Results 2,161-2,180 of 9,163 for speaker:Jack Chambers
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: For now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Will the Minister outline the link with PESCO and his Department's correspondence on this matter with other Departments, specifically the Department of Defence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Exclusively.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: The Minister mentioned the Army in one of his responses. Was he referring to co-operation with a programme led by the Garda Síochána in which the Army would have an involvement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: What discussions have there been on that? I assume there will have to be PESCO co-operation with this programme at an EU level.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Surely with a terrorist response there would have to be co-operation outside of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: I read a report recently about this. Is the decommissioning of some nuclear facilities, including safety matters, part of this? Will one of the programmes provide funding towards that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Will the Minister give examples of some of the other programmes that this thematic facility will provide for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Will the Minister support the establishment of a new agency if what I described emerges from it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Will the Minister be putting in a bid, as other Ministers are doing, for Ireland to host the agency or is it too early to do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: I apologise for not being here for many of the contributions but I was with a thalidomide group. I will read the submissions but I also have a couple of questions. I came into this meeting thinking that deletion was the right approach but I am open about this and I will read the arguments that have been made. If there was a proposal to delete the current constitutional provision, would any...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Yes, I know. That is fair enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: That is helpful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: When we had the Minister in this morning, he mentioned a citizens' assembly process following the referendum but committee members will be aware that promises such as that often take a long time. Even with such a commitment, would the witnesses maintain the grounds that it should be replaced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Deputy O'Callaghan gave some examples of how we would regulate or provide a framework for a constitutional right, whether it should be symbolic or meaningful and how it would be structured. Could the witnesses give an example of what kind of case they would envisage coming before the courts where they would have a meaningful exercise of that right? Perhaps they could give one or two...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: I am talking about if there was a replacement article.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: How does the State regulate a constitutional right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Does Mr. Dunne have an example? I take his point that "shall endeavour" means it is qualified obligation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Yes. I again thank Mr. Dunne for his contribution. The expected timeline for the capacity legislation is ambitious based on what the officials who came before us said. It seems to be delayed again, which is worrying and of concern to us all.