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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 301. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering allowing for the establishment of dental hygiene practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41028/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (8 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average processing time for approving HAP applications; if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing new HAP tenancy applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41000/19]

Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: We have a responsibility to the troops to pass legislation on the matter.

Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Fianna Fáil will support this Bill, which was published several years ago. I hope that some of the recently announced measures progress at a faster rate. The heads of this Bill were approved in 2015. They were published almost five years ago but we are only seeing the Bill and debating it for the first time now. It shows that there must be a more active attempt within the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy for equipment disposal within the Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40213/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces; the breakdown by rank across the three services; the gender breakdown of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40474/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Permanent Defence Forces have taken on to date in 2019 with regard to all three services; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40475/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Reserve Defence Forces have taken on to date in 2019 with regard to all services; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has dealt with to date in 2019, by county, in tabular form. [40478/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Data (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve to date in 2019. [40479/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if travel advice or a travel warning was issued to Irish citizens for a part of Spain which has been devastated by severe flooding (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the requirement for such advice or warning in order for persons that had to cancel travel plans to affected areas to recoup refunds or for cancelled travel...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pyrite Issues (3 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 24 September 2019, the timeline for the removal of pyrite completely from a school (details supplied); his plans for suitable accommodation for the students while the work is in progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40333/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (2 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Trials (2 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on a clinical drug trial relating to Duchenne muscular dystrophy for which Dublin would be a trial site (details supplied); the reason the drug trial was not carried out in Dublin; if this was due to a decision by the company; if so, the reason provided for the decision not to use Dublin as a trial site; the efforts under way to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank the witnesses for their very comprehensive presentations and submissions. I wish to follow up on the point my colleague, Deputy Connolly, made. We have many suggestions for legislation. Deputy O'Callaghan mentioned codifying the right to privacy. Others have mentioned verification of identity, which is important. Has any country brought those moving parts together in any way? We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: The problem is that now all people need to do to establish they are of a certain age is to click on a button. There is no barrier to people wanting to set up a fake account. There need to be at least some soft measures. This would remove an element of what we see. I agree that it would not be absolute. Regarding the cross-jurisdictional approach, are the witnesses aware of anything in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: I know many companies reside here. Have the witnesses had any engagement with them about piloting the verification process? Have there been any informal discussions with any of the witnesses about a feedback loop from the witnesses regarding difficulties? Do they have engagement or collaboration with companies to flag up their concerns or have companies even been open to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: What is their standard response? Is it that they are community service providers and do not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Probably a lot of their share price is skewed based on fake accounts. An issue that goes beyond here is that of fake news, much of which is centred in countries that probably have less regulation than we would have. Many of these issues could be resolved with a verification process because we would see a levelling of people. As Professor Carthy said, the majority of people are there to...