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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Can our guests answer that question? Was there any correspondence that was not positive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Have the regulations changed at all since 2012?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Does the CRU accept that the process it has employed and the arbitrary cut-off point of five years has a significant impact on prospective investors in the energy space? The risk is enormous. It has been pointed out that if one gets planning permission, one can extend it. There is more flexibility there for obvious reasons but the CRU is not bound by the same flexibility requirements....

Beef Sector: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I hope the Minister will take heed of the comments made in the Chamber tonight. Beef prices are unsustainably low and farmers cannot live on an annual income of €13,000 or less. Money is being made somewhere. Somebody is making money but it is not the farmer, the producer of the beef. In terms of the threat to our beef industry posed by Brexit, the Minister is well aware that 50%...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I know that the Minister of State and I have had the opportunity to have this conversation at the stakeholder meeting, but I would like to have the issues dealt with in the Dáil. Will she clarify reports carried on RTÉ two days ago that EU officials were talking about checks being carried out far away from the Border, if at all possible, and that it need not be visible...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made regarding the additional funding for a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14506/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: We have also received apologies from Deputy Rabbitte.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Ms Bond and Mr. Murphy for attending the committee this morning. Perhaps it is just me, but I was very shocked to read that there are more than 6,000 children in State care. It is a far higher number than I expected. It is sad that so many children have to go into State care. It puts substantial pressure on the system and on foster care families. What is case load for a social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Is Ms Bond referring to a care plan review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: It is quite a broad requirement, so it is easy to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Are Carlow-Kilkenny and Laois-Offaly the two blackspots?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: How are the inner-city areas in Dublin, Limerick and Cork, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: On the issue of upskilling without having to go back to full-time education, has there been any discussion with the Department about how training might be restructured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: That concludes my questions. I thank the witnesses.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Select Committee (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I concur with the remarks of Deputy Kelleher and wish Ms Fennell well in her role on the new committee. Our loss is their gain. She has been a fantastic support. As always, every member of staff is patient. They deal with a lot in a changing environment. Anything can come at them. I thank Ms Fennell for her service and wish her well.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: That is no problem. I will go now.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Minister for her contribution. To focus on the Brexit supports available, will she outline to the committee the take-up of all Brexit support schemes under the control of her Department?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Minister. I agree the take-up of the loan schemes is quite low. Something that has come to my attention, particularly in recent months, is the chilling effect Brexit is having on business in terms of both drawing down loan moneys available and in making decisions to hire new staff, invest in the business, expand or sign new contracts. Is the Department carrying out analysis of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: The Copenhagen economic report from the Department of Finance is probably a little out of date. The ESRI report was published just two days ago. It is more up to date and takes into account more recent research on the impacts of Brexit. That is more of a macroeconomic look at the impact on the economy and jobs but my question was more specifically on the chilling impact on business,...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: It produces parts for agricultural machines. It stated its business has dropped considerably in the past two months. It has noticed a dramatic drop in recent months. Its view is it will never recoup those losses or make up that lost business. It hopes for some certainly when Brexit stabilises and that it will be able to get back on track. It has been able to take the hit because it is...