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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the position regarding Westport Courthouse; if it will not reopen as a courthouse; if so, the future plans for the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50745/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (29 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 549. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons serving in the Permanent Defence Force; and the estimated full year cost of increasing the numbers to 9,500, 10,000, 10,500, 11,000 and 11,500, respectively. [51160/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (29 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 550. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons serving in the Reserve Defence Force; and the estimated full year cost of increasing the numbers to 3,000, 3,500, 4,000, 4,500, 5,000 and to 5,500, respectively. [51161/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (29 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 551. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason, if RACO and PDFORRA are signatories to the current C and A agreement and in cases in which amendments or changes require agreement of the parties, he excluded these key stakeholders from the review working group of the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme. [51240/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (29 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 552. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason his Department has failed to conduct a review of unit manning levels to include examination of unit personnel capacity of duty rosters in view of the fact that he has been continually informed by representative associations of the indisputable inadequate and dangerous manning levels that are compromising the safety and well being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Regarding best practice, what are the witnesses' views on how staff are provided with counselling? Does HIQA have any role in addressing that area? If staff are well looked after and happy and there is a process in place, when there are difficulties, that will lead to better outcomes overall.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I have one final question about Ms Dunnion's view of the Oberstown centre. Are there plans to go back and reinspect in the future? Is there a plan to monitor and to always seek to continuously improve the service in line with best practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: That is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: That is understood. I thank Ms Dunnion.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (28 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 21 November 2017, the date for the publication of the GMIT working group's final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (28 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he and the Health Service Executive are taking regarding the issue of children affected by foetal anticonvulsant syndrome in circumstances in which children were exposed to sodium valproate medicines in the womb; his plans to conduct a review of the families and children affected by this issue; his further plans to set up a compensation scheme for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (28 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and families diagnosed with foetal anticonvulsant syndrome; the wait time for a diagnosis of foetal anticonvulsant syndrome; the number of children on the waiting list for this diagnosis; the measures taken by the HPRA to ensure warnings are displayed on all sodium valproate medicines; his plans for an awareness campaign; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (28 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland to work in County Mayo; the number of staff working in each area of the county; the number of staff employed in County Mayo in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of staff employed to work in the areas of Carra, Lough Mask, Corrib...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Yes, and it is me today. I thank the witnesses for travelling to be with us, making their presentations and taking questions. Professor Gevers might put on his legal hat. As he knows, our law guarantees the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn. What is his legal opinion as to the difficulties that poses or why would he not agree with that equation legally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: It is not that the Netherlands disregards the unborn. Gestational limits are in place, there is a regulated service, counselling is offered and there is a reflection period of five days. Obviously, checks and balances are in place to ensure that things are done properly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Of course. I thank Professor Gevers.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I have quite a few questions.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I have no difficulty if the Minister of State needs to do that and I can certainly submit some in writing.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I take on board the point that today we want to keep to Army pensions but as the Minister of State's statement today was quite comprehensive, I gather that he anticipated questions on other areas. I raised the superannuation arrangements for post-January 2013 entrants with the Minister for Finance in the past week and he was quite sympathetic to the anomaly that exists. Since 1995,...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: It is directly related to pensions. We are going to see, year on year, an increase in the pension supplement-----