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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Functions (11 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 2087. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are functions and responsibilities he has not delegated as Minister for Defence to the Minister of State for Defence; and if so the details of same. [37140/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I will be brief. I thank Mr. Coffey and apologise to him and his team. I am a member of a committee that is sitting next door, which is why I have been in and out. In terms of overheating, the witnesses referred to implementing offsetting actions. I would be interested to hear Mr. Coffey's views on the recent commentary from the Governor of the Central Bank that we risk overheating if we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I apologise. I appreciate that, Chair, but I still want to ask my own questions on it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: In terms of dealing with the housing issue, I note that the Minister for Finance has suggested he is still considering altering personal taxation and reducing personal taxation. Again, the Governor of the Central Bank suggested that is possible, although we would need to then look at increasing revenues elsewhere. What are Mr. Coffey's views on adjusting personal taxation downwards and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Dr. Tom McDonnell and Mr. Liam Berney. I wish to address a number of questions to Mr. Berney. In regard to VAT in the hospitality sector, I note that ICTU really seemed to focus on the fact that the lower rate of VAT did not give anything back to workers. Mr. Berney feels that his members have not benefited and are still being paid low wages when the sector is making profits. That...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: There are conversations about whether we should reduce the USC or widen the tax bands. If we increase the tax bands, those earning less than €33,000 will get nothing back. If we reduce the USC from 5% to 4.5%, it will impact on 1.3 million citizens who are working, though it is not big money. What are the witnesses' views on this? I know they do not agree wholeheartedly with...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: What was the deprivation rate before the recession?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Ms O'Brien and Ms Buckley for their presentations. I am pleased they are focusing on the SME sector because it is our largest employer and very often it gets left behind because we tend to focus on and go after the bigger multinationals as though they are a fix-all for everything. We have left indigenous businesses behind and to fend for themselves for the most part, which they have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I also asked a question about combining the universal social charge with PRSI.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Talbot for his presentation. The Chairman talked about the presentation from ICTU and its very strong proposal that the VAT rate should be increased. Part of that is coming from the fact that it is still perceived as a very low paying sector and that the benefit in the reduction of VAT has not been passed on to employees or, if it has, it is marginal. I would like to hear Mr....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I know very well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Before Mr. Talbot moves off that point, he has spoken about the motorway from Gort into Tuam and then on to Dublin. One could draw a line from Tuam up to Mullingar and one would cut off the entire north west. We just do not have the road infrastructure. We are doing well to keep the businesses, the multinationals that we have, there. They tell us all the time that they are losing money...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome Ms Justice Laffoy, Ms Finegan and Ms Hynes and ask them to excuse the brevity of my questions. I am under pressure of time as well. There were allegations that the Citizens' Assembly was not representative of our country and of Irish society, for many reasons. In particular, there was a view that it was not representative because there was no representative from each county in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have qualified for treatment with the children's physiotherapy services in County Mayo; the number of children on a waiting list to receive physiotherapy; the estimated waiting time for each child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40619/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for their first assessment for possible qualification for treatment with the children's physiotherapy services in County Mayo; the estimated waiting time for assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40620/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 375. To ask the Minister for Health if children that have qualified for treatment with the children's physiotherapy services in County Mayo are designated into different priority levels or categories; if so, the number of children in each category; the criteria that define each category; the respective average waiting list in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40621/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated on average by each individual physiotherapist working for children's physiotherapy services in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40623/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (26 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists that are employed by the Health Service Executive and or children's physiotherapy services for County Mayo; if there are vacancies for physiotherapists treating children in County Mayo; if so, the number of vacancies and the length of time that each vacancy has existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have qualified for treatment with the speech and language therapy department in County Mayo; the number of children on a waiting list for an appointment with a therapist; the estimated waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting for their first assessment for possible qualification for treatment with the speech and language therapy department in County Mayo; the estimated waiting time for assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40625/17]