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Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: At the moment some Irish boxers are out in Armenia and I understand they are doing pretty well. Where an Irish boxer comes up against a Russian opponent, the request from the Minister of State and from Sport Ireland is that they would not fight and would bow out of the fight. If an Irish fighter were to take on a Russian, would there be consequences for the club or the individual?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: There will not be any consequences for the-----

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: Will Sport Ireland not tell it what to do either? Will there be no sanctions from Sport Ireland?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: I understand that many other European sports ministers signed the letter that the Minister of State signed. Most of the other countries have not adhered to that; it has only been Ireland.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (23 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State and I would appreciate if he would do so. Clearly ten years is an unacceptable wait for residents for flood relief works to be completed. It is very important that people get their heads together. Everybody in the House would agree that families should not have to live in fear of the next flood. This is what people in Sandymount and Ringsend are worried...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (23 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. In the past few weeks, we have seen the devastating impact floods can have on communities, North and South and all over the island of Ireland. Last month in Midleton the main street was submerged in 3 ft of water in only eight minutes, leaving a trail of devastation in that community. There has been similar devastation in County Down,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ukraine War (23 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: 224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the fourth collective statement by the 36 sports ministers worldwide on Russia's war on Ukraine and international sport, and inconsistencies of approach by countries who signed the declaration; if she has engaged with these fellow signatories over their non-enforcing of the declaration; and if she will...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: Within a stone's throw of Leinster House, there are many council-owned properties and flat complexes that are in unacceptable condition. Some of the complexes were built in the thirties and they are now destroyed with dampness and mould. They have been long designated for regeneration but the process could not be moving any slower. "Glacial" is the only word that could be used to describe...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (21 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: 189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a complete list of all buildings owned by the State or any of the State agencies, including HSE, State bodies, and so on across Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8, and their occupancy status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50574/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: How important are arts centres and theatres to address the chronic need for artists' workspaces? Is there is a role for them to play? Is the Arts Council supporting venues to create these workspaces? Senator Warfield helped me to draft that question. I would be lying if I said otherwise.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: Is it the procurement of space?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: Three months seems to be the best option.

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: The double standards from the Government are absolutely sickening. There was no issue or problem referring Russia to the ICC. The hypocrisy is absolutely clear and is unacceptable. In the past 24 hours, I have received thousands of emails from members of the public asking that Ireland take a stand against the horror, the genocide and the carpet bombing engulfing the Gaza Strip. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (9 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of US government or US military aircraft that have passed through Shannon Airport, either on transit travelling with destination of Israel or travelling with flight originating in Israel, between the period 9 October 2023 – 6 November 2023; the dates these planes landed in Shannon Airport, in tabular form; and whether...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: What number of children will have to be murdered by terrorist apartheid Israel before the Irish Government will push for a suspension of all EU trade deals with Israel? Given the horror and terror that are being inflicted daily on Palestinians, what is the number of deaths required before Ireland will speak out in a European context to ensure that Europe does not stand idly by while...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: On democracy.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: Will Ireland raise the issue of European trade deals?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: What I saw when I worked in the Gaza Strip were the horrors of life in an open-air prison. Now the Gaza Strip is being turned into an open-air morgue. Bodies are piling higher and higher and apartheid Israel is bombing schools, hospitals and churches. Some 88 UN aid workers have been murdered by Israeli bombs. Over 4,000 children have been brutally murdered. A child is murdered by Israel...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: Housing is a wide issue and impacts so many people in so many sectors. Our gardaí, nurses and teachers are all impacted. An area of housing that can be forgotten, and indeed is to a large extent, is public housing. I have said before and will keep saying that the standard of maintenance in public housing estates in shockingly bad. The Minister was in Glovers Court and saw for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Aid (7 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: 134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that has been given by Irish Aid to support Sahrawi refugee camps located in Tindouf, Algeria, over the past five years; if more than one singular payment has been made; the amount that has been given per year; if a list will be provided of other non-monetary donations that have been made, for example foodstuffs, medical...