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Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: The 2015 White Paper highlights the perils of being an island. There are many risks and threats listed in the EU maritime security strategy that are relevant to Ireland's maritime domain, including threats to Ireland's economic resources arising from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing or other illegal exploitation of our maritime resources. This has the potential to deplete our...

Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: We have a lot of near-obsolete vessels too.

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Deputy Ó Snodaigh has said that this is about increasing military spending. The objective is actually to pool spending in order to increase efficiencies on the part of every member state that partakes in what is proposed. The European defence fund being proposed by the Commission represents a great opportunity for our country. We have a very tight military budget. I do not believe...

Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the preparations being made within the Naval Service to address possible increased fisheries protection requirements post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40073/16]

Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Are preparations being made within the Naval Service to address possible increased fisheries protection requirements post-Brexit? Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: At the Bratislava summit in September of this year the leaders of the 27 member states concluded "We need the EU not only to guarantee peace and democracy but also the security of our people." I agree with the Minister of State that suggestions will be put to him today and in the future that this is somehow an attack on our neutrality and I reject that completely. It is important to bear in...

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Will the Leas-Cheann Comhairle clarify how that will work?

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the implications for Ireland of the European defence action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40072/16]

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: What are the implications for Ireland of the European defence action plan? Clearly, the EU is facing an unprecedented set of security challenges both within its borders and outside. It is my view that this plan is a reaction to those threats. I would like a statement from the Minister of State please.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently on overseas missions in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39805/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his proposals to compensate Defence Forces members for lost leave in circumstances in which members that travelled overseas had significant leave to take and in which it was not possible to take that leave for various reasons such as training commitments or a shortage of personnel to provide cover and in view of the fact that members cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the discussions or correspondence he or his Department has had with Defence Forces representative organisations on both the conciliation and arbitration scheme and the parallel process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39806/16]

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome this legislation, which is long overdue. The Bill recognises that inequalities still persist for our island communities when they exercise their democratic right to vote. This representation has been made to me and many other Deputies in constituencies with island communities, including those in counties Mayo, Galway and Sligo. The statutory provision the Bill seeks to amend...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (6 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to assist Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, and in particular the Mayo campus, which has highlighted the financial difficulties it is facing and the very real possibility that the Mayo campus may close or best case have courses cancelled or scaled back if further funding is not secured; his views on the huge economic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (6 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take with regard to the funding crisis in the third level sector and in particular, the huge financial difficulties being faced by institutes of technology in view of the recent crisis being highlighted by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and with further concerns being highlighted for Waterford Institute of Technology...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 328. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the severe staff shortages in the maternity unit at Mayo University Hospital, particularly in view of the strike action being taken by INMO midwives at the hospital due to what they describe as a severe shortage of midwives and ongoing clinical risks to mothers and babies at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (6 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 458. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N5 road for the Castlebar to Westport section; the amount this will cost; the money that had been ring-fenced for the project; when it will commence; and the estimated date for completion. [38300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the fact that 854 persons were waiting over 18 months for an outpatient appointment at Mayo University Hospital in October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (1 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 240 persons under 18 years of age waiting more than a year for a first time assessment for occupational therapy in County Mayo. [38026/16]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Does the Minister of State have a breakdown of that funding across the three associations?