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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I have previously raised the barbaric practice of surgical artificial insemination of greyhounds. Senator O'Loughlin was just as outraged and disgusted by it as everyone else. This is a practice where the greyhound is sliced open, the uterus is removed and the semen is inserted. The greyhound is then sewn back up and expected to carry the pups through pregnancy until their delivery, all...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (19 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: This Government’s approach to renters is astonishing. Rents are at an all-time high and have been increasing for years, with no hope in sight from Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. Renters have received next to nothing from this or the previous Government. Tenants are being extorted by their landlords and, in many cases, forking over the majority of their wages to the landlord for the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (19 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: It is relevant to the residents in Pearse House.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State for his statement. I will make a couple of observations and ask a couple of questions. I note there is no mention of efforts being made to ensure that Ireland's neutrality is preserved and understood in the context of Europe's rapidly changing foreign policy. There is no clarity as to what the Minister of State means when he says that Ireland is engaging...

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: How will the Government defend our neutrality in the face of the increasing militarisation being pushed by Ursula von der Leyen? We cannot do both. Ursula von der Leyen has clearly said that she wants to ramp up spending on defence. How does the Minister of State square that with Irish neutrality? We always hear the Government and the Minister of State say that we have to be cognisant of...

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: When we look at the European project it does seem as if the groundwork is being laid.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: Is the Minister of State happy with what Ursula von der Leyen is saying? The Government's MEPs are not happy about it.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: It was not just Billy Kelleher.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I asked about Ursula von der Leyen.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: Does the Minister of State generally believe Ursula von der Leyen's statements on-----

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I find it worrying that a Minister of State of the Government would not have any issue with Ursula von der Leyen

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: While Dublin hurling has had many dark days over the years, Saturday was not one of them. The Dublin hurlers had a fantastic victory over an iconic, amazing Limerick team. Hopefully, Dublin can win their next match against Cork. I acknowledge those who believed in Dublin hurling for so many years and who fought for it during those dark days. I think of people like Shay Connolly from...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I thank Mr. Deering for the presentation and I thank him and Ms O'Donoghue for coming before the committee. What is the approach of the Office of the Ombudsman to Dublin City Council and how it treats its tenants with regard to maintenance issues and allocations? Private tenants have access to the RTB but Dublin City Council tenants do not have this access. Is this something on which the...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: The Office of the Ombudsman has had some success. Has it made any recommendation that there be a statutory measure whereby Dublin City Council tenants could be heard by the RTB?

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: Will Mr. Deering consider doing this?

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: It is pretty significant. I know it is not only with regard to Dublin City Council. Tenants throughout the State are left in horrendous conditions and they do not have anywhere to go in many cases. It is appalling how they are treated. With regard to the HAP report how does Mr. Deering envisage the recommendations of the report being implemented? It is all very well having a report,...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: So the target set in that report-----

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I thank Mr. Deering for that. What is the process in terms of assessing and the details around particular cases the Office of the Ombudsman will take on? What does that process look like?

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: The process is different for individual complaints and the broader element.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: How long would that process take generally? I know it is huge.