cash for gold outlets; if proof of ownership is necessary when selling gold to these outlets; if his attention has been drawn to reports that the proliferation of these outlets is encouraging a rise in burglaries targeting jewellery; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of stamp duty in respect of a person, a first time buyer (details supplied) in Dublin 6.
[1058/11]
170 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the canal cycle route and when the route is expected to be completed.
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64 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to claims by an organisation (details supplied) that investment and innovation will suffer as a result of ending a tax break on patent royalties, as contained in the four year plan announced last week and if he will consider reviewing this decision.
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124 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if he will give an assurance that there are adequate supplies of salt in stock to deal with a cold snap similar to the one experienced in early 2010.
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96 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if pay increases were granted to any staff in Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland or Anglo Irish Bank during 2009 or 2010; if so, the number of increases that were granted and the grade of staff that received wage increases; if wage increases were granted, the criteria under which such increases were granted; the total amount for any such pay increases by institution; if any bonuses were paid during 2009 or 2010 to staff in any of the aforementioned institutions; if so, the number of bonuses that were granted and the grade of staff that received them; if bonuses were granted, the criteria under which they were granted and the total amount for any such bonuses by institution.
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376 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food given the recent revelations in relation to expenditure at Horse Racing Ireland, if he will agree to an investigation into the organisation’s expenditure and finances; the reason, despite HRI increased expenditure, Ireland’s only all-weather track at Dundalk still remains closed in the winter; the reason HRI’s contribution to race prize money increased by almost 600% between 1998 and 2008 despite the fact that the number of race fixtures increased by only 33% over this period; the reason HRI recently refused to release information under a Freedom of Information request from the Irish bookmakers association and if he will request that this information sought by IBA is released.
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309 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on whether the policing and enforcement of gambling and gaming legislation is effective in view of that fact, that the law is being flagrantly flouted with slot machine operators trading without sanction on the high street; in view of the fact that the Government is considering the introduction of new legislation covering Internet operators, integral to which will be the effective enforcement on non-Irish based operators to protect Irish jobs, the way we can have any confidence that the legislation can or will be enforced, since we do not enforce against illegal gambling operators on our own doorstep
[39791/10]
130 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that funding for the proposed extension of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will include funding for ancillary space, stairs, toilets and a lift
[38578/10]
129 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will receive the result of their whole school evaluation, which was carried out more than 10 months ago
[38575/10]
224 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in view of the fact that companies based in Northern Ireland have the right to register for a .ie domain name, is there any mechanism in place to inform consumers that those goods and services are from Northern Ireland rather than the Republic of Ireland and his plans to put such a requirement in place.
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88 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the status of the planned cystic fibrosis units in St. Vincent’s Hospital.
[36906/10]
58 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the UK VAT is not payable by schools for the purchase of musical instruments and equipment; if he would consider introducing a similar system here
[36871/10]
48 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the procurement policy regarding schools buying equipment from non-domestic based companies and if there is a threshold and any guidance.
[36863/10]
130 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current position in relation to proposals for a redress scheme as requested by a group (details supplied).
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169 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that all transfers of assets by a person (details supplied) to members of their family in the past six years before they were declared bankrupt will be investigated and set aside where any transfer was made with a view to avoiding obligations owed to creditors.
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624 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will receive the result of their whole-school evaluation which was carried out more than six months ago.
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