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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Bomb Disposals Data (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: 105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices the Army bomb disposal unit has dealt with by county to date in 2019, in tabular form. [30379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve to date in 2019. [30380/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Family Support Services (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to provide family supports for those with sickle cell disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30364/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the health system is adapting to assist the growing numbers of persons with sickle cell disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30365/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: I have read some of the Irish Penal Reform Trust analysis on the need to address the legacy of people and the positivity around that. What is the pathway for this in terms of the interaction of the trust with the Minister? Where is it at around the Bermuda Triangle of legislation that we have at the moment? I was just thinking about a separate point when I heard the interaction. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: The question may have been addressed.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: Reflecting on what my colleague said, I commend the Minister of State on taking the plunge. This is the first legislation in this area in a long time, and that is welcome as a start. There are many huge issues surrounding addiction, regulation and properly dealing with the huge amount of activity that is totally outside the scope of existing legislation, as well as the total lack of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: Valid points were made about creating a potential agent who is unknown to the court's process system. What if the wording stated "a named agent"? In that way, there would be a licensee and a named agent as part of that licence which would be transparent rather than giving unlimited control to the licensee to have a potential agent. If a named agent were incorporated through the courts...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: This is related. The national lottery is now controlled and owned by a Canadian pension fund. Will the Minister of State accept an amendment on Report Stage to ring-fence the unclaimed prizes, which are used for marketing purposes at present, so they go back to public or charitable projects? Will he agree to this amendment? Some of these amendments are about the national lottery wanting...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: I agree with Deputy Ó Laoghaire in that the sale of the national lottery was a mistake. That it is owned by a Canadian pension fund demonstrates the difficulty. My issue is not with what has been specifically submitted through these amendments. As mentioned, €16 million that was inherited by the private operator from An Post was meant to go into the public fund for charitable...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: I will draft an amendment to address the issue I raised. My proposal has received the widespread support of the House. There is an abuse of the licence by the current private operator. All members agree that it is exploiting the loophole of unclaimed prizes and I intend to draft an amendment to deal with the issue. It falls within the general remit of the forthcoming courts and civil law...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: We have to be careful. I have raised the issue of gambling addiction with the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne. The Department of Health has no interest in dealing with this issue. The Department of Justice and Equality can keep deflecting from gambling addiction but the Department of Health and the HSE have no interest in doing anything for anyone with a gambling addiction. If...

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: Can we all get two minutes?

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: Last week presented a good opportunity for this Government to bring the current recruitment and retention crisis away from the cliff edge and away from the contagion that we are hearing about on a nearly daily basis. It presented an opportunity to provide hope, to provide a future and to provide certainty to the cohort of personnel who are the worst paid in the public service. The...

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State threw him under a bus.

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: 4 o’clock Inaccurate reporting by the Minister of State.

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: I do not want the Minister of State's-----

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State is a spin merchant.

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: He is a spin merchant.

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Jack Chambers: Spin merchant.