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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ceisteanna Craolacháin (14 Sep 2022)

Jack Chambers: Ó 2009 i leith, tá maoiniú á thabhairt ag mo Roinn do Raidió Rí-Rá, stáisiún raidió do dhaoine óga trí mheán na Gaeilge, a chraolann ar an idirlíon agus ar aipeanna fóin póca. Faoin gcomhaontú deontais reatha, tá €119,000 ceadaithe do Raidió Rí-Rá in 2022 agus €109,000 in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (14 Sep 2022)

Jack Chambers: Since 2009, my Department has been funding Raidió Rí-Rá, a radio station for young people through the medium of Irish, broadcast on the internet and on smartphone apps. Under the current grant agreement, €119,000 is approved for Raidió Rí-Rá in 2022 and €109,000 in 2023. My Department also provided €47,222 in the form of a capital grant in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (14 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998, bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.11 billion. The Programme...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or in yesterday's Order of Business - 1. that the following motions shall be taken now without debate and that any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately: - Motion re Report of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage under Dáil Standing Order 133 on the European Parliament...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Demographic Data (13 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: Preliminary figures from the Census of Population 2022, indicated that the population of Ireland was 5,123,536. This figure reflected a population increase of 361,671 and was made up of a natural increase (births minus deaths) of 171,338 and estimated net inward migration (population change minus natural increase) of 190,333. This data is compiled on a de facto basis and represents the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (13 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together. The Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was launched in 2018 to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, including swimming pools, with at least €100 million being made available over the period to 2027. The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 and thus far, approximately...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: This is a cohesive and hard-working Government. As Government Chief Whip, I can announce that by the end of this session, more than 100 pieces of legislation will have been passed since the Government took office. Each and every one of those pieces of legislation has been enacted to deliver for families and make progress across many areas of policy. More generally, we are committed to...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: This is a cynical move to exploit issues, not solve them, and to drown out every positive measure in a consistently negative and divisive approach. This is just about pursuing a path to power at any cost.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: People will see through it.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Sixteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 7th July, 2022, and appoints members to Committees accordingly.

Orders of Reference of Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach shall have the power to send for persons, papers and records included in its Orders of Reference for the sole and exclusive purpose of the examination of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's policies and procedures relating to the secondments of public servants.

Membership of Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business): Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 5 of the Standing Orders of the Dáil and Seanad relative to Private Business, the following members be appointed to be members of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business): Deputies Cormac Devlin, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Matt Shanahan and Seán Sherlock.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with Article 15.1.3° of the Constitution, hereby determines that the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands may meet on Bere Island, County Cork, on a date in September decided by the Committee, in connection with the challenges facing Islanders on the operation of national Islands...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Supplementary Estimate for Public Services [Vote 29] (back from Committee) (without debate) - Motion re Sixteenth Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) - Motion re Orders of Reference of Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (without debate) - Motion re Membership of the Joint...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding across its various funding programmes. I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to funding supports. I would ask the Deputy to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (7 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I appreciate the Deputy raising this issue. I wish to reiterate the commitment of the Government to investment in sport infrastructure across the country. If we are to achieve our ambitious targets for sports participation, we need to have the necessary facilities. As regards the responsibilities of my Department, two schemes provide grant assistance for the development of sports...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (7 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: One thing we are trying to encourage through the sports capital and equipment programme is to have local authority-led municipal sports facilities. We have had many examples of local authorities leading out on that, including Meath County Council. It is commencing work in Dunboyne, for example. There have been projects across the country where local authorities are partnering with a...

Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 12th July, 2022, and 8th December, 2022, inclusive, pursuant to Standing Order 36(ca), shall be in accordance with the rota contained in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform dated 5th July, 2022, entitled...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: In relation to sport, Sport Ireland, which is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, including the development of strategies for increasing participation in sport, is continuing its work to increase participation in sport by people of all age groups. Sport Ireland provides funding to the National Governing Bodies of sport, the network of Local Sports Partnerships...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2022 (without debate) - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Guernsey) Order 2022 (without debate) - Motion re Leave to Introduce Supplementary Estimate for...