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Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I ask the Minister of State to provide a report on the Defence Forces climate survey and to make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: The Minister of State indicated it would not be appropriate to comment on the findings of the report because the representative associations have not had access to it. The reason they have not had access is that the Minister of State has not given them access to it. He and I had this conversation at a meeting of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence before the summer...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Nobody mentioned money in this conversation. The Minister described members of the Defence Forces as the most important part of the conversation. He has had since mid-July to analyse and digest the report, yet he is giving RACO one day to do likewise. Is this fair? Is RACO, the representative body of the soldiers who are the subject of the climate survey, being afforded an adequate period...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: It matters.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: The representative organisations say it matters.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (27 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the United Nations peacekeeping conference in London that he recently attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27131/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (27 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he anticipates the Reserve Defence Force achieving the overall establishment personnel number of 4,169; the steps he has taken to address the considerable delays that applicants to join the RDF are experiencing in getting Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27132/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (28 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána keeps any records of members' stress-related absenteeism; the number of gardaí currently absent on that basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to delays in relation to Garda vetting procedures that it is hampering recruitment to other areas of the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27387/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) is awaiting Garda vetting for a special needs assistant, SNA, application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27629/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 393. To ask the Minister for Health the delay in the opening and commencement of operations at the new pancreas transplant unit at St Vincent's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28208/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the kidney transplant list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/16]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. McCarthy and his team for their presentation. Regarding the fiscal space, are we still accepting that it is €1 billion, that there are no changes to it? The Summer Economic Statement was in June and the witnesses are basing their projections on that, but has anything happened since June that has led them to revise that figure?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Mr. McCarthy mentioned secular stagnation and that there is a body of opinion that this will perhaps be a permanent feature. What is his own view on that? Are we looking at a permanently slower growth rate in this country?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Mr. Power indicated vacancy levels in commercial property were at a record low. According to the graph provided, they are lower than they were in 2003. The witnesses take the view that this should stimulate growth or greater investment in commercial property. The committee has discussed the issue of access to commercial property as it is hampering growth, particularly in the capital. Are...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Does the Department have figures on projected growth in the commercial property sector next year?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: The Deputy raises a good question. The ESRI did a report about two years ago in which it indicated that the reason for the high vacancy rate at that time was that the economy was only coming out of recession and there was no incentive to invest. It noted also that there had been no commercial investment for about five years. However, when things began to turn around, we saw the sector...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Ms Weymes presented some figures on the labour market. The figures on projected increases in employment rates were national figures. Are figures available for employment growth in the regions? One of the concerns expressed by members is the regional disparity in employment growth, particularly in the west, which is not experiencing the required level of employment growth. Does the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I understand.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Does the Department have figures on the number of net new jobs that will be created next year and the number of vacancies that will be filled by people returning to Ireland, graduates and school leavers and people on the live register? Does it have figures on projected average wage growth in 2017? What will be the difference in wage growth rates in the public and private sectors? Which...