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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: I was going to ask the Minister of State for his reaction to the serious issues the person in question outlined. Instead the Minister of State questioned the integrity of what he said. That is an unbelievable reaction from the Minister of State in his bunker of denial when it comes to issues facing our Defence Forces. We all need to learn that it is not about attacking the individual who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State should publish the pay commission report on Defence Forces pay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with the Defence Forces representative associations on the report of the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24477/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: As Deputy Wallace stated, the recruitment and retention crisis has got so serious that the Minister of State is now ignoring military advice and recommendations that were submitted to him as part of the Public Service Pay Commission process. Those recommendations have been ignored and butchered from the report. That is what undermines the integrity and the independence of the pay commission...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State said that he asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to prioritise the defence sector. There were, however, serious delays during Public Service Pay Commission process. The Minister of State had the report but now the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has it. Will the Minister of State tell us what is going on between him, the Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: There was.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State has it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State has the report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State has the report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Deal with it then.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Reserve Defence Force are being paid on average 18% less than the rates being given to their counterparts in the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24480/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: This question is about the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, pay, which is 18% below that of the PDF. Its strength is less than half the target in the White Paper. This is another shocking example of the decimation of numbers in our Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces. What is the Minister of State doing to address the serious issues that the representative association has outlined?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State did not respond to the issue of the decimation of numbers within the reserve and the fact that the pay difficulties are undermining its core strength. Due to the reorganisation of the RDF, there has been massive geographical dilution and a removal of members in large areas of the State. What is the Minister of State doing to address that and to rectify the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel from the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps who took part in protection duties for the visit of President Trump; the total of the allowances paid for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Postal Voting (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel entitled to postal voting in recent elections were all able to do so in time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24479/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the staff numbers in his Department in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24803/19]

Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Fianna Fáil will support this motion. We are taking the advice of military management, which has carried out in-depth reconnaissance of precautions in this region. However, as the Minister of State indicated, we must be extremely careful and mitigate the risk to the 14 members of the Army Ranger Wing who are going there. Fundamentally, we believe that Ireland can play an important role...

Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State's party has been in government for eight years and has done nothing. It is sitting on its hands.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (18 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the division of spending within the 2018 €50 million NTPF allocation; the financial split that occurred between the public and private hospital systems; the amount paid to each public and private hospital that participated in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25001/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, is aware of St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park and the important role it plays in community healthcare across the Dublin region.