Results 2,141-2,160 of 9,163 for speaker:Jack Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of pension restoration for retired public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38830/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new secondary school for the Castleknock and Carpenterstown area in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 8 March 2018, the status of the removal of prefab units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38575/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planned development works and the replacement of prefab units at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (25 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group established to examine the judgment of the European Court of Justice regarding the construction of one-off houses also known as the Flemish Decree; the reason the deadline for this group to report back has been missed by almost a year; when the group will report back; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if visa stamp 4 holders are eligible for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the confusion with regard to the eligibility of visa stamp 4 holders applying for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38737/18]

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled Bill entitled an Act to provide that certain persons shall be under a disability for the purpose of bringing actions relating to injuries suffered as a result of maternal ingestion of thalidomide, for that purpose to amend the Statute of Limitations, 1957, and to provide for matters connected therewith. I thank the Bills Office for its...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: That is completely unscientific.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: Check the science.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I commend the Minister on what he did over the weekend. When I read the headline in The Irish Timesor one of the other newspapers at the weekend, I thought the strength of the alcohol industry had the country again. I commend the Minister on holding true on this. It is a very important public health measure that has taken a significant amount of time. It is important that the Minister...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Deputy made an unfortunate remark when he said that alcohol can help loneliness, which is not something this Chamber should put on any alcohol product. We should be telling the public the facts.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I will. I will not try to hold up this debate. I was not going to speak and I am glad my colleague, Deputy Donnelly, has provided a strong support for this. I was saddened at the weekend because I had thought we were going to remove this measure from the Bill. We should be a leader in Europe when it comes to public health and alcohol. My party leader, Deputy Martin, took on the smoking...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applicants recruited despite failing a psychometric test for each recruitment campaign undertaken in the Defence Forces since 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39107/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank everyone and apologise for missing some of the contributions. I was in and out because it is a busy day on a Wednesday. I apologise if some of the questions have been asked. Last week, I asked around retrofitting. Does the current quality of retrofitting match European standards and is it future-proofed so we do not have to redo the project? What are the present standards around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: On the point on advancing the more complex issue, this goes to back to the question on the grid and microgeneration This will be the big incentive, namely, how to get a home to become an export unit in itself. Where are we on that? I believe that will be the thing that will flip the domestic behavioural economics whereby the home or a group of homes within an estate can become an export...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: When will we be able to crack that nut? When would the ESB expect that to be a possibility? While it is complex, I am interested in this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: What is the BER of the Department's main building?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I have a final question on electric cars. The Department is investing in trying to roll out more charge stations across the city, which is welcome. On the issue of pipeline battery technology, in ten years the battery capacity of an electric car will probably be greater than the current combustion model. Do we need to run an economic model on our investment in the battery points? Most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: Yes.