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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent application for respite care for a person (details supplied) will be granted given the severity of the family’s situation. [48211/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: I represent an area of Dublin that gets a significant proportion of the coverage of the criminality and antisocial behaviour that occurs on our streets, that is, the south inner city. The people causing this ongoing trouble need to be tackled and challenged. We talk about rights, and it is important to remember that families have the right to live in their homes without fear. Garda...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (7 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: In 2018, a Bill was introduced to this House which would have removed the statute of limitations preventing thalidomide survivors from bringing cases for compensation to the courts. This Bill has now lapsed. It was introduced by the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers. A couple of weeks ago, it was noted in the legislative programme for the 2021 autumn session that work is under way to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (7 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: 5 o’clock As I predicted, I have not heard anything new. What has been said by the Minister of State is the same as what has been said for the past ten years. Survivors are fed up, angry and annoyed. There is no commitment to and no hope or empathy for a group of survivors who are ageing and concerned for their futures. How can the Minister not meet this group? This has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be granted a transfer to a school in order that they can avail of a place in its ASD unit. [49243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (12 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: 416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment at the INIS office on Burgh Quay in order to present their new passport. [49279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (12 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: 417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department is taking against persons using bots to block book INIS appointments at the Burgh Quay office (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49989/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: Dublin city and county seem to be moving from one crisis to another with attempts by developers to turn this city into one big hotel, while killing off more and more of the city's character, whether it is Merchant's Arch or The Cobblestone, and a lack of sporting facilities being provided for those living in the city and calling it their home. Considering the height and density of new...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: In budget 2022, the Government has effectively signalled that it has given up on inner city flat complexes. The Government has started waving the white flag. It feels to residents and me that the neglect will continue. The Government has turned its back on Dubliners living in flat complexes. I have consistently highlighted the shocking conditions that Dublin City Council residents have to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State. It is important to state the vast majority of the residents of the flats complexes are hard-working, involved, active participants in their community. A huge number of them were working on the front line during the pandemic. They are committed to their community. When someone is hurt, they get behind them and stand with them. The new York Street...

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: I commend my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, on his motion on renters. I also congratulate him and thank him for the work he does advocating for a better, fairer and more just approach to housing. I represent the constituency of Dublin Bay South, which stands as a prime example of how housing policies developed by Government parties have continually failed the needs of these communities....

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: I note that a number of items are on the agenda for the upcoming European Council meeting ranging from rising energy costs to migration, external relations and foreign policy issues. In this State, we have seen more than 30 energy price hikes announced by Irish energy suppliers since the start of the year. These sharp increases in the cost of energy are adding to increasing costs of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: I wish to highlight the ongoing plans of apartheid Israel to expand illegal settlements in strategic locations which will cut the West Bank in two and separate Jerusalem from the rest of Palestine. Five hundred and forty new homes were approved recently in Har Homa. These settlement expansion plans are designed to disrupt Palestinian territorial continuity and bury hopes of a two-state...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: This October marks the 36th annual breast cancer awareness month. Like previous speakers, I acknowledge all of the staff who work in the cancer screening programmes. They carry out their work with huge empathy, care and professionalism and I acknowledge this. When breast cancer awareness month was first launched, the message was simply to promote breast screening throughout the population...

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: There is one issue I wish to raise that is affecting sporting communities and that is the continued confusion around the use of clubs' dressing rooms and showers. Last month, from 20 September, dressing rooms were due to be reopened across the board following guidelines from Sport Ireland, yet in late October, with the cold and dark evenings well and truly set in, a number of dressing rooms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that white bright paper does not assist pupils with dyslexia with reading and learning; if she will examine the possibility of producing dyslexia friendly workbooks for primary school children given that school workbooks are printed on white paper; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: 612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50458/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: I wish to raise the issue of the updated guidance on games issued by Sport Ireland on 28 October. Last weekend alone, these guidelines created severe issues for volunteers in basketball and other indoor sports. The volunteers have been placed in the very difficult position of having to tell children they are not allowed to participate in indoor matches due to not being fully vaccinated....

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: I commend Deputy Harkin on her work in introducing this Bill on credit unions. I also commend the members of credit unions on the work they have done in the community over the past 60 years. They have witnessed high levels of unemployment, emigration and a city in which poor housing is rampant but they have kept communities together. As the Minister of State with responsibility for credit...