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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I want to be clear that someone who has seen a significant rise in the value of his or her property in an affluent part of the country may not have access to liquid cash to pay extra bills. He or she may be in a very difficult situation. Ability to pay has to be a factor regardless of the fact that some people happen to have seen a massive increase in their property values. The Minister...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Chairman for his indulgence and I appreciate having the opportunity to ask a question beyond the local property tax. The IFAC report on the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit, which is more possible now than before, makes for quite sobering reading. The Minister is correct that the position is changing by the hour. Seamus Coffey and his team were present for the earlier...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Every citizen in this State should have access to proper and sufficient ambulance cover. HIQA requires that an ambulance respond to a life-threatening incident within seven minutes and 59 seconds. In the area of south Mayo it is physically impossible for an ambulance to get from Castlebar, the nearest base, to Ballinrobe and surrounding areas. There has been an ongoing campaign for a...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: At the rate the Government is going, we will not have Defence Forces that are functioning in the future. It is not news to the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, that he is not flavour of the month with the Defence Forces and has not been for quite some time. Instead of leading his Department, he is being led. He has consistently failed to display a vision for the Defence Forces. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for women for smear test results by laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24425/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of smear test slides waiting to be viewed by laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24426/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sourced extra capacity to deal with the smear test backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24427/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Belmullet District Hospital; the number of beds due to be closed; the reason for same; his plans for the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24428/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home help hours in County Mayo; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home help scheme; if it is being closed to new entrants; if so, the reason therefor; the support that will be put in place for persons and families in need of home care supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24445/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 179. To ask the Minister for Health when Mayo University Hospital will receive the promised extension to its emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Data (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at the emergency department of Mayo University Hospital from 1 January 2019 to date compared to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24430/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy services in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24431/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for hospital appointments in CHO2 by county and wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for surgical procedures in the CHO2 area in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon by length of time on the waiting list in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if his statement that the home help scheme is set to move towards the inclusion of some form of co-payment will be clarified; his plans for the home help scheme; the definition of co-payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24587/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (12 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing waiting list in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24434/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (18 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the Brexit process and preparations for all Brexit scenarios, including no deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25184/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (18 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: We are approaching the new Brexit deadline of 31 October and there is still much work to be done. My question seeks an update on the current state of the Brexit process and preparations for all Brexit scenarios, including the possibility of no deal.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (18 Jun 2019)

Lisa Chambers: One of the matters we discussed on many occasions was the possibility of a change of Prime Minister in the UK. We are now in the middle of that process and waiting to see who will take over. There appears to be no moderate candidate coming forward, if I can put it that way. It is worrying to hear almost all of the candidates for the position openly talking about a no-deal Brexit as a...