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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: There has been a 34% increase in the number of prosecution files received by the office over the past four years. Files increased from 13,667 in 2017 to 18,256 in 2021. There has been a 21% increase in the files received for a decision on whether to prosecute over the past three years and the number of suspects who are the subject of these files has also increased by 22% over the same...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: I am informed there are 260 staff authorised and 244 serving, so the office is nearly at full complement. Obviously, matters related to the Courts Service are for that service and for the Minister for Justice.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: There is a process for seeking expressions of interest and, obviously, there is a board within the DPP which sets out the shortlisting process and the means of outsourcing. It is independent of the Department of the Taoiseach, and the DPP runs it as per its needs according to the shortlisting process and the application process that is set out.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: They can ask the DPP for a summary of reasons for the decision not to prosecute and if they are not satisfied with the reasons, they can ask the DPP to review that decision. Since the coming into effect of the victims directive and the subsequent Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017, victims have the right to a summary of the reasons for the decision not to prosecute in all cases...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: The surrender was less than 1%, largely due to salaries.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: In line with section 7 of the Prosecution of Offences Act, work is distributed amongst those barristers who have indicated a willingness to act for the office. The director seeks expressions of interest from barristers wishing to be considered for inclusion on the various Dublin panels of barristers. Depending on the number of applications, a shortlisting process may be undertaken prior to...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (29 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Tánaiste and Minister for...

President von der Leyen's Address to the Houses of the Oireachtas: Motion (29 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the following arrangements shall apply in relation to any meeting of the Dáil on Thursday 1st December, 2022: (a) the ordinary routine of business shall be interrupted after Leaders' Questions pursuant to Standing Order 36, and the sitting of the Dáil shall thereupon stand suspended; (b) at 2 p.m., the Dáil shall be enjoined with Seanad Éireann to...

Special Committee on Gender Equality: Motion (29 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the Orders of Reference of the Special Committee on Gender Equality, contained within the Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of Reference for the Special Committee on Gender Equality", as agreed by Order of the Dáil of 9th November, 2021, be amended in paragraph (4), by the deletion of "within nine months of the first public...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2022 (back from Committee) (without debate) - Motion reMinisterial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Motion reProtocol and arrangements for President von der...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (29 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: Tuigtear do mo Roinn ón aiseolas a fuarthas ina leith ó Údarás na Gaeltachta go bhfuil tús curtha le feidhmiú pleananna teanga i 24 den 26 Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta (LPT) agus i bpéire den 3 Bhaile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta (BSG) sa Ghaeltacht atá faoina chúram. Is iad eagrais forbartha pobail, atá aitheanta mar...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: I thank Deputy Griffin and acknowledge his strong advocacy for sports clubs in County Kerry. We are finalising the review. We hope to open the next round early next year. We are finalising our engagements with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, who was supportive of the previous round when we had a record level of funding, as the Deputy will be aware,...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: Tá áthas orm sonraí a thabhairt faoi €35 milliún breise mar mheastachán forlíontach don chlár spóirt in 2022. Chabhródh an maoiniú seo le costais fhóntais agus mhaireachtála méadaithe a mhaolú do chumainn agus eagraíochtaí spóirt. Tá go leor de na heagraíochtaí seo ag brath ar oibrithe...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: On the Deputy's first point, I agree that we need to ensure sustainability is a key focus in the sports capital investment we make. That is why in the most recent round, the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and I rewarded clubs with sustainable applications. It was part of the scoring criteria, which have since been published. In the most recent round, many clubs changed their...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: We will be flexible in those situations. Sport Ireland will work through that. Cases involving a single club will be more straightforward. For clubs that are local authority based, the local authority gets a separate allocation through the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Where facilities are shared, the allocation will be based on the combined demand. The net point is that facilities...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: A portion of the €35 million will be kept aside to deal with certain anomalies that might arise. There will be more complex club or community structures which might not fit within a national governing body, NGB, arrangement. Community pool facilities, for example, may not have any relationship with an NGB. We are keen to ensure those facilities are maintained. The main thing is to...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: They do. A club that is replacing lights qualifies.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: Does the Deputy mean the cost of the actual lights?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: We will be opening a new round of applications. We will engage further with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI. That is not only a matter for the subhead for capital in our Department. There are broader responsibilities around grants to ensure there is a considerable amount of building support available to avail of the potential for microgeneration, roofs, etc. There is...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Jack Chambers: Beimid os comhair Coiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge an tseachtain seo chugainn and, as the Deputy knows, there has been a significant increase. I think there was a 10% increase in the subheads for the Gaeltacht in the recent budget, which outstrips much of what we are discussing today. There is a provision on energy costs for Gaeltacht communities as part of...