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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (10 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister for coming in. Women's football is booming and has huge potential. The difficulty is the number of leagues for young girls to play in. These leagues are creating barriers for participation in football by young women. We cannot allow legacy issues around leagues and policies to deny girls opportunities to play sport and football. Sport for girls and everybody else is...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: I am delighted to get the opportunity to highlight the reckless spending by this Government. I have only two minutes, so unfortunately I will not be able to list all the reckless spending even in my constituency. I will concentrate on two projects. The first is Enable Ireland's school in Sandymount, which I have raised with the Minister before. For two years classrooms have been closed to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: 66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grants are available for approved housing bodies that wish to install electric charging points on their grounds for their tenants. [39756/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate his coming in but the reality is that 600 prisoners in Mountjoy Prison are in addiction and there is no addiction nurse. Appointing clinical leads is well and good, but who will they work with? There are no addiction nurses for them to work with. How will that operate? It seems extraordinary. There are 180 prisoners in Mountjoy on methadone. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: I wish to join with my colleagues in extending my sympathies to the family of Mary O’Rourke. She was a former colleague who was robust and had a big personality. As for the Topical Issue, after a week in which the budget was announced, when the Government has finished clapping itself on the back for its give-away budget it is important to remember that 70% of prisoners in Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug overdoses in Irish prisons in 2023 and 2024 to date, in tabular form. [39471/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of nurses who work the night shift in Mountjoy Prison. [39473/24]

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: I start by congratulating the women's Irish Homeless World Cup football team on their recent success in Korea. They did fantastically well. It is a huge boost to all the individuals participating in that. In particular, I mention Seán Kavanagh, a long-time supporter of the street league and the Homeless World Cup concept. I also acknowledge the homeless men's team which reached the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (2 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who are addicted; and the number of full-time addiction nurses are there employed in Mountjoy Prison. [39472/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Supports (1 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: 235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a full breakdown of how the Brexit Adjustment Fund funding allocated to her Department was spent, by project, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38548/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unhindered full-time addiction nurse posts within the prison service. [38670/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: Bans do not work. This ban is populist, and it is being done with a view to the election that is coming up. Why is the Minister of State not making sure that the existing laws are being implemented and enforced? This Government has been in place for five years and there has been no dent in the illegal puppy farms. I find it ironic that Ireland will have a wolfhound on its passports, given...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: It is an animal welfare issue. They are still animals.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: They are still animals.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: There is a hierarchy of animals, is there?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: It is populist. It is a populist decision.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: It is a populist decision.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: Today I met representatives of Working Animal Guardians, which is a dog rescue group. They are not saying everything the Minister is doing is wrong. They agree with a lot of what the Minister is doing but believes the ban is completely unfair. Working Animal Guardians is a very committed, compassionate group, is very reasonable and has a huge amount of experience with dogs and with XL...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: After a decade of Fine Gael in power with the support of Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party and the Green Party, we must ask what their legacy is after all these years when it comes to supporting local communities in the inner city of Dublin. What real change can be seen on the ground, because when it comes to supports and community services, all that can be seen is years of neglect? ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct schools (details supplied) to open ASD units, as they have the space to do so and there is a severe lack of ASD units in these catchment areas. [36490/24]