Results 941-960 of 3,962 for speaker:Lisa Chambers
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: I take on board the point that today we want to keep to Army pensions but as the Minister of State's statement today was quite comprehensive, I gather that he anticipated questions on other areas. I raised the superannuation arrangements for post-January 2013 entrants with the Minister for Finance in the past week and he was quite sympathetic to the anomaly that exists. Since 1995,...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: It is directly related to pensions. We are going to see, year on year, an increase in the pension supplement-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: I make the point that we will see an increase in the pension supplement every year because we are not addressing retention. We have not seen a policy in that area and as a result, we will be back here next year to seek another increase in the pensions budget.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: I will clarify. What I meant is that when people come out after two years in the cadet school they really rely on senior officers to show them the ropes. On coming out of cadet school they go into a posting. The officer corps tells us it is very important to have that link with senior officers who have served and who will pass on their skills and knowledge. It is how the organisation...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: I know what their skills are.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: The Minister of State did not address the Reserve Defence Force.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: I may as well finish my point. The Minister of State spoke a lot about capital investment in those in training, but I make the point this does not immediately address the capabilities of the Defence Forces, because capital is equipment and those in training are not fully trained and, therefore, operational. The Minister has told me there are no difficulties in the Air Corps and that it is...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: Could the Minister address the RDF issue?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017) Lisa Chambers: Could the Minister reply to me in writing concerning the RDF?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (28 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 21 November 2017, the date for the publication of the GMIT working group's final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50494/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (28 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he and the Health Service Executive are taking regarding the issue of children affected by foetal anticonvulsant syndrome in circumstances in which children were exposed to sodium valproate medicines in the womb; his plans to conduct a review of the families and children affected by this issue; his further plans to set up a compensation scheme for...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (28 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and families diagnosed with foetal anticonvulsant syndrome; the wait time for a diagnosis of foetal anticonvulsant syndrome; the number of children on the waiting list for this diagnosis; the measures taken by the HPRA to ensure warnings are displayed on all sodium valproate medicines; his plans for an awareness campaign; and if he...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (28 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: 512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland to work in County Mayo; the number of staff working in each area of the county; the number of staff employed in County Mayo in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of staff employed to work in the areas of Carra, Lough Mask, Corrib...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: Regarding best practice, what are the witnesses' views on how staff are provided with counselling? Does HIQA have any role in addressing that area? If staff are well looked after and happy and there is a process in place, when there are difficulties, that will lead to better outcomes overall.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: I have one final question about Ms Dunnion's view of the Oberstown centre. Are there plans to go back and reinspect in the future? Is there a plan to monitor and to always seek to continuously improve the service in line with best practice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: That is great.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: That is understood. I thank Ms Dunnion.
- Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (29 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: Newspaper reports yesterday again raised the issue of one of the Air Corps whistleblowers who is now facing discharge from his employment. Recent events have focused the mind on the failure of the State with regard to whistleblowers and the consequences for those in charge who fail to act. I am deeply concerned that a whistleblower in the Air Corps is facing dismissal from his job for what...
- Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (29 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: The Minister of State has said he was constrained by litigation that was ongoing, but this issue is all over the Irish Examinernewspaper. Mr. Joe Logue reports on it on a regular basis and we all know what has been going on. We may as well discuss it in this House where it is appropriate to do so. I accept that the Minister of State has said he is complying fully with the protected...
- Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (29 Nov 2017)
Lisa Chambers: The Minister of State is not a layperson.