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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2020)

Lisa Chambers: ...as Senators. Senator Ardagh raised the importance of looking after the south inner city of Dublin. An Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, visited the constituency with her to meet local residents and examine the issues in that area. There is no doubt that parts of the city are very disadvantaged and are suffering because of that. There was considerable success with the north inner...

Seanad: Special Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Motion (25 Sep 2020)

Lisa Chambers: ...paragraph (2), the Joint Committee shall— (a) incorporate and complete the work initiated and carried out by the previous Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community during the 32nd Dáil, which examined the key issues listed in paragraph (2), acknowledging their interconnectivity; (b) invite submissions and presentations from the Traveller Community; (c)...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2020)

Lisa Chambers: ...impact of these restrictions on businesses and communities in the capital city. I also raise the issue of maternity restrictions. This matter has been raised in the Lower House, but we also need to examine the trauma being imposed on women. Many thousands of them are sitting in consulting rooms on their own and hearing very difficult news about the pregnancies. These women are also...

Seanad: Education: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Lisa Chambers: ...to look at that to see if anything can be done for those students. They are small in number but nonetheless they are significant. In the time the Minister will have once she gets the schools reopened I ask that she might examine the psychological impact of social distancing for younger students. I am aware that students from third class up will be asked to socially distance. I would...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Lisa Chambers: ...because it is money that was never collected in the first instance. How do we assess if this money is well spent and what type of criteria should be applied in that regard? For example, should we examine job creation as a result of tax expenditure or spin-off industries that result from it and so on? What criteria should we use to assess if money is well spent? In response to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: ...who are waiting on their results. In addition, if one gets a smear result that is of concern or is abnormal, one is then referred to a colposcopy clinic. We do not have enough histologists to examine the biopsies so there is a backlog. There is then a wait of up to 18 months to see a gynaecologist or to have further treatment. A problem is brewing for the Minister and it is only...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: ...smear test result back, which means the wait to get the biopsy done is far longer. When the biopsy is done, one needs a histologist to look at the sample and we do not have enough histologists to examine the samples, which means the waiting time for colposcopy results are increasing. After all of that one must try to get an appointment to see a consultant to get treatment. The big...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Lisa Chambers: ...the Minister of State's response as to why he is not supporting the Bill, I have to say I think many of us were smirking at the true intention behind why it is not being supported. To say that he has examined the possibility of bringing forward amendments and that it was just too cumbersome suggests it is just inconvenient, and that really the Labour Party beat Fine Gael to it. Is that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Oct 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 125. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Immunisation Advisory Committee will examine the possibility of extending the HPV vaccine to men and women up to 45 years of age. [43581/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Lisa Chambers: ...for different ailments. The health budget is expected to respond from the existing budget because there is no specific budget for orphan drugs. I ask that the Ministers for Finance and Health examine this issue. We know these drugs will come down the line every year and we will have parents and children protesting outside the gates of Leinster House to ask for medication they believe...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (20 Sep 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters (details supplied) relating to procedures carried out in the UK under the cross-border healthcare directive will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38085/18]

Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Motion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Lisa Chambers: ...people across the world who are living in extremely hostile and dangerous conditions. We must do all we can to value our personnel. In that regard, as has been said many times in the Chamber, we must examine the pay and conditions in the Defence Forces. It might also be worthwhile, as I mentioned to the Minister at the committee, to consider erecting a monument in the capital to our...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Lisa Chambers: ...wrong and something that has caused harm and pain to literally thousands of Irish women, and in many cases their partners and families. As a member of the cross-party Oireachtas committee that examined this matter and looked at the Citizens' Assembly recommendations, I feel I can say that after almost four months of work on that committee, meeting for around seven hours per week and doing...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (12 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...communication to people looking to join the Reserve Defence Force. There are issues here, and devolving the matter to the Reserve Defence Force itself might help address some of them. We need to examine the possibility of RDF members going overseas. This was mooted a number of years ago and needs to be put back on the table. We need legislation to ensure that members of the Reserve do...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...) will receive an appointment with an endocrinologist; the length of time the waiting list for an appointment with the endocrinologist is at the hospital; the name of the consultant that will be examining the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52649/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (29 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: The Minister of State has said he was constrained by litigation that was ongoing, but this issue is all over the Irish Examinernewspaper. Mr. Joe Logue reports on it on a regular basis and we all know what has been going on. We may as well discuss it in this House where it is appropriate to do so. I accept that the Minister of State has said he is complying fully with the protected...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (29 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 552. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason his Department has failed to conduct a review of unit manning levels to include examination of unit personnel capacity of duty rosters in view of the fact that he has been continually informed by representative associations of the indisputable inadequate and dangerous manning levels that are compromising the safety and well being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (21 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the working group established to examine the future of the Mayo campus of GMIT. [48733/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Corps (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: .... The terms of reference of the review were to look into the disclosures made to the Minister of State by three individuals. Mr. O'Toole says the following in his report: it was my intention to examine compliance by the Air Corps with the relevant law and regulation. I was not in a position to consider the substances in use or any implications for human health arising from such use as...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Corps (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: The Minister of State has still not answered a very basic question. Did Mr. O'Toole tell him that, given the terms of reference, he was not in a position to examine the protected disclosures as requested? Did he flag this in advance of completing his report, because it strikes me as quite improbable that he did not? The Minister asked whether we can proceed to look at the toxic chemicals...