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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State mentioned the Public Service Pay Commission. We know that last week the Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Mellett, had to offer his perspective and unique insight because all of the recommendations he had made to the Minister of State and his Department had been completely ignored in the Minister of State's submission, which represents a complete failure of the Government....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Why did the Minister of State not make recommendations?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State made recommendations for the Air Corps.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State mentioned hard data. I will give him some hard facts. Sixty-six members of the Naval Service are sleeping on Naval Service vessels while onshore because they cannot afford to rent a home. They are the bare facts and data. Recommendations were made by the Chief of Staff to shine a light on issues in the organisation, but they were dropped by the mandarins in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: That is not true.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: It is not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: What is the Minister of State talking about?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State should deal with the recommendations made.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Are we looking at a period of 20 years?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: That is very worrying.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the application of Directive 2003/88/EC, the working time directive, to the Defence Forces in compliance with the ruling of the European Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48383/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: There are serious issues around health and safety. The Minister of State has a White Paper target of 9,500 recruits despite massive non-compliance with the working time directive and numbers that fall below 9,000. What is the pathway of recruitment? If the Minister of State strives to achieve the White Paper target of 9,500 and compliance with the working time directive, there is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he has brought forward in 2018 to encourage the retention of Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48385/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Meetings (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the target date for the Permanent Defence Forces to reach its approved strength of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48384/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48442/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: I apologise for missing parts of the presentations. Picking up on a point Deputy Neville made in respect of reshaping agriculture, we had officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine before the committee in the past week or so. There is a research organisation within that Department whose projections are for carbon emissions to remain the same or to increase despite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Can Mr. Joyce expand on the various enforcement mechanisms which he mentioned in his submission? Dr. McGann expressed some concern around the involvement of some of the enforcement architecture. Perhaps she might comment on that. The letter to the Minister reflected concerns about GDPR data aggregation and how we balance that in any legislation we bring in. Ms O'Connor mentioned civil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: I have to go to parliamentary questions on defence, but I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (27 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if charge points for electric vehicles will be installed in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49429/18]