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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he could ensure that issues around human rights in Western Sahara and the ongoing illegal occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco will be included in EU Priorities in UN Human Rights Fora for 2024. [2759/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent date for surgery. [2408/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: I appreciate the response but this must be resolved as a matter of urgency. Children have been displaced into other rooms and the library has been closed off completely. This is a huge hindrance to the entire school and all of the students. It affects everybody in the school. The Minister of State said the Department has advised the school to carry out a dry test but nobody going into...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: I am going to need a defibrillator first.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: I am sorry about that. I understood it was later on.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: Too efficient. I appreciate that. I did not hear my colleague's contribution, but the Enable Ireland Sandymount School has 40 students. Each one is medically dependent. There is a lovely, warm, caring atmosphere in the school. The staff go above and beyond for the current students. For five of the children, their class is closed because there are serious leaks in one of the rooms in the...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: I very much welcome the motion, particularly as, in the middle of the worst housing crisis this State has experienced, the Government is standing idly by and letting vulture funds swoop in and bulk-buy new family homes. Worse still, not only is it standing by, but it is incentivising and encouraging it. We need to see urgent measures taken to put a halt to the practice of these vulture...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (17 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in the history of the State, diplomatic status has even been given to representatives of a political movement (such as the African National Congress or Palestine Liberation Organization), as opposed to the more standard diplomatic status for representatives of a State; and if this has not been granted, if he could explain how relations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that resources are made available to a school (details supplied) to carry out all necessary repairs as a matter of urgency. [56750/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: 767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that can be offered to a person and their child (details supplied) facing eviction who is currently ineligible to go on the social housing waiting list. [56956/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: 816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there is no appeals process in relation to a request for an increase to a payment (details supplied) for persons who are on long-term; the reason there has been no increase of this payment to reflect the increase in rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1347/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Residents in the new houses in Ringsend are being held hostage every single night and morning because of two two-way cycle lanes running up each side of Seán Moore Road. Residents in Bremen Avenue, Bremen Grove, Cymric Road and Pine Road are unable to get in and out of their homes. Getting out of the estate is impossible and it is very unsafe. I know the Tánaiste is going to say...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: But they are not doing it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: The senior management of the council has blocked any efforts and treated residents disgracefully and it is about time that somebody intervenes because someone will be killed or injured.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the various witnesses for their presentations. It is important not to forget that many good people work in the FAI and that a lot of good work is being done. As a League of Ireland fan, I know that the league has really prospered in recent years. It has been really positive. The development of women's football has been very strong. That is down to the work of the FAI. The...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Has the FAI engaged with other NGBs?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Has that changed the strategy in any way?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: It does not seem to be covered very much in the strategy.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: On the issue of collective bargaining and the refusal to engage with SIPTU, some staff feel that they should, like Mr. Hill, be linked to grades within the public sector.