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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (20 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that have been made to protect farms that straddle the Border with Northern Ireland for all Brexit scenarios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47954/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Farms (20 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to alleviate concerns of local residents regarding a wind farm (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47983/18]

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: The publication of the draft withdrawal agreement last Wednesday marked an important milestone in the Brexit process. The 585 page document represents the potential for a deal, but we are not yet there. It must be ratified at EU level and also at Westminster, a part of the process that no one is taking for granted. There is no such thing as a good Brexit, but this deal will be positive for...

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I will oppose this amendment. We have come a long way to this stage. When it started, I was not sure that we would get here but after 35 years of debate, the Citizens' Assembly, the Oireachtas committee, the referendum and people's vote, the Select Committee on Health and contributions in this Chamber, it is fair to say that we are all fairly well-informed and the public is as informed as...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: We are all pro-life.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (27 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the take up of all Brexit supports since they opened and that fall under the remit of her Department in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48940/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (27 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for women waiting on smear test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48975/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (27 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of smear test slides waiting to be viewed; the reason for the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48976/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (27 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in cases in which slides have not been read in time and therefore become unreadable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48977/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (27 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck slides that have become unreadable since the beginning of the CervicalCheck scandal to date due to being left too long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48978/18]

Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I am grateful to have the opportunity to express my heartfelt and deep sympathies to the Calleary family, to Doris, Síofra, John, Conall and my constituency colleague, Dara, who I have worked with in Mayo for the best part of ten years. This is a difficult day for the family but it is also a proud one, hearing so many kind words in the Chamber. Seán served as a Deputy for 19...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I am happy to work with my colleagues in the Labour Party in supporting this Bill. In recent weeks, we have worked together on other legislation in the same vein in order to try to advance women's equality, address the stark inequalities that exist in our society and do our job as legislators in trying to bridge that gap. Where we see failings in legislation, we seek to make changes. That...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: Fine Gael has published the heads of a Bill-----

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: -----but the lack of urgency is notable. The Bill from the Labour Party that is before the House today should be supported. Amendments are a normal part of the process of legislating. The same defunct argument was put forward by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, as to why the Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill from Fianna Fáil could...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: -----is not moving with a sense of urgency on this.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: Let us call a spade a spade. By publishing those figures, companies would have to put in black and white what they are paying their male employees and what they are paying their female employees. That might be quite embarrassing for some companies.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I am sure such a requirement would very quickly become an incentive to close the gap. Let us have a sense of urgency, and get the Bill passed and get these laws on the Statute Book. Let us do our bit to gently encourage companies to close the gap once and for all. The message we need to send to the business community is that equality is a cornerstone of our democracy. We want to live in a...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I do not like the three-day waiting period. It is not something I would have included in the Bill. As other Deputies have said, however, it is part of what was put before the people and voted on. There are many aspects of the legislation of which other Members do not approve, but that is what was voted on. We have to be consistent as we move through this process. The three-day waiting...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I will be brief as I do not wish to take up more time on the amendment than is necessary. However, the suggestion in subsection (b) of the amendment that someone would seek to procure an abortion on the basis of race or sex is an abhorrent one to make in the Chamber. It is deeply insulting to any woman who finds herself in that situation. The Deputies who have signed their name to the...