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Planning and Development (Protect Social Housing) Bill 2020: First Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: No.

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2019: Tarchur chuig Roghchoiste [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (11 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community, pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (11 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: A specific database is already in existence which is dedicated to the collection and dissemination of local or minor place names, including field names. The database is accessible through the Meitheal Logainm.ie database which was established in 2016 by the Placenames Branch of my Department. Meitheal Logainm was specifically designed as a crowd sourcing tool for the preservation of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (11 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Budgets for all Cross Border Bodies, including An Foras Teanga, are approved by the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC). An indicative provision of €13.383m was provided within this Department’s Vote for An Foras Teanga in 2020. Budget 2021 provided an indicative increase of €1.779m for cross-border co-operation in the languages sector. This includes funding of...

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

Jack Chambers: I thought we were taking Deputy Tóibín's question separately. I did not know it was grouped. I will try and answer it now.

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

Jack Chambers: That is fine. I will answer them all.

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

Jack Chambers: To answer Deputy Mac Lochlainn's question around the impact of the census postponement on the EU regulation, under the Framework Regulation of the Council and the Parliament Ireland is required to transmit census data to EUROSTAT with a reference date in 2021 and this transition must be made by March 2024. The CSO is working closely with EUROSTAT to mitigate the impact of the changed census...

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.