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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...Park greyhound track is in the heart of the inner city, not too far from here, between the Ringsend and South Lotts communities. Both these communities, along with communities right across the island of Ireland, have a deep sense of connection with the Shelbourne Park greyhound stadium. The cohesion and engagement between the stadium and the local community have been eroding in recent...

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

Chris Andrews: ...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 each specific plane was either a governmental figure transport aircraft (i.e. Boeing VC-25) or a military transport aircraft. [49161/23]

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

Chris Andrews: ...of stairwells in the flat complexes are disgusting as there is urine, needles and rubbish. The stairwells are untidy and smell disgusting. The failure of Government to build public homes on public land is sentencing families to a lifetime in substandard accommodation and poor health. Dublin City Council is also adding to the dereliction in streets. It has retail units and is using...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...and the fair and just process would have been to let the voices of ordinary people be heard through a citizens' assembly. Elements within the Government are pushing the narrative that neutrality leaves Ireland weak and exposed. What they fail to highlight is that successive Governments have failed our Defence Forces. Through cut after cut, they have stripped the Defence Forces down to...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Chris Andrews: .... The area around Ringsend, Irishtown and Pearse Street has lost many homes because developers were allowed to buy their way out of the Part V clause in providing homes in those communities because of the cost of the land. This cannot be allowed to happen on the Irish Glass Bottle site and Government needs to give a commitment that it will not happen.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...that we can no longer stand over allowing apartheid Israel to practice apartheid? When are we going to tell the Israelis that enough is enough and that they cannot keep stealing Palestinian land? When are we going to tell them that they cannot keep setting up illegal settlements? When are we going to tell them that they have to stop destroying the hopes and prospects for a peace...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: I congratulate the Tánaiste on his new position and wish him well in his new role. The new extreme right-wing Israeli Government has made the expansion of illegal settlements on Palestinian land a priority. This, in effect, amounts to ethnic cleansing of Palestinian communities. How does the Minister view the new Israeli Government's policy of expanding settlements in the occupied...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...the violation of international law and said that Israel disregards international law and the views of the UN and EU. However, there are still no consequences for Israel stealing Palestinian land, for apartheid in Israel or for increasing rates of murder by the Israeli Defence Forces. The new fanatical, fascist, homophobic Minister of Finance in the Israel Government and the new racist...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...urban TDs. It a vital part of our commitment to tackling climate change, to reversing the damage done to our ecosystem over decades and also vital for supporting local communities across rural Ireland and strengthening the local economy. When it comes to forestry in Ireland, the reality is clear; we have been massively failing year after year. The climate action plan suggests that...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...week, the situation in Palestine becomes worse and worse. Israel, an apartheid terror state, makes that community an area of terror and fear for anybody who happens to be Palestinian in their homeland. Two weeks ago, apartheid forces dragged children from a primary school in Masafer Yatta to make way for bulldozers. It is another example of a community being ethnically cleansed from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Jul 2022)

Chris Andrews: 467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the recent violence in Melilla, the European Union’s land border with Morocco which resulted in dozens of deaths. [37031/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...the European Union. Israel should not be welcomed as a friend and ally. We must ensure that the EU stands up for freedom and justice and does not cosy up to apartheid states such as Israel. Ireland must lead the way on this. It must let its voice be heard. It must lean forward and take a risk. This gas comes from an apartheid, terror state that steals Palestinian land and executes...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...to address. When will the Government go beyond condemnation and ensure there are consequences for Israel? Will it outline what consequences there are for Israel for executing people, stealing land and arresting people and detaining them on administrative detention? Will the Minister tell me what are the consequences because I can see none.

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...assassination was clear and deliberate. It is getting more and more frustrating that almost weekly we hear members of various political parties expressing their condemnation of Israeli terror and land grabs. We have condemnation after condemnation but no consequences. This is a huge issue. It is a flaw in the Government's policy. There are never consequences for Israeli crimes. If...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...for redevelopment. It is a big redevelopment plan and while people were concerned and anxious about it, generally it was welcomed. People were happy that public housing would be built on public land. However, the process is absolutely crawling and the homes at St. Andrew's Court have been empty for years. Approximately 15 flats are just sitting there, empty and the project is only at...

Planning and Development (Protect Social Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...-paid staff of the high-tech companies. There are many high-tech companies and they have thrown a lot of shade at the local community. In other areas in the inner city, developers are looking for small plots of land and will be going higher and higher with the price. At the same time, they will avoid the provision of social housing. The high-tech companies are coming into the inner...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2021)

Chris Andrews: ...is simple, but its impact will have far-reaching benefits for thousands of workers amid the housing crisis. The Bill will remove the Part V affordable housing exemption for developers who purchased land in the past five years and who seek planning permission before the end of July 2026. This exemption represents yet another sweetheart deal by this Government for developers and investors....

Affordable Homes in the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone: Motion (29 Jun 2021)

Chris Andrews: ...Deputy Ó Broin for tabling the motion. It has been reported that a row between Dublin City Council and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in 2019 scuppered plans to purchase lands at Poolbeg for affordable housing. Documents released under freedom of information to the Business Postshowed the deal fell apart after the council and the Department disagreed over...

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Chris Andrews: The forced landing of Ryanair flight FR 4978, an Irish airline, put Ireland centre stage of an international incident. That any state would force an aeroplane to carry out an emergency landing to arrest a political opponent is wrong and cannot be tolerated. The Government, along with the rest of the EU, was fast and decisive in the approach to dealing with the forced landing and the arrest...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: .... We need to implement Senator Black's occupied territories Bill. We need to boycott Israel, we need divestment from Israel and sanctions against it. We need to make it clear to Israel that its land grabs and annexation do not have Ireland's support and that when it grabs land from people and takes other people's homes, there will be consequences because until now there have been none.