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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: Will the Minister of State answer the questions I have asked?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: Will the Minister of State answer my last two questions?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: Will the Minister of State, please, answer my questions about the vetting process?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he will take in the wake of the decision by the European Committee of Social Rights on the entitlement of members of the Defence Forces to better collective bargaining and negotiating rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10530/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: I put it to the Minister of State that he is hiding behind the conciliation and arbitration scheme review. I welcome the fact it started in January, but we still have no definite timeline for completion. It serves the Minister of State well to be able to refer back to the report and say that everything is fine until he receives the review. The fact that the case was taken to the European...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: I can assure the Minister of State that I will not be jumping up and down to make any point. I am well able to make my point without that kind of carry on. The committee found that restrictions may not go so far as to suppress entirely the right to organise, such as the blanket prohibition on professional association of a trade union. It also said it had not been established why matters...
- Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the detail of the proposed Defence Forces participation in the German-led EU battle group in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10386/18]
- Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: I am very much supportive of our participation in battle groups. It is worth noting that we participated in Nordic-led battle groups in 2008, 2011 and 2015. We participated with the UK in 2016 and, to date, no battle group has ever been deployed in a military operation. It is worth noting these matters when people start to scaremonger and say the flood gates will open, we are heading into...
- Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: Deputy Wallace has said that the Dáil vote would not give him any comfort. What would not give me any comfort is sending our troops out on peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions without having been properly trained or without the experience they need. That is why it is important to participate in battlegroups and to engage with other like-minded member states. To give an example...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: We have massive problems in this country arising out of the prescription of Lariam. Even with international evidence mounting, the withdrawal of the drug from the market for ordinary consumers, the admission of the UK armed forces that they made a mistake in prescribing it and that it has caused serious harm to soldiers, we still have not made any moves to address the issue. That is...
- Other Questions: Naval Service Strength (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if more than 30 members of the Naval Service requested to apply for discharge during January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10385/18]
- Other Questions: Naval Service Strength (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the new initiatives to retain Defence Forces personnel that are being undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10388/18]
- Other Questions: Naval Service Strength (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: More than 30 members of the Naval Service applied for a discharge in January. Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?
- Other Questions: Naval Service Strength (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: At the end of last month, a newspaper report claimed that in January 2018 more than 30 members of the Naval Service had asked to apply for discharge. The situation was described as "unprecedented" and "worrying" by PDFORRA. Concerns have been expressed at the wealth of experience being lost at one end of the scale and at the number of younger personnel who are jumping ship only a couple of...
- Other Questions: Naval Service Strength (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: This is a little bit like Groundhog Day. We keep talking about pay restoration and ongoing recruitment, but while recruitment has been stepped up, we are running to keep still and not actually increasing numbers. The Minister of State has not addressed the very clear issue that over 30 personnel in one month have sought a discharge in circumstances where only a couple of them were actually...
- Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: I welcome everybody in the Gallery and thank them for being here. It is widely accepted that we have a serious problem here and businesses across the country, including many small and medium enterprises, are being crippled by insurance costs that are going up and up. We know the SME sector employs approximately 44% of all people employed in this country, so we should do all we can to...
- Citizens' Assembly: Motion (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: I support this motion on behalf of my party and commend the Citizens' Assembly on its fantastic work. It has been a good exercise in citizen democracy and seen the engagement of a diverse range of citizens from across the country. They should be commended on taking time out of their lives and work. They travel from all over the country to meet and discuss important issues. I understand...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Development Plan Data (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: 50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proposed projects under his Department’s remit in the new National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10387/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the recent decision of the European Committee of Social Rights regarding the entitlement of Defence Forces members to better collective bargaining and negotiating rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10384/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (21 Mar 2018)
Lisa Chambers: 154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces are not permitted to retain intellectual property and the associated income in cases in which they contribute innovation, ideas and technology to joint projects with industry partners. [13042/18]