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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I agree wholeheartedly and hope that is the case across the board. I am not suggesting for one moment that the witness would ever engage in such conduct and I do not for a moment believe he did. The point I am trying to make is we have seen it happen in separate events. The history and conduct of an individual has been taken into account in rape cases. I am merely making the suggestion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: We have different views on the influence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I take the point made.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he anticipates the Reserve Defence Force achieving the overall establishment personnel number of 4,169; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the claim that a combined 146,000 days annual leave were lost to members of the Defence Forces in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43993/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that the 2012 reorganisation of the Defence Forces has meant many personnel have much longer commutes to work, which is a strain on them and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43994/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action that will be taken to address the significant reduction in officer numbers in the Defence Forces since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on discussions he has had with the representative organisations on the issue of mandatory retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43997/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State has not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; when the convention will be ratified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned national narcolepsy service centre at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; if funding has been set aside for the infrastructure for the project, staffing and recruitment for this centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeries scheduled for Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, that have been cancelled from 1 January 2017 to date due to problems with the roof in the theatre; the length of time the theatre will be closed for; the estimated future number of cancellations while the theatre is closed; the number of persons affected by this issue...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for orthopaedic surgeries in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway; the number of persons on this waiting list from County Mayo; the average waiting time for orthopaedic surgeries before the theatre was closed; the revised average waiting time for such surgeries in the aftermath of the theatre closure; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons affected by the cancellation of orthopaedic surgeries in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, due to the closure of the theatre who will be treated in other hospitals; the number of persons who will be treated by each hospital; if there are surgeries that cannot be performed in other hospitals in the region due to the fact that the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Promotions (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 627. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the case made by an organisation (details supplied) to have a suitably qualified member of the Naval Service Reserve commissioned to the rank of ensign has not been resolved in view of the fact that the matter was initially raised in June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43567/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Promotions (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 628. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the case made by an organisation (details supplied) to have a suitably qualified member of the Naval Service Reserve commissioned to the rank of ensign has not been resolved in view of the fact that this matter was initially raised in May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43568/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Promotions (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 629. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the military authorities refused to commission a person in 2014 to the rank of ensign for which they were suitably qualified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43569/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Promotions (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 630. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the military authorities are now rejecting the findings of a medical officer by re-classifying a Naval Service Reserve as medically unfit to be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Promotions (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 631. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a member of the Naval Service Reserve that is suitably qualified for commissioning to the rank of ensign cannot be reimbursed the cost of their Naval Service officer's dress uniform (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43571/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Promotions (17 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 632. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will meet with members of an organisation (details supplied) at least once a year as agreed on 12 July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43572/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. Is it their opinion that the current legal position in this country, with the eighth amendment to the Constitution and the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, presents a threat to the lives and health of Irish women?