Results 5,901-5,920 of 9,175 for speaker:Jack Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (5 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: Mar is eol don Teachta mar a bhaineann sé le ceantair Ghaeltachta go sonrach, chuirtí deontas faoi Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge, arbh fhiú suas le €260 in aghaidh na bliana é ar fáil do theaghlaigh cháilithe Ghaeltachta a bhí in ann a léiriú don Roinn gurbh í an Ghaeilge príomh-theanga labhartha bhunadh an tí acu. Mar...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (5 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: The process to be conducted under Section 18B of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 to appoint members to the Irish Language Services Advisory Committee is ongoing. The process established by the Public Appointments Service at the request of my Department to recruit members to the Committee to represent Irish-speaking communities from both within and outside of the Gaeltacht is at...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (5 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: Addressing women’s participation at all levels in sport is an important element of the National Sports Policy. That includes women in leadership positions such as board members of National Governing Bodies (NGBs). I want to acknowledge the significant efforts that sporting bodies are now making around gender diversity on their boards. It is evident, however, that more work needs to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Defibrillators Provision (5 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: The procurement of defibrillators is a matter for each community group in the first instance. However, the State provides a number of supports for their purchase and training for their use. The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion reBills considered in Select Committee (without debate) - Statements to mark Europe Day (not to exceed 145 mins) Private Members' Business shall be Motion reAffordable Housing, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Motion reMinisterial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Statements on the Report of...

Employment Equality (Pay Transparency) Bill 2022: First Stage (10 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

Bills Considered in Select Committee: Motion (10 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders and noting that an Order of referral to Select Committee under Standing Order 181(1) was not made in each case, Dáil Éireann hereby confirms the amendments made to— (a) the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 by the Select Committee on Health on 10th March, 2022, and (b) the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (10 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: Major International Sport Events typically involve close liaison with other relevant actors including transport providers. My Department has worked closely with the Department of Transport and the National Transport Authority (NTA) on previously proposed events such as the Rugby World Cup 2023 bid and the planned hosting of EURO 2020 fixtures, and they are involved in the bid preparation...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (10 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998, bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.1 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (10 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: The Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was launched in 2018 to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, including swimming pools, with at least €100 million being made available over the period to 2027. The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 and, thus far, approximately €86.4 million has been awarded to 33...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (10 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, including high performance sport and its funding allocations. It provides funding to Paralympics Ireland to support its administration and operational costs. Sport Ireland also provides High Performance Programme funding to Paralympics Ireland to support the delivery of its...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (11 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those set down to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 10th May, 2022, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Education Minister for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Central Statistics Office (11 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: Under Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/543, the CSO is legally obliged to produce data on sex, with response options limited to male and female only in census 2022. This is reflected in question No.2 on the census form which asks "What is your sex?" with response options of "Male" and "Female". The CSO launched a public consultation on the content of the census 2022 questionnaire in late...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Central Statistics Office (11 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: The public-facing phase of the census 2022 project is now complete and the CSO has begun the processing of the collected census forms. During the last number of weeks, the CSO has received queries and observations from members of the public and other stakeholders about the sex question, the advice relating to the sex question and the lack of a gender identity question on this year's census...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Rental Sector (11 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: The latest inflation figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the private rents sub index of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 9.2% in the twelve months to March 2022. The corresponding annual percentage changes, in the year to March, for each of the last five years are set out in Table 1 below. Table 1: Annual Percentage change in the Private Rents Sub...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re referral of Consumer Rights Bill 2022 to Select Committee (without debate) - Motion re Thirteenth Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022 (back from Committee) (without debate) - Motion re Report...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: First Stage (17 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (17 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Thirteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (17 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Thirteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 12th May, 2022, and discharges a member and appoints a member to a Committee accordingly.

Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (17 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business be amended as recommended in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform dated 10th May, 2022, entitled "Amendments to Standing Orders correcting cross-references and other drafting amendments", a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 11th May, 2022.