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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: When will a new chairperson for the conciliation and arbitration scheme be appointed? Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter? As he knows, in September 2018 the Barry report recommended that an independent and interventionist chair should be appointed. Why is this not happening? The Minister of State is ignoring the key recommendations to which the representative...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State has indicated that the Barry report recommended that an independent chairperson should be appointed by the Minister for Defence following consultation with the parties. Why is the Minister of State prevaricating and delaying the filling of this important role? He keeps saying that a new scheme will be signed off on. Has he approached anyone to become an independent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State has published the recommendations of the report that he set in motion. It is accepted that he wants to restructure the conciliation and arbitration scheme. The problem is the implementation. Why is it taking so long? We are in the final weeks of 2019. The recommendations were issued in October 2018. It seems that it would be very simple for the Minister of State to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which enhanced capability is being provided for the Naval Service in ongoing requirements and contingencies, including the protection of vital sea lanes of communication of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52905/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: I ask the Minister of State the way in which enhanced capability is being provided for the Naval Service in ongoing requirements and contingencies, including the protection of vital sea lanes of communication of Ireland, and if he will make a statement on the matter. I am sure the Minister of State is aware of an excellent article by Lieutenant Shane Mulcahy published recently in the Defence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The conclusion reached in the report to which I refer is stark: "Without systems capable of subsurface detection linked to data analysis systems ashore, the Naval Service remains quite literally, lost in the dark". This was written in the context of the fact that three quarters of transatlantic cables in the northern hemisphere pass through or near Irish waters. Considering the docked naval...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The document to which I refer states, "So long as Ireland remains socially and economically married to the vital but delicate network of glass laying just offshore, it is high time we considered protecting it". Does the Minister of State accept that these cables are a soft military target? The analysis demonstrates that they are the digital ecosystem of the globe. For him to deflect...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the assertion that the Army Reserve, by reason of legislation and structural organisation, is largely prevented from enabling the meaningful application of reservists’ skills in technological innovation or in an area of specialisation beneficial to the wider Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he plans to take to address the fact that less than half of Air Corps pilots feel well informed on the regulation of remotely piloted aircraft systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52901/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 26 November 2019, if a further update will be provided in view of the urgency of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52653/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the defence budget, specifically Vote 36, is on profile; if not, the extent of the variation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53295/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the intergovernmental declaration on children, youth and climate change presented at the UNFCCC 25th conference of the parties; if Ireland will sign the declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52805/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the charging model on the ecar network recently introduced by the ESB; the details of the charging model; the way in which information regarding the model has been circulated; his views on whether the model is fair and proportionate; his further views on whether the new model will deter motorists to opt...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the scheme for reduced toll charges for electric vehicles; the number of cars in the scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the need for participants to open an account which requires lodging a fee and keeping the amount in the account which is acting as a deterrent to motorists signing up to the scheme; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a change to the eligibility criteria for a disabled parking permit in certain cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52739/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changes to allow pensioners who are no longer allowed to drive for medical reasons to qualify for free travel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52790/19]

Environmental Policy: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: I wish to share time with Deputies Browne, Cowen, Malcolm Byrne and Thomas Byrne.

Environmental Policy: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Fianna Fáil has tabled an amendment to the motion. I am grateful for the opportunity to address this Labour Party motion, which Fianna Fáil is supporting today. The ongoing lack of enforcement and failure by the Government to prioritise and implement necessary legislative changes across a range of climate and environmental issues simply cannot be accepted. The endemic failure of...

Environmental Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: I move amendment No. 2: (a) To insert the following after "recognises that:": "— a nationwide ban on smoky coal had been committed to by the three previous Government Ministers with responsibility for the environment;" and (b) To insert the following after "calls on the Government to:": "— ensure a just transition for workers and communities affected by the phase out of...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Ten minutes.