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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: It is my understanding that, under Standing Orders, substitutes should be members of the same party.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: It has.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: The time allowed has elapsed.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Government has announced ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Last week, officials at the Department of Justice and Equality informed the joint committee on justice that the capacity legislation will not be commenced this year, but for the Irish State's compliance with the convention to be true that capacity legislation needs to be progressed. Is...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: I am pleased to speak in support of the provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. It is clear this country has a real problem with drink, and the numbers speak for themselves. Twenty-one people will die from alcohol-related illnesses this week and every other week this year. This means that five times more people die as a result of alcohol than from road deaths, and this does not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (8 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 38. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the wider roll-out of the opioid overdose antidote Naloxone. [6446/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (8 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if funding provision for intensive home care packages, IHCPs, will be increased; if the funding structure for IHCPs will be amended in order that they are provided on a needs basis and not limited by budgetary restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6539/18]

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Programme for a Partnership Government states that the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, will fund new investment in infrastructure. In Tyrrelstown in the constituency of Dublin West, which the Taoiseach and I share, there has been a significant deficit and lack of investment over many years. How does the statement in A Programme for a Partnership Government tally with NAMA's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (13 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to each divisional drug unit. [7200/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to add the FreeStyle Libre blood monitoring sensor to the long-term illness scheme or reimbursement scheme; the details of the report by the expert group set up under the auspices of the health technology assessment group which considered the FreeStyle Libre application by a company (details supplied) for addition to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 6 February 2018, his plans to introduce more school-friendly timetables for the school-going population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7070/18]

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: I welcome Deputy Doherty's Bill. I also recognise the great work my colleague, Deputy McGrath, has done as finance spokesperson but also on the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach with my colleagues in the Dáil. At the heart of the issue is the thread of lies over the past ten years. We have had a decade of lies from banks from when they initially...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address problems with broadband provision in the western areas of County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to tackle the mass evasion of the television licence by households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7248/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank the members of An Garda Síochána for their presence. I send my sympathies to the family of Detective Superintendent Colin Fox. His funeral is this morning. It is a difficult time for people in the force. He served in my area of Blanchardstown in the K district and did distinguished work. It is important we recognise that. I will start with the working group...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: Who were the members of the working group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: Who drafted the report and who made the decision to proceed with it to the Policing Authority, without the full consultation of the working group? Was the report given to the Policing Authority framed as being under the auspices of the working group, without the working group having fully authorised it? Or how was it presented to the Policing Authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: That was in April 2017?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: In response to questions from Deputy O'Callaghan, Dr. Singh said he looked for that report for a number of weeks. How many attempts did he make to get that report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: What was the response to the initial attempt?