Results 661-680 of 9,163 for speaker:Jack Chambers

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: My question relates to the regulation of rickshaws. Before Christmas the Road Traffic Bill was progressed through the Dáil with a Sinn Féin amendment tabled by Deputy Imelda Munster. Unfortunately, Sinn Féin and the Government rejected the proposed Fianna Fáil amendments tabled by Deputy Troy, which provided a more wholesome regulation of rickshaws. The Minister, Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (7 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of each payment awarded by the criminal injuries compensation scheme for each of the years 2012 to 2017; the budget allocated to the scheme in each of these years; the number and value of all offered awards which were rejected by victims in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the number of cases referred to the Criminal Injuries...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Data (7 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: 330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person that is over 80 years of age and is a qualified adult on their spouse's pension is not eligible for the over 80 age allowance; his plans to change this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11859/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (7 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: 507. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reimburse persons for a treatment (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a determination in regard to this treatment to date; when a decision will be made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11373/17]

National Educational Psychological Service: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank Deputy Thomas Byrne for tabling this very important motion on NEPS psychologists. As we have seen this evening, the assessment-of-need process is completely failing thousands of children who need the appropriate diagnosis and intervention and their educational needs are not being met as a result. Both Ministers can quote figures for budgetary allocations, but the reality is that...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank my colleagues, Deputies Billy Kelleher and Eugene Murphy, for sharing their time with me. I will start on a positive note. This is a very good measure, and it is good that all parties across the House are supporting it. We all campaigned in the general election on a platform of supporting people with disabilities, but particularly giving people in receipt of domiciliary care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: 37. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase nursing levels in hospitals; the measures in place to attract Irish nurses that are working abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12056/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: 70. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been an apparent drop in the number of elective procedures despite the increased health budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12057/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank Mr. Donnellan for his presentation. My first question is about therapeutic communities and whether the Irish Prison Service is open to incorporating or piloting a therapeutic community within our current system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: There are some rumours about the drug-free unit in Mountjoy and it potentially being removed or temporarily changed within the current operational setting. I ask for an update on the drug-free unit in Mountjoy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: Yes, I mean the training unit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: In the next 18 months, while that change is occurring, what is there for a prisoner who has gone through the rehabilitation programme? What has been incorporated into the current setting so that prisoners can have a drug-free environment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: I am asking about Mountjoy, specifically-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: My next question relates to the cost per prisoner per year, for which various figures are bandied about. What percentage of the cost is attributed to rehabilitation, education and support? I ask the witnesses to give a breakdown of the unit costs per prisoner and an outline of what the Prison Service does to provide an appropriate, wraparound intervention for the individual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: Do the witnesses believe that is an appropriate budgetary allocation for prisoners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: A report by the now deceased former Inspector of Prisons, Judge Michael Reilly, in 2016, recommends that responsibility for health care in prisons should be transferred to the HSE. Does Mr. Donnellan agree with that recommendation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: Has a new Inspector of Prisons been appointed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: The witnesses mentioned methadone and how it has been incorporated into the community in terms of the provision of health care. What wraparound services are available within the Prison Service to enable people to move on from the harm reduction, appropriate intervention stage and move beyond methadone or is methadone where it stops?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: I have met a lot of people who were in prison and who have gone to the Coolmine Therapeutic Community. While the witnesses would argue that the prison provides an environment for prisoners to end their addiction and to avail of wraparound services, many of the people I have met would have a contrary view. Many told me that the prison environment made their addiction worse. In fact, many of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: How do we balance their real, raw stories against the comment that prison is the ideal environment for people to get proper rehabilitation, particularly if rehabilitation is only now becoming a priority in the Prison Service in the context of the budgetary allocation? Does Mr. Donnellan think the current budgetary allocation is sufficient, given that the training unit in Mountjoy is...