Results 21-40 of 1,894 for speaker:Chris Andrews

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

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: I will give Mr. Deering one. I think Dublin City Council tenants need to come under the RTB. The weight of the Office of the Ombudsman would be very helpful for that. It is very important.

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.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I would also like to express my sympathies to the family of Carmencita Hederman. I knew Carmencita, though not very well. I knew her daughter Wendy, who was a councillor in Dublin Bay South. The family is dedicated to public service, the environment and protecting communities, so I wanted to add my sympathies. Annie Callan's son, Oisín, is 13 years of age. Oisín is another...

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State for coming in and congratulate her on her new role. I think it is her first time to the Seanad in that role. It will probably not be any busier a role than when she was Chair of an Oireachtas committee. It was a pretty hectic committee and she managed it very well, so I am sure she will manage this role very well. The cost-of-doing-business crisis is...

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 (17 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: I bring the House's attention to this evening's Raise the Roof housing protest that will happen outside Leinster House at 6 p.m. I hope all of us who recognise this Government's failure on housing will attend and show their solidarity with renters, tenants and residents from throughout the country. People throughout Dublin and the country are living in completely unacceptable housing with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: Most of us at this point would be familiar with the contractual issue affecting Oireachtas broadcasting workers. These workers are getting a fraction of the pay of similarly qualified workers elsewhere in the industry and are denied permanent contracts that would give them the rights they are due. At present, they are forced to find additional employment or rely on social welfare to make...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: Screening for the Israeli military.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Military Aircraft (11 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: Late last year, it was announced that the State would be purchasing four German-built multi-use Airbus helicopters for use by the Defence Forces at a cost of €92 million. In January, The Journal reported that these helicopters contained flight system components manufactured by the Israeli arms company, Elbit Systems, despite the Government stating at an earlier stage that its position...