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Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: I welcome the Bill and the support it has received from the Cabinet. It is important that we put in place measures to tackle ticket touting. As society continues to reopen and as live events open again to the public, hopefully soon albeit with restricted numbers, it is safe to say that tickets will be in high demand. It is, however, disappointing that it has taken so long to get to this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: With each passing day we are witnessing more and more brutality, aggression and murder being carried out by the apartheid state of Israel. The line we hear repeatedly from the Government is that of support for the two-state solution, yet the Irish State does not recognise the state of Palestine. In February 1980, Ireland was the first EU member state to call for the establishment of a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (13 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek assurances from the CIÉ Group that it will desist from making any changes to the CIÉ 1951 superannuation scheme in advance of the outcome of a High Court application made by the trustees of the scheme, as CIÉ workers feel that this puts their pension scheme under threat; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the alterative arrangements that have been put in place to allow persons (details supplied) applying for a GNIB card for the first time to submit an application while the Burgh Quay Registration Office is closed. [24722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: 196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Burgh Quay Registration Office will reopen for appointments. [24734/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: Our position on the UN Security Council gives us a platform to finally do what is right for the indigenous struggle in Palestine. We saw what happened in South Africa when the world stayed silent. This time, however, we have a chance to be on the right side of history and to do what is right by the millions of people who have been killed and forced out of their homes and who live under...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: We need actions.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: Sanctions and divestment.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: So have I.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: It is not about who has been there the most.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: It is not working. We need action.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: The Minister needs to advocate for action.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: What is happening in Jerusalem is deeply disturbing. It is clearly an act of ethnic cleansing. As usual, the apartheid Israeli Government is using brutal force and acts of aggression to carry out this land grab. Not only is the Israeli Government using its rockets and artillery to slaughter innocent families in the Gaza Strip while the world looks on, it is also using medical apartheid to...

Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: Increasingly, the Government and that which preceded it have turned the State into a paradise for vulture funds. Contrary to what most ordinary people think, housing units are now viewed by the State as assets for the purpose of generating capital for investors ahead of building homes for workers. This may have come as a shock to many after what we saw happen in Maynooth. However, this has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when persons that applied to sit the driver theory test will be given a date to sit the test in view of the fact that level 5 restrictions are being lifted; if there is an option for the persons to sit the test remotely; and the length of time it will take to process the backlog of theory tests given that level 5 restrictions have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (11 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the buildings that have been purchased by Dundalk Institute of Technology since 2016; the cost per building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24229/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: I thank Deputy Cian O’Callaghan for bringing forward this important private members' Bill to repeal Part V leasing. We are in the depths of a housing crisis and have been for many years. I see the reality of this crisis every day across the communities in Dublin Bay South. There is a chronic shortage of affordable housing for first-time buyers. Public housing such as Glovers Court,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (5 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will move to the fast-tracking of the regeneration of flat complexes such as Pearse House in south inner city Dublin in the interest of good public health and good community development given the extremely poor condition of several and the urgent need for upgrading these flats; and if he will make a statement on the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: While I welcome this Bill as a step in the right direction, it must be acknowledged that we are very much on the back foot in the fight against climate change. I am deeply concerned by the notable lack of several important elements that are needed to tackle climate change effectively. The legislation does not include a number of commitments made in the programme for Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (28 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project for the ASD class in a school (details supplied); and the timeline for the completion of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21319/21]