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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Mortality Rates (5 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: The CSO publishes, both annual and quarterly, statistics on deaths that occur in Ireland. The CSO publishes provisional quarterly data based on the date the death was registered with the General Register Office (GRO) for the relevant period within 5 months of the end of the reference period. In addition, a yearly summary is published, also based on registered deaths within 5 months of the end...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (5 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: My Department recognises the importance of the leisure sector and the positive impact that swimming has on the nation’s health. However, my Department does not provide funding for the ongoing operational cost of swimming pools or leisure centres. My Department’s direct role in relation to swimming pools is primarily related to providing capital support for the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: The club to which the Deputy refers was provisionally allocated a grant of €59,500 under the 2017 Sports Capital Programme (SCP) for the provision of pitch floodlights. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Programme, due to the value of the grants received by the club in the past, it is necessary to execute legal procedures in order to protect the public investment in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Swimming Pools (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I thank Senator Doherty for raising this important matter. At the outset, I want to reiterate the Government’s commitment to providing the necessary sports facilities right across the country. If we are to achieve our ambitious targets for sports participation, we need the necessary facilities and equipment. Our commitment in this regard was demonstrated in recent months when we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Swimming Pools (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: To be fair to Fingal County Council, it was very engaged with Swim Ireland when it came to the pop-up pool in Donabate. That is the trialling of the new concept of delivery around transportable pools. A modular pool is a scaled-up version of that and a more permanent fixture. As a coastal community in Fingal, it is important to have access to swimming pool infrastructure. I take the...

Seanad: Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: The position is that the Bill does not endanger the criminal justice system in the way referred to by the Senator and that such people would be subject to full justice, as per the legal position of the State.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: My Department directly funds a range of initiatives to support the learning of Irish that are available to the general public, including to members of the community to which the Deputy refers. Class providers range from education providers delivering free classes to others delivering classes on a commercial basis, some of which are delivered in-person and others online. The Department also...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Déanfar an scéal uile maidir le staid reatha agus todhchaí na gcoláistí Gaeilge a bhreithniú san fhómhar. Idir an dá linn, is í tosaíocht leanúnach na Roinne mar a bhaineann sé leis an earnáil na híocaíochtaí a bheidh á ndéanamh idir seo agus deireadh na gcúrsaí leis na teaghlaigh...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2022: First Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 187, it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that the Committee has the power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to section 459 of the Companies Act 2014 to make provision for the...

Joint Committee on Standing Orders Relative to Private Business: Motion (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders of the Dáil and Seanad relative to Private Business, in relation to the membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business), a maximum of four members of the Dáil and four members of the Seanad may be members of the Committee.

Fifteenth Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Fifteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 23rd June, 2022, and discharges and appoints members to Committees accordingly.

Double Taxation Relief Order 2022: Referral to Select Committee (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft: (i)Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2022, and (ii)Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Guernsey) Order 2022, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 24th June, 2022, be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Instruction to Committee on the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 (without debate) (any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill on Wednesday) - Motion re Membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Business (without debate) - Motion re Fifteenth Report of the Committee of Selection...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (28 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: My Department has been informed by Údarás na Gaeltachta that the cost of the works and the reference number of the planning permission authorising the works to which the Deputy is referring in her question is outlined below: Cost of Works Planning Reference Contract Value: €320,451.50 06/4611 Condition 8 I understand that the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I have been informed by Údarás na Gaeltachta that the alternative arrangement currently in place is to collect and transport effluent by tanker from Eastát Tionscail na Tulaigh to the treatment plant at Ros an Mhíl which has ample capacity according to an tÚdarás, and which is owned by the authority.

Autism Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

Litter Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.