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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations: Motions (31 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: Out of interest - it may be beside the point - was there very little consultation before the Lisbon treaty? What is the quality of the consultative process now going between the Commission and Parliament? The principle under which the Lisbon treaty was ratified by member states meant there was more of a democratic component. Is this more lip service as a means of providing democratic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations: Motions (31 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: On a separate matter, is there any update on the gambling control Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations: Motions (31 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: Will there be a regulator Bill by the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank Mr. Carroll for a comprehensive presentation. I refer to the right to be forgotten under Article 17. Where a child does not have the capacity at the time to consent, how will it work in the context of the Bill? How will it be implemented in practice in the interaction with organisations? Will regulations issue to make it workable in the context of the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: On a separate point - Deputy O'Callaghan referred to the issue of compensation - does Mr. Carroll fear that this Bill, without providing for an explicit mechanism for people to have a positive ability to receive compensation, will inevitably end up clogging up the courts with potential breaches of data control, whereby large organisations and corporate bodies would have the ability to take on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: I have a final question. Regarding the derogation in head 24, how will this balance be achieved in the context of, for example, social media organisations allowing freedom of expression on the one hand and data control on the other? Could head 24 allow corporations or other data controllers potentially to derogate their responsibilities under the Act? How does Mr. Carroll see this working...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: I wish to make a final point, to which Mr. Carroll does not have to respond. I thank all the witnesses for their work on this issue. One thing I fear from our interaction and from the beefed-up cost - €5 million in the past two years - is a potential for massive levels of case law and litigation. We must be wary of this and make this legislation work so that it does not become an...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Levy (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure no additional levies will be charged to cover the cost of the recent court ruling regarding an insurance company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26813/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 670. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26838/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for naturalisation and citizenship received and processed by his Department in each of the past ten years; the number of applications granted and rejected respectively in each of these years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26727/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship currently being processed by his Department; the number of active applications being processed for more than one, two, three and five years plus; the average waiting time for each application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 871. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the quantity and value of each drug seizure in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28543/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1073. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will ensure that the National Treatment Purchase Fund avoids double paying public hospitals for work they should be doing using their HSE funding when purchasing treatment for persons on waiting lists under the insourcing initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by the mental health service providers concerning the facilities at a site (details supplied); the status of the programmes of renovations promised at the centre; if his attention has been drawn to sub-standard conditions at the site including bare floor boards throughout and no bathroom for staff with co located toilet...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1739. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a pay-by-weight system for waste collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1804. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve bus services serving the Dublin 15 area; the position regarding the bus rapid transit routes for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26519/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1838. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reciprocal arrangement which is in place between the State and the government of British Columbia, Canada in order to allow holders of driving licenses that are granted in British Columbia to drive on roads here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27174/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1990. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding workers having to retire at 65 years of age; if she will address the issue of these workers having to claim jobseeker's payments before they can receive a pension at 66 years of age; her plans to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26737/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Jack Chambers: 2139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to problems with the traffic light system used to assess homes affected by pyrite by the Pyrite Resolution Board; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that home owners of homes assessed as amber are unable to sell their homes in view of the fact banks will not give...