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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: I am trying to get at the question of governance. Does the Department take the view that the pressure for space and places and general demand, as mentioned earlier by the officials, in some way compromises departmental standards relating to accommodation, school places or healthcare? How does the Department deal with that difficulty in terms of governance and oversight?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Minister of State for coming before us. There has been mention of delays and the potential implication of amendments. Without delays, when does the Minister of State expect the legislation to be commenced?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: I know that the Minister of State had to get an opinion from the ECB.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Would the Minister of State have to go back to the ECB if any amendment is made, or is it up to the Attorney General to decide?

Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State's party has been in government for eight years and has done nothing. It is sitting on its hands.

Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Fianna Fáil will support this motion. We are taking the advice of military management, which has carried out in-depth reconnaissance of precautions in this region. However, as the Minister of State indicated, we must be extremely careful and mitigate the risk to the 14 members of the Army Ranger Wing who are going there. Fundamentally, we believe that Ireland can play an important role...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (18 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the division of spending within the 2018 €50 million NTPF allocation; the financial split that occurred between the public and private hospital systems; the amount paid to each public and private hospital that participated in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25001/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Reserve Defence Force are being paid on average 18% less than the rates being given to their counterparts in the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24480/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: This question is about the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, pay, which is 18% below that of the PDF. Its strength is less than half the target in the White Paper. This is another shocking example of the decimation of numbers in our Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces. What is the Minister of State doing to address the serious issues that the representative association has outlined?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State did not respond to the issue of the decimation of numbers within the reserve and the fact that the pay difficulties are undermining its core strength. Due to the reorganisation of the RDF, there has been massive geographical dilution and a removal of members in large areas of the State. What is the Minister of State doing to address that and to rectify the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: There was.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State has it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State has the report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State has the report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: Deal with it then.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: As Deputy Wallace stated, the recruitment and retention crisis has got so serious that the Minister of State is now ignoring military advice and recommendations that were submitted to him as part of the Public Service Pay Commission process. Those recommendations have been ignored and butchered from the report. That is what undermines the integrity and the independence of the pay commission...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State said that he asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to prioritise the defence sector. There were, however, serious delays during Public Service Pay Commission process. The Minister of State had the report but now the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has it. Will the Minister of State tell us what is going on between him, the Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: I was going to ask the Minister of State for his reaction to the serious issues the person in question outlined. Instead the Minister of State questioned the integrity of what he said. That is an unbelievable reaction from the Minister of State in his bunker of denial when it comes to issues facing our Defence Forces. We all need to learn that it is not about attacking the individual who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State should publish the pay commission report on Defence Forces pay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: 28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with the Defence Forces representative associations on the report of the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24477/19]