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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: I did not say Senator Carrigy was not entitled to do that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: Which comment?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: Which comment did I make?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: Senator Carrigy must tell me which comment to withdraw. I made a number of remarks.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: That was reported in the Irish Examiner. I asked for an update on it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: All right. As a result of a complaint that was made by the president, there was a counter-complaint and now here we are before the committee. Senator Carrigy is regularly reported in the Irish Independentlooking for the IABA to be brought before this committee. All of that suggests to me the dispute has been politicised by a Fine Gael Senator and a Fine Gael councillor.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: I have a series of questions.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: That is all right. Yes, absolutely. Could I ask a question of Mr. Kirwan? He alluded to the fact earlier that it must be very difficult to be a very successful organisation and have a board that is not complying with corporate governance. Is it not the case that the disputes relate to different groups within the organisation, and should these issues not be addressed by the organisation?...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: Senator Carrigy got 15 minutes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: I am substituting for-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: We are politicians.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: I have asked the questions.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: I wish to raise the issue of the updated guidance on games issued by Sport Ireland on 28 October. Last weekend alone, these guidelines created severe issues for volunteers in basketball and other indoor sports. The volunteers have been placed in the very difficult position of having to tell children they are not allowed to participate in indoor matches due to not being fully vaccinated....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (2 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with NAMA on the issue of NAMA transferring its interest in the glass bottle site, Ringsend to Dublin City Council in order to provide the 600 social and affordable homes that were committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52635/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Asset Management Agency (2 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: 377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with NAMA on the issue of NAMA transferring its interest in the glass bottle site, Ringsend to Dublin City Council in order to provide the 600 social and affordable homes that were committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52633/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make it mandatory for all primary school to use dyslexia friendly workbooks for primary school dyslexic children, as without the use of these workbooks, the way in which schools will provide appropriate education for all pupils if schools are not ensuring there is a variety of learning materials available for diverse learners; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Nov 2021)

Chris Andrews: 808. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52103/21]

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: There is one issue I wish to raise that is affecting sporting communities and that is the continued confusion around the use of clubs' dressing rooms and showers. Last month, from 20 September, dressing rooms were due to be reopened across the board following guidelines from Sport Ireland, yet in late October, with the cold and dark evenings well and truly set in, a number of dressing rooms...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: This October marks the 36th annual breast cancer awareness month. Like previous speakers, I acknowledge all of the staff who work in the cancer screening programmes. They carry out their work with huge empathy, care and professionalism and I acknowledge this. When breast cancer awareness month was first launched, the message was simply to promote breast screening throughout the population...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: I wish to highlight the ongoing plans of apartheid Israel to expand illegal settlements in strategic locations which will cut the West Bank in two and separate Jerusalem from the rest of Palestine. Five hundred and forty new homes were approved recently in Har Homa. These settlement expansion plans are designed to disrupt Palestinian territorial continuity and bury hopes of a two-state...