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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (29 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the number and types of surgical procedures and treatments carried out in 2018 and to date in 2019 by each public and private hospital under the NTPF scheme; the number by each public and private facility contracted under the fund; the quantum and types of procedures and treatments provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22990/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank both organisations for their excellent presentations and submissions. A model was mentioned for moving from the Department of Justice and Equality to approved housing bodies. It was said that there was a lack of synchronicity in the strategic approach. What would be the State oversight of an approved housing body approach? We have difficulty with the Department of Housing,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: That is a fair point. It is just that when a budget is allocated to an approved housing body, it would have to come through a specific Department. I agree that it would have to be through some agency that manages to ring-fence the funding so there would not be pull from other areas. Mr. Mfaco's statement was very moving. He has highlighted a contradiction in that people are coming from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: My final question concerns how people were relying on sleeping tablets because of the difficulties with accommodation, and having to live a life in a country, that is similar to prisoners in Mountjoy Prison. That is a stark reminder of the ongoing, sheer and shocking level of human rights abuses in our direct provision centres. I am slightly alarmed if our mental health services are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank everybody for their contributions. As has been said, it is shocking that we are not providing any wrap-around support or intervention for people in those very difficult positions. It is a total failure by the State. It is why we are examining the matter and I hope we can support the witnesses.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: This is an example of very poor departmental planning. We have had the dislocation of students and the undermining of their accommodation repeatedly over a period of months. A new school in a new community should be discussing the curriculum and community development. However, the children attending this school have had to write to their local representatives about remaining at the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: Clarity is needed around this given the fact that, notwithstanding the provision by the Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan, of a similar level of certainty two months ago, we are raising the issue on the floor of the Dáil again today. While there is a commitment on the part of the developer to provide the site to the school until summer 2020, what will happen if there is further...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who are citizens of another EU country; and the service branch each is in. [22333/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Amusement Machine Licences (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the national compliance project on the gaming and amusement sector conducted by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Amusement Machine Licences (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that industry sources estimate that around 30,000 unlicensed gaming machines are in operation across the State and that the Revenue Commissioners is missing out on €15 million in gaming machine licence fees annually; if he or officials from his Department have met or discussed this issue with the chair of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Amusement Machine Licences (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 67 of 27 February 2019 and 69 of 22 February 2019, if the Revenue Commissioners have contacted local authorities to resolve the information gaps in their operational records regarding the fact that they did not maintain a list of the areas in which Part III of the 1956 Act is in operation; if the Comptroller and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address correspondence he received regarding a passport issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22302/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22492/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Definitions (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to recognise a condition (details supplied) as a disability; if his attention has been drawn to the distress and suffering caused as a result of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22410/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (28 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 430. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the notice periods for childcare providers to give a parent whose child is occupying an ECCE place; if days or weeks notice is required in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22710/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Garda Vetting of Personnel (22 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if civilian personnel under the aegis of his Department are checked and security vetted by the Garda Central Vetting Unit prior to being assigned to working there both as new entrants and transferring in from other areas of the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the accommodation issues at a school (details supplied) will be addressed; if the construction of the permanent building for the school will be expedited to ensure that the school community is in its permanent home by February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22157/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: I will be brief as many of the questions already have been teased out. I thank the witnesses for attending and presenting such comprehensive documents to us. I refer to Senator Black's point about the effective right to work and the mismatch between the apparent right and the effective right. Do any of the witnesses have real-time information on what is happening in that regard? Are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: No. I am happy to hear from whomsoever has a view. I know a lot of questions have been asked and answered very well already.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address correspondence regarding the awarding of military medals to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21807/19]