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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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Companies (28 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 791. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if management companies are entitled to charge interest rates of 16% on management company fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22026/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (28 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 844. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some insurance companies are refusing to provide health insurance to persons who become ill as a result of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine; if companies can refuse to provide insurance for this reason to persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: I thank the witnesses for their interesting presentations. The questions and answers that followed have been interesting and enlightening. I have personally benefited hugely from the LGFA and the Camogie Association because I have two young daughters and they have gone through the system, including the Cumann na mBunscoil competition in schools. They played for Ballinteer St John's GAA...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: Can I ask Ms O'Connor for a copy of that report? It sounds like an important piece of work.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought advice from the Chief Medical Officer or NPHET regarding the position of fully vaccinated persons and mandatory hotel quarantine; if so, if the advice will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/21]

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: I acknowledge this important motion brought forward by my colleague, Deputy Ward. We all know how Covid has taken its toll on mental health. Speaking to parents and young people, every one of them says they are in varying degrees of stress and anxiousness. Children have been missing their sports for more than a year. That void has had a huge impact on their mental health and placed...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Examinations (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employers will be entitled to ask job applicants if their leaving certificate was predicted grades or exam based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); if Dublin City Council ever submitted a cost-benefit analysis or capital appraisal to his Department in relation to this area; if a consultancy was engaged by Dublin City Council between 2007 and 2010; if they supplied various submissions after consultations with residents; if so,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (21 Apr 2021)

Chris Andrews: 676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the study by his Department in relation to a project (details supplied) will acknowledge that this is not a new application but rather a legacy issue and that funding was already approved back in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18298/21]