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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a school (details supplied) in securing a teacher for its ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) and ensure that the child is granted an ASD junior class placement. [6616/22]

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: I welcome the opportunity to support this motion. The word "crisis" appears to go hand in hand with this Government. We have gone from one crisis to the next and now we have reached a crisis in the cost of living. Some in the Government seem to think the solution is to stop complaining and to shop around. People do shop around, but some cannot do so because of barriers. Those people who...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: This is a technical Bill and I acknowledge the commitment and hard work the Minister of State puts into her brief. I know she shows huge empathy with the people she works with. That said, I cannot see this Bill making a huge difference, or any difference, to neurodiverse children who are being bused out of their communities with strangers. More than €70,000 per day is being spent in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: I thank Ms Hayes for her presentation. It is good to see her again. Dormitory-style emergency accommodation is a big issue and one that is raised with me regularly. The Mendicity Institution conducted a survey recently. I should declare an interest here as I worked with the institution for about four years. The aforementioned survey showed that nearly 90% of people staying in emergency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Is there no way to ensure that people who are in a chaotic addiction phase of their lives are not sharing a room with people who are making a serious effort to get clean? Obviously that scenario is not working for either party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: On the issue of inter-county transfers, homelessness does not recognise boundaries. It is my understanding that people who are not from Dublin but who find themselves homeless in Dublin cannot access emergency accommodation. If they use the free phone number, they find it extremely challenging if they are not from Dublin and have not got a local link. I appreciate what Ms Hayes said about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Is everyone being accommodated? Are there exceptions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: I have heard otherwise so it would be important to state-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Nobody will be refused tonight or any night this week who is homeless in Dublin-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: There are, therefore, people who are refused-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: That person could be refused.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Are financial resources an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Is it the lack of housing supply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: What is the timescale for eradicating the use of private providers? How long are we talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Will that happen this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Is there enough of that type of accommodation? I do not think there is enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: I am interested in the phasing out of the use of private emergency accommodation because in a way, its use is like privatising homelessness. Ms Hayes has said she agrees with that. Where is the obstacle in that case? Where is the block to that happening?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Ms Hayes mentioned senior citizens becoming homeless. I acknowledge the work done by the team in Dublin City Council, including Cathal Daly and Paul White. That team is strong, decent and humane in its actions with people who find themselves in that position at that age. It is important to acknowledge the work it does. What is being done to ensure that local authorities are sharing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: Do the relationships and communication between the local authorities need to be improved?