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Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Transport, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Defence Minister for Public Expenditure and...

Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2020: Referral to Joint Committee (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2020, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 28th October, 2020, be referred to the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, in...

Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 28th October, 2020, to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, the appointment or re-appointment, as the case may be, of the persons concerned to be members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, and pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of the Legal Services Regulation Act, 2015, approves the appointment of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 23, 24 and 26 together. On the advice of the Central Statistics Office, CSO, the Government decided on 15 September to postpone the 2021 census until 3 April 2022. The census of population is a unique count of everyone present in Ireland on census night and provides essential information for planning and decision-making. It is vital that the census...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: If I can be allowed to-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I know Deputy Mattie McGrath respects democracy and the capacity of this House to make decisions on its rules, which is underpinned by the Constitution.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: We have set out the speaking time today, in line with what was agreed in the context of Dáil reform and with what the House agreed. That is what we are doing. There is no factual basis to what the Deputy.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: To respond to Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, I agree that we need to conduct business in a more family-friendly fashion. We are working across parties to change the current position on late sittings, but that requires the co-operation of the Opposition. When the Opposition comes in here and calls votes, even though the Government has made concessions, that adds 30 minutes to the day of the...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: -----to the effect that regardless of what concessions we make, or what we agree to, it will call a vote on every matter.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: That has been the custom and practice since July. I respect the Business Committee and I have tried to work in a constructive way with everybody. We have made concessions on lots of matters, including in terms of speaking time and in bringing Ministers before the House. Last week, for example, we suggested a change to the proposed business to increase speaking time by up to 50% for the...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: It is very clear. The Opposition argued over one minute last week. We want to be constructive.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: The factual position is that the vote on a confidence motion cannot take place in the Dáil Chamber. That is underpinned by the public health guidance. I think everyone supports that. As a result, business must be transacted in the convention centre and that is what we are voting on today. I ask those who oppose that proposal to outline their solution. In the interests of staff and...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: -----the expedient progress of business today, Members should accept the situation and move across to the convention centre to allow Leaders’ Questions and our normal work to proceed.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: It is important we reiterate the facts around this. At the Business Committee last Thursday, Sinn Féin proposed a motion on social protection and was very clear and explicit about that. It then allowed the Dáil to adjourn - to reconvene at 2 p.m. today, Tuesday - without informing or giving notice to all colleagues and other parties that it was intending to table a motion of no...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I move: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or in the Order of the Dáil of 22nd October, 2020, that the sitting be now suspended for 90 minutes, and on the resumption, the sitting shall continue in the Convention Centre Dublin on North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, whereupon Leaders' Questions shall be taken in accordance with Standing Order 36.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (10 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Is í an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh Theas (CATT) a cheadaíonn na buiséid do na Forais Trasteorann uile, An Foras Teanga san áireamh. Is é €1.779m an méadú táscach atá curtha ar fáil don Chomhoibriú Thuaidh Theas i mBuiséad 2021. Cinnteoidh Leis an leithdháileadh maoinithe táscach seo, atá faoi réir breis...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (4 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Is tríd an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh / Theas (CATT) a dhéantar na ceapacháin do Bhord Fhoras na Gaeilge ar bhonn ainmniúchán 50:50 thuaidh agus theas. Tá naoi bhfolúntas ar Bhord Fhoras na Gaeilge faoi láthair, ceithre cinn le hainmniú ó thuaidh agus cúig cinn ó dheas. Anois agus tús in athuair le cruinnithe na Comhairle...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh agus a Aire. Táim an-sásta bheith anseo inniu chun chur in iúl daoibh ár mbeartas in aghaidh an Chovid-19. Labhróidh mé faoi cúrsaí spóirt, an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht. As my colleague the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, has already demonstrated, the Covid-19 pandemic and associated public...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: We are hoping to open the sports capital programme this month. The review has concluded and preparation is under way to open up for applications. We intend to have the applications open for more weeks than usual to take into account Covid-19. This may be an eight to ten-week period to give clubs the time and space to submit applications and engage with the process. We will give full...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: On the question about free-to-air across many of our sports, there is a commercial contract between the GAA and the providers the Senator has referenced. It is unfortunate that in the pandemic many people cannot see their county matches when they are held behind closed doors. That commercial contract is in place but the Senator's point is well made.