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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: Good players.

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 wish to ask Mr. Ó Lionáin about the sports capital grant. It has had a very positive impact on clubs throughout the country and has been important for them, but an element of the grant that has been raised with me is how clubs, particularly in working-class communities, struggle to raise funds. If a club applies for a €50,000 grant for lights or something, it already...

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: Realistically, it is a significant barrier to clubs, especially when there is a new chair two years later. Clubs do not stay the same. This requirement needs to be changed to facilitate less well-off clubs in the inner city. It is a major disadvantage to them and I would urge that it be reviewed and changed. This is not to diminish the good work the sports capital grant does, and 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: I thank Mr. O Lionáin. I wish to ask Mr. Hill about the investment strategy. Since its publication, what discussions has the FAI had and what progress has there been? I am conscious of the time.

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: Mr. Hill mentioned the IIP programme. What clubs will work with that programme? What progress has there been in that regard?

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: But Mr. Hill is positive. Are all ten clubs still interested?

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: The FAI recently turned down investment when it was approached by US investors who wanted to develop a premier league of Ireland. I do not know all the details other than what I read in the newspapers. My understanding and what I have heard from clubs and board members is that it has not been discussed at board level. The clubs feel a bit unhappy that there has been no engagement on 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: I accept all of that, but surely the clubs and the board should have been consulted on it.

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...

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...

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...

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]

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

Chris Andrews: Housing remains the number one issue for ordinary people. Prospective home buyers are being picked off by the vulture funds, and this Government's failures in housing have only increased the concerns of local communities. People who have grown up in their community want the opportunity to continue to live in there, near their support structures but without affordable housing, communities...

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

Chris Andrews: I also ask him to meet with the residents who live beside the Irish Glass Bottle site.

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

Chris Andrews: We hear many people saying to leave politics out of sport. However, sport is increasingly being weaponised by oppressive regimes to win positive media coverage. It is called sportswashing. In the words of Nelson Mandela, sport has the power to change the world and the power to inspire. When you see the Dublin women's Gaelic football team and their brave and inspiring call for a ceasefire...