Results 121-140 of 1,678 for speaker:Chris Andrews

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

Chris Andrews: Shelbourne 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...

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

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. This greyhound stadium has massive potential. There is massive growth in housing in the area. The community needs every piece of sporting infrastructure it can get. It would be shame if an opportunity was missed. As I said, it has been done in the dog track in Galway with Connacht Rugby. Maybe Sport Ireland could intervene. There must be...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Month after month and year after year, we have watched this Government fail to bring the housing crisis under control. From what I can see, this Government is effectively trying to normalise the crisis and trying to get ordinary people to think that this is just the way it is, that these things happen and that it will work its way through it. We in Sinn Féin will never accept this....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any specific guidelines for companies or other entities engaged with trade and other economic activities in territories deemed to be illegally occupied under international law. [54673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade while Ireland has a consistent policy on the status of Western Sahara and support for self-determination, if his Department has any concrete proposals for how a meaningful exercise of self-determination could happen; and could he explain how these proposals have been advanced with the broader international community. [54674/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Agreements (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to European Court of Justice cases on fisheries and free association agreements with Morocco, which included the occupied Western Sahara (Cases C-778/21 P, C-779/21 P, C-798/21 P), if he could request the European Commission for an indication on how they would intend to enforce the ruling in the case of the Court of Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, along with embassy officials in Rabat, could raise the issue of human rights abuses with their Moroccan counterparts, including the issue of political prisoners, in particular if he could highlight the issue of the Gdeim Izik prisoners from Western Sahara, given that as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2010, he expressed his deep...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact his Department anticipates for Derravaragh Road, Melvin Road, Hazelbrook Road and Corrib Road in Dublin 6W as a result of the proposed BusConnects scheme roll-out; if cars entering the Lower Kimmage Road from Corrib Road and Aideen Avenue will still be able to turn both left and right; if cars will be able to access Terenure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment can be granted to a person (details supplied). [54579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (7 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on a club’s (details supplied) sports capital grant; and when the club can expect to receive a decision on its application. [54384/23]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: It is a momentous occasion that Deputy Ó Murchú can sit in the same chair for longer than three minutes. It is impressive. I have never seen it happen before.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Archbishop Desmond Tutu said after his visit to Palestine that he was deeply distressed by what he witnessed. The main pillars that upheld apartheid South Africa are being replicated today in Israel, especially in the West Bank, the demarcation of the population into racial groups, the forcing of the different designated groups to reside in different geographic areas, the restriction of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: The south inner city is equally chaotic.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: I have frequently raised the issue of the need for the regeneration of housing in the inner city. I think we all agree that the inner city complexes are in a dire state of neglect. While many are earmarked for regeneration in the coming years, there needs to be more urgency. Dublin's public realm also needs to experience regeneration. Recently, I met several business owners and residents...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artifacts Recovery (6 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has pursued the return to Ireland of important Irish artifacts kept in British museums (details supplied); and if his Department has questioned the legitimacy with which these or other artifacts were removed from Ireland to be placed in British museums. [54146/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if every support possible will be provided to them to assist with safe passage out of Gaza for their children [53263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Racism in Sport (5 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in light of the Gymnastics Ireland scandal and the promise from Sport Ireland to introduce anti-racism training in the NGBs; if she will can outline what percentage of the fund going to the twenty nine local sports partnerships will be ringfenced for this training; who will carry out the training; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (5 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been no policy change regarding transgender women receiving breast augmentation as essential surgery (details supplied); the reason they have lost access to healthcare abroad under the Cross Border Directive; and the reason he and the HSE, specifically under the Cross Border Directive have allowed this blanket policy regarding breast...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (30 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister. When he says there has been progress, it is very hard for survivors to see what that is. Nobody is being held to account. In regard to the meeting of 11 December, what would the Minister consider the best outcome from that to be? When it comes to the FAI and gender quotas in sports organisations, they are told that if they do not meet a certain level, their funding...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (30 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: Since the publication of the Shannon report, what has changed in St. John Ambulance? It was a damning report which highlighted the abuse of cadets. St. John Ambulance has changed little, if anything. What signal does that send to victims? What deterrent does that send to other organisations about protecting members in the event of children being sexually abused? How, as a country, do we...