Results 241-260 of 1,692 for speaker:Chris Andrews

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Irishtown Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Safety (27 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, following on from his statement in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children on 20 September 2023, relating to his current lack of confidence in the child safeguarding measures of an organisation (details supplied), and subsequent media coverage of same, he will detail his role and remit, and that of...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and my colleagues for bringing forward this timely motion. In recent weeks we have watched fuel and prices steadily increase. Petrol and diesel prices have increased by 7.6% and 9% respectively. This Government seems hell-bent on ensuring fuel prices hit the €2 mark as soon as possible. This Government is planning two fuel price hikes in October and that...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: In 2017, the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, declared that no child would wait more than four months for surgery. In August of this year, the Tánaiste said he wanted Ireland to be the best country in Europe in which to be a child. Those comments ring hollow for children with spina bifida and scoliosis. Courtney Manning, a disability advocate, was supposed to be having surgery...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (21 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: That is it exactly.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (21 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: I was just going to say that. It is a nationwide issue. I am sure the Minister of State is aware that Fórsa members in local authorities across the State are in the middle of industrial action. As a public representative, I have seen first hand over the years the brilliant work the estate managers and area officers do for and across communities in my constituency. I know the pressure...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (21 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: I agree that this affects all of us in the House. It is an important issue because, like Deputy Collins said, vulnerable people contact us. The reality is that management seems to be sitting on its hands and is content to allow this dispute to escalate. Staff levels are depleted - estate managers who work on the front line are not being replaced for months. That is the case in my...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what specific efforts have been made to recruit customer service agents in the Passport Office who are fluent in languages other than English; if he will consider including a focus on a stronger diversity of language fluency among staff in future recruitment efforts, particularly in relation to languages widely spoken by immigrant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable housing at a location (details supplied) will be open for applicants; how individuals can go about applying for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, following the Cabinet decision in May 2023 to extend the rent-a-room scheme to all housing types, including local authority council housing units, he will outline if this includes housing units under approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40022/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, following the Cabinet decision in May 2023 to extend the rent-a-room scheme to all housing types, including local authority council housing units, he will state, in the case of a council tenant renting out a room under this scheme, who will be responsible for dealing with tenant-landlord disputes; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, following the Cabinet decision in May 2023 to extend the rent-a-room scheme to all housing types, including local authority council housing units, he will outline if a tenant renting a room from a council tenant can take a dispute to the RTB for dispute resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40024/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to carry out a review into the management of Part V social housing, given the management of Part V social housing in a development is carried out after completion of the overall development, and that major changes are often required to make units suitable for tenants with mobility issues, causing delays and increased cost;...

Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank all the staff for their support and professionalism throughout this term. The need to streamline the CPO process has been mentioned. This is really important because the process is not user-friendly, certainly not in Dublin City Council. Limerick was mentioned as being an exemplar in terms of dealing with derelict sites. Dublin City Council is particularly poor at dealing with...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: I welcome the Dáil allocating time to address the unfolding horror we are seeing in Palestine due to the violence by Israel. It has been several years since I visited the Gaza Strip, but the destruction I witnessed then will never leave me. Gaza is actually an open-air prison. There is the wall that stops any movement, whether that is people coming or people going. People are only...

Planning and Development (Provision of Public Housing) Bill 2023: First Stage (13 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' Time."

Planning and Development (Provision of Public Housing) Bill 2023: First Stage (13 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act Bill to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to repeal section 97(3)(b). The purpose of this Bill is simple. It is stated in the Title. It is to ensure and protect the provision of public housing. Where this is particularly relevant is in dense urban areas. The Part V exemption of section 97(3)(b) should...

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State for being present to listen to us as we critique the recent EU Council meeting. Some two weeks ago here in this Chamber we heard in pre-EU Council meeting statements from several Deputies condemning the brutal actions of apartheid Israel and the murderous rampage it is waging on the Palestinian people. We asked that this condemnation be echoed at the Council...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: I welcome this important motion. Deputy Ó Ríordáin captured the romance of football. I send my well wishes to the women’s football team, in particular Abbie Larkin, who is from the heart of football in Ringsend, in the Women’s World Cup, which is starting on 20 July. League of Ireland football is in a good place, but that will stop being the case if we do...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Chris Andrews: I understand we are really tight for time so I will be to the point, and I would appreciate if the answers could be to the point as well. When the contract with Sky expired, did the GAA approach any other broadcasters? If not, why not? In the witnesses' opinion, is RTÉ's involvement in GAAGO in conflict with its remit as a public broadcaster when it is RTÉ's responsibility to...