Results 141-146 of 146 for going forward speaker:Lisa Chambers

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Lisa Chambers: If we were looking at an average number, we would not under-recruit every single year. Why is there not a year in which we slightly over-recruit and actually go above what we believe we will need? Every year we under-recruit. Let us turn that around and perhaps over-provide to at least give us some possibility of some day reaching the ceiling. At the current rate of recruitment, we will...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Lisa Chambers: ...had border controls, both North and South, and what it was like for people living in those areas. Although a free trade agreement was in place, there were still controls and any suggestion by the Government that an agreement can simply be put in place and everything will remain as it is would be disingenuous. This requires careful consideration and planning as to how this will work...

Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome the Parole Bill 2016 and commend Deputy O'Callaghan on bringing it forward. It is welcome legislation which is very practical and sensible and is not very controversial. It brings about a change which has been debated, discussed and sought for many years. It is very welcome and I am glad there is support across the House for it. It puts the Parole Board on a statutory footing,...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I would welcome the opportunity for the Minister, Deputy Noonan, to return next week, if possible. It would have been good to get the opportunity to ask him a question but I appreciate his time was limited. The conversations we have had over the last number of meetings have centred around getting information early. It has been the general consensus that if we do not get information...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Lisa Chambers: ...in seeing things done differently and more efficiently. I welcome the fact that committee structures are being strengthened. Like the last speaker, I agree that smaller committees is a better way to go. From any job that one does, one knows that makes things much easier. In my experience as a member of Mayo County Council, smaller groupings were far better and far easier to work...

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2016)

Lisa Chambers: ...in 1992 acknowledges the family as the fundamental unit of society. It stresses the role of parents as primary care givers with responsibility for the upbringing of their children and obliges governments to support them in fulfilling their roles. While there is an obligation on the State to support parents in fulfilling their role while parenting their child or children, there is also a...