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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: I know.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Minister for his response. Is this change worth a 200-fold increase in the current funding arrangement? The Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, JAAB, has a budget of only €5,000, whereas the proposed commission will have a budget of €1 million. Is a 200-fold increase in funding for the work the Minister describes proportionate? No one would argue it is...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Can the Minister answer Deputy's O'Callaghan's question?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Does the Minister know the cost?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: The Minister does not know the cost.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: This is another example of how the Minister is overcomplicating a relatively simple function. By creating such a layered structure through committees, it will become a costly overbureaucratic monster. There are some concerning elements around committees throughout the Bill. Section 55(4) states:In the preparation of the statements referred to in subsection (1), the procedures committee...

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Deputy John Curran cannot be here and sends his apologies. He has asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the progress he has made with the Ministers for Transport, Tourism and Sport; Housing, Planning and Local Government; the Garda Commissioner and the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners in establishing a multi-agency approach in order to ascertain if there are additional...

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Minister for his response. I acknowledge that gardaí have seized vehicles, but there appears to be a legal vacuum because I have anecdotal evidence of parents picking up quad bikes or scramblers that have been seized. There appears to be an inconsistency or contradiction in terms of the legislation or its interpretation by An Garda Síochána. There is an issue of...

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: I appreciate that the Minister is obliged co-ordinate everything. He mentioned the problem I have heard most about in the feedback I have received. When seized and retained, the power of disposal is not there when an ownership certificate is produced. Lots of parents are collecting scramblers and quad bikes and the cycle continues. Not many children own these bikes and we should address...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department will not award pensions to 19 of 20 gardaí who left the force before 1 October 1976 having served the required five years service or more; the way in which there appears to be an exception for one garda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44135/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 158. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a general mix of a paediatrics allied health services, for example, general practitioner, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs assistant, physiotherapy and so on available in the same location within the community for parents, children and families in the Dublin 15 area in order that they do not have to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management Regulations (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to regulate the waste collection industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44420/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management Regulations (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of work by the Government created watchdog set up to monitor pricing in the waste collection sector; the number of meetings the watchdog has held; the date of each meeting; the members of the watchdog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44421/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management Regulations (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission declined to join the watchdog set up to monitor pricing in the waste collection sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44422/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management Regulations (19 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that was asked to conduct an investigation into the waste collection industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44423/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to staff replacement issues regrading primary schools in Dublin 15; if he has received correspondence from principals of primary schools in Dublin 15 highlighting these issues; the reason primary schools are finding it difficult to replace teachers for short and long term cover in Dublin 15; the steps he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (24 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include anti-coagulation strips in the long-term illness scheme or the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44983/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (25 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce legislation to ensure producers of plastic packaging for food goods use recyclable packaging material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45235/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, for the work he has put into the Bill. In recent days we have seen how the banks have conducted themselves and Deputy McGrath has been to the forefront of examining that. We need to re-balance the power across a number of core policy areas for the banks and removing the veto is the most appropriate mechanism to ease the situation of the borrower...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: The IMHO believes that the outcomes desired by the Bill could be achieved in an easier fashion by a not-for-profit regulated third party purchasing these loans and radically restructuring them.