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Select Committee on Health: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: I welcome the Bill, which I support. It addresses a legal lacuna that exists and that has allowed communities to be ravaged by zimos and Z-drugs. The situation has been exploited by gangs and it is important that we tackle it. I hope the amendments that were tabled do not distract from the reform which the Minister of State has committed to introduce in this area. She also said she would...

Select Committee on Health: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: I understand Mr. Tony O'Brien, director general of the HSE, wrote to the previous Minister with responsibility in this area six months ago urging him to move on this issue and legislate for it. Does the Minister of State have any timeline as to when that might happen?

Select Committee on Health: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: I agree with many of the sentiments expressed. Deputy Murphy O'Mahony clearly highlighted that the prevention pillar of the national drugs strategy has not worked. There is no awareness among our younger generation, in particular, about the dangers of drugs consumption. We are discussing the criminal element of this issue but how are we educating young people about the dangers of all the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (14 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience in China; the actions he has taken to address this disturbing practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21655/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (14 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if the salaries on offer for senior management positions in teaching hospitals and in hospital groups are acting as disincentives to securing suitable candidates; and the number of vacant senior management positions in teaching hospitals and hospital groups. [21652/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (14 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive is seeking to have the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform review the officially sanctioned salary rates for senior management posts in teaching hospitals and in hospital groups. [21653/16]

Au Pair Placement Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak about this topic. I acknowledge the great work of my colleague, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, in bringing forward the Bill. Since the Workplace Relations Commission's ruling in March this year, the issue of au pairs and the work they do has been shrouded in confusion. The legal and regulatory vacuum needs to be addressed in a proper and prudent way...

Au Pair Placement Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: The families to whom I refer, unlike the family in the Workplace Relations Commission case, value and appreciate the work au pairs undertake. It is not an overstatement to say that, in many cases, au pairs become part of the family. Most au pairs have positive experiences with families here. The recruitment of most au pairs occurs via the Internet, which means that there is no opportunity...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Groups (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 5. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for appointment to senior hospital management positions and for board appointments in each of the hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21105/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Groups (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: My question is about the criteria for appointment to senior hospital management positions and for board appointments in each of the hospital groups. What is the process? Are all of the senior executive positions within the groups publicly advertised, with interviews? Are all board appointments in the hospital groups publicly advertised?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Groups (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: I asked the Minister about the process for appointments. He outlined eligibility criteria but he did not outline a transparent process. We are seeing a complete replication of the same management that was previously in hospitals in senior executive and chief executive management positions in the hospital groups. I will offer some examples. One CEO of a group was previously a CEO of a main...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Groups (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: The Minister mentioned exceptional circumstances but the issue is that the same chief executives have become chief executives of the groups. Their positions in the hospitals must be filled so a hospital senior executive manager has to move from another place. We are seeing a de factolocum system for managers in our health service. It is a managerial merry-go-round. It is a cosy cartel,...

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: I seek an update on the Road Traffic Bill 2016 published earlier this year, which relates to randomised roadside drug testing. Will the Tánaiste provide a timeline for the Bill's progress through the House.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 552. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to deal with the increased waiting times at general practitioner clinics; his further plans to extend free general practitioner care with the current difficulties in meeting existing demand in general practitioner clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20453/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 57. To ask the Minister for Health to halt the devolution of control of hospitals to trusts as part of the new ten year health plan; and his plans to put hospital trusts on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20452/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 79. To ask the Minister for Health when regulations will be introduced to provide for the introduction of suboxone as an alternative to methadone. [20967/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 553. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Connolly Hospital. [20966/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Test (12 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: 766. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a driving test centre in the Dublin 15 area given the population, demand and the young demographic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21083/16]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: Such a move is not sustainable and would cost us in the region of €2 billion. The impact would instantly wipe out the available fiscal space at the expense of investment in front-line services. We are also in uncertain times following the Brexit referendum. Ultimately, people have worked too hard, sacrificed too much and the country has come too far to jeopardise our economic...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Jack Chambers: What about the gardaí?