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Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...areas and making them unsafe and unhealthy. That leads to rats and seagulls making the bin areas a particularly disgusting space in many flat complexes. These areas need to be designed and managed much better than they are. The Rathmines flats bin storage area and the Glovers Court bin storage area, again not far from here, are unhealthy and unsafe. Residents are afraid to open the...

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Chris Andrews: ..." is used to describe a building comprising multiple residential properties that share certain physical areas, such as car parks, halls and gardens, and certain services, including security and waste disposal. Notwithstanding Deputy Sargent's comments, the Bill will give home owners who live in multi-unit developments like apartment blocks or small housing estates much greater and long...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Chris Andrews: ...has unfortunately exposed the old and the vulnerable to more expense, and could have been avoided if the Labour Party and Fine Gael had worked to re-organise rather than abolish the scheme and the waste management section in Dublin City Council. The Government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable in society. The provisions in this Bill, as well as continuing this protection,...

Waste Management. (19 Nov 2009)

Chris Andrews: ...to be an engineer to see that it does not make any sense to put an incinerator in what is effectively a large cul-de-sac. The proposed Poolbeg incinerator, which will be Dublin's first municipal waste incinerator and one of the largest such facilities in Europe, was granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála in November 2007. In December of last year, the proposed facility was...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Dec 2007)

Chris Andrews: ...be able to access the services. If co-location brings this about, it should be rolled out quickly for them. Deputy O'Sullivan also mentioned that she supports cutbacks in areas in which there is waste. The Deputy and the Opposition in general should point out where and by whom such resources in the health system are being wasted. Recently, I heard an Opposition spokesperson on a radio...

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (18 Oct 2007)

Chris Andrews: ...have an opportunity to raise this matter on the Adjournment and thank the Minister for coming to the House to discuss the issue. He is obviously conscious of the difficulties being created by the waste water treatment plant in Ringsend, which cost €300 million to construct. I am not convinced by claims that the plant has delivered an improvement in water quality around Sandymount and...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Chris Andrews: ...for the next five years and hopefully beyond. I am delighted to have this opportunity to speak because this issue goes beyond incinerators and incineration. Fine Gael's motion has less to do with waste management than with political points-scoring. It will not make any difference to the siting of incinerators anywhere in Dublin or throughout the country. Ringsend has undergone...