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Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: I welcome the progression of the Bill to this Stage. I am pleased to speak on the legislation and am glad my party will support it to ensure Ireland can finally move to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We engaged with the Minister on Committee Stage and the Minister is trying to meet a self-inflicted timeline. Interaction has been complicated and it has...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: They have publicly said that they feel they should have been consulted in a more wholesome way. It is an unfortunate reflection of the public debate. I thank the many disability groups, including the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Equality Rights Alliance, for their work and advocacy in fighting for the rights of people with disabilities. I pay tribute to the many centres for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (31 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he will undertake with the US Administration to normalise the status of the undocumented Irish in the USA and to help their cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4634/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (31 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to help the undocumented Irish in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (31 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 567. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of a hospital bed per night in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 568. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the effect of the Health (Amendment) Act 2013 is double taxation for persons who have health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4225/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (31 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries performed per month, per hospital, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4226/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (26 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money the HSE has received for the past three years through the use of public hospital beds for persons with private health insurance under the Health (Amendment) Act 2013, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3602/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (26 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that hold private health insurance and that received a bed in a public hospital for each month for the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Location (26 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 165. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the proposed new National Children’s Hospital will be able to cope with the existing surrounding gridlock; his further views on whether major emergencies can be dealt with in an appropriate manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Location (26 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the helipad services that will be available at the new National Children’s Hospital; if there will be no ground based helipad at the site; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a significant number of Coast Guard helicopters can only land on ground based helipads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3673/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (26 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if public transport serving the St. James’s Hospital site will be increased to cater for the increased number of persons using the hospital following the construction of the new National Children’s Hospital and relocation of the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (25 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recourse available to those public sector workers whose pay was cut as part of the FEMPI legislation, but have now retired before the legislation is unwound and so cannot claw back money through their pay; if such money can be clawed back through pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3307/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the expansion capacity of the St James’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3247/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations which have been given to the adequacy of parking spaces at the St James’s Hospital site; the company or organisation which will manage car parking services following construction of the new national children’s hospital and relocation of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which ambulance access will be prioritised at the new national children’s hospital in view of existing congestion issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3249/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 195. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether access to the new national children’s hospital through a single entrance at each end of the campus is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3250/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes to be made to capital acquisitions tax in respect of children in single child families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2882/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (24 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 445. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the tendering process for the construction of the new national children's hospital at the St. James's Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2718/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (24 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 446. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the relocation of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to St. James's Hospital; the status of the tender process associated with this relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2719/17]