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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)

Chris Andrews: ...Hall. Who gives it that office? Is it paying rent? What are the conditions in this regard? This project would have a devastating impact on the Iveagh Gardens, which have been protected so far. We must, though, be vigilant about it. There is no strong case for this science museum. If there is one, I would like to hear what it is. We must do everything we can to save the Iveagh...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Chris Andrews: ...will be one of sowing the seeds of division in our society and treating those who arrived here disgracefully. Irish people are inherently decent but the way the Government is treating new applicants is far from decent. Voluntary groups do more than the Government to support integration of new arrivals. The Government has created division in Irish society with its management of...

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

Chris Andrews: Housing for All - as far as residents in Ringsend and Irishtown are concerned, there is only housing for the very wealthy and the vulture funds. The vast majority of homes on the Irish Glass Bottle site will not be for working families from Pearse Street and Ringsend. A deal was done with the Irish Glass Bottle Housing Action Group seven years ago for social and affordable homes but there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (2 May 2024)

Chris Andrews: ...about helping. I cannot help but think is a bit cynical given that it is during an election year, and it is only until the end of the year. There needs to be some respite given to businesses. One business not too far from here, Mamma Mia pizza restaurant, is a small, locally run business that adds to the local community. It is on Grattan Street, right next to Mount Street. It has...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: ...'s violation of the Olympic Charter and impose sanctions. Ban Israel from international sports. Mandela said the Irish Dunnes Stores strikers demonstrated to South Africans that ordinary people far from the crucible of apartheid cared for our freedom. In 2024, it is ordinary people in Irish sport who must show they care. Irish Sport for Palestine has called on Basketball Ireland not to...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Chris Andrews: ...on hold until these apartments are made affordable. If that is what it takes to make them affordable then it must be done. There is still no affordable housing scheme in place. The community has waited far too long for these new homes. The residents of Seán Moore Road are enduring construction noise from 7 a.m. each day, and the construction works are so extensive that they are...

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

Chris Andrews: ...children, their class is closed because there are serious leaks in one of the rooms in the middle of the hall. This means the school has had to move the class to the library. This is of course far from ideal. The five students are all in wheelchairs and the classroom they normally use is a soft play room, which allows the children to get out of their wheelchairs, stretch and reset...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Shelbourne Park greyhound track is in the heart of the inner city, not too far from here, between the Ringsend and South Lotts communities. Both these communities, along with communities right across the island of Ireland, have a deep sense of connection with the Shelbourne Park greyhound stadium. The cohesion and engagement between the stadium and the local community have been eroding in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (23 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...of these works because there is a real concern from the community that its voice is not being listened to. I ask that every effort be made to reduce the timeframe. The ten-year timeframe is far too long for people, young and old. It is not acceptable and there has to be real engagement on and an urgency about progress for flood defences in Sandymount and along the coast around Dublin...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...dampness are having a severe impact on people's health. Leaks and flooding of residences that are owned by councils, and even approved housing bodies, are unacceptable. Gallery Quay, which is not too far from here and only 17 years old, has nothing but problems. The apartments look great from the outside but people should try living in them. The lift in one block has been broken for...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...facilities would ensure the most effective delivery of sports facilities in terms of costs and need. While successive Governments have spoken about a national sports facility strategy, none has ever gone as far as developing and delivering such as strategy. Over the past two decades, more than €1 billion has been invested in sport facilities. That is welcome. It has been done...

Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...is effectively empty. It is in an area where there is the possibility of very high rents. They are building up to ten or 11 storeys everywhere around it yet on Townsend Street, which is not too far from here, there are four or five units that are lying derelict. There is no life in the street and it takes down the energy of the street. When I first looked at the Bill, I saw the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...on civilians, The indiscriminate use of EU weapons in Palestine has led to death, injury, and loss of limbs of countless civilians. Thirty-nine children have been murdered by apartheid Israel this year so far. Israel clearly violates laws surrounding arms trade but yet the weapons keep on flowing in. Two weeks ago, we saw five killed in Jenin and more than 80 injured. Ambulances...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...in the south inner city, adds to the disconnect between young people and their local community and society. The flats are neglected and the conditions are shocking. I was in a flat complex not far from here today. In the stairwell, the smell of stagnant water, urine and Jeyes Fluid was absolutely sickening. There were bars and razor wire along the tops of the flats. It looked more...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...this, there are six primary schools in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 but there are no Gaelcholáistí. Where are those students going to continue their education? Due to Coláiste Synge which is not too far from here, I hear young children speaking Irish in Kevin Street, in the Iveagh Trust buildings and in the flats at O'Carroll Villas and Mercier House. These are young children of...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...solution to ensure that parts of Dublin Bay do not turn into no-go areas. It is also important that we address the waterways of Irish Water and their condition. One does not have to go too far from here to see the Liffey, the Tolka and the Grand Canal and the condition they are in. It is hard to quantify the amount of waste that flows down those rivers and along the canal but thanks to...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...Government finally to stand on the side of ordinary workers and their families? Workers are seeing their real wages steadily decrease. At the same time, the price of the finished products produced by farmers has also been decreasing since last December yet the price of food and groceries is rising month after month. It has increased 17% since last year. Supermarket chains are making...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Chris Andrews: ..., affordable homes will not be even close to affordable. The well-informed speculation is that homes in the Irish Glass Bottle site will cost approximately €650,000 to €700,000 at cost price, which is far from affordable. Even with the subvention it will not make them affordable. Building enabling works are advanced and yet there is still no affordable scheme. When...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Feb 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...community. In addition, the Acts prohibit discrimination in the provision of accommodation services against people who are in receipt of the rent supplement, housing assistance or social welfare payments. The purpose of the Bill is to expand the protections of both Acts to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disadvantaged socioeconomic status. This would make an amendment to include...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Asset Management Agency (16 Feb 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...last week and it is furious with the delays that have occurred. The prices being talked about are ranging between €600,000 and €700,000, depending on the size of the unit being built. That is far from affordable. The longer it takes to start building these homes, the higher the costs will be because of building inflation. We need to see movement, therefore; it is the...