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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: I wish to ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the Air Corps recommissioning scheme and make a statement on the matter. There is considerable concern within the Defence Forces regarding this scheme which the Government seems to have designed and created without much collaboration with or agreement from the representative organisations. Those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: The response of the Minister of State does not match what I have been told. The scheme is viewed as a blind call on behalf of the Government, whereby it ploughed ahead without the agreement of or consultation with the representative organisations. The Air Corps is currently 30% under strength. The Minister of State referred to two former officers rejoining, but I understand that more than...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Medals (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: How many times have recommendations been made to award military medals? I understand recommendations were made for personnel to receive a medal following service in Kosovo. I also understand that in that case a board never met but one individual decided it was appropriate not to proceed. Will the Minister of State clarify this? Will the Minister of State guarantee that when...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Medals (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: There is a view that it is significant that medals were given to three Jadotville men for action two months later in Elizabethville. In addition, other medals were awarded to soldiers from other companies in the same battalion in the Congo for other actions elsewhere but no medals were awarded for Jadotville action, which is still the biggest battle with a foreign enemy in which the Irish...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Medals (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: That is what they say.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the further engagement his Department has had with the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9301/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: What further engagement has the Department had with the Public Service Pay Commission and will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter? As the Minister of State and I know, this is continually being delayed. The reporting deadline has been displaced out. The Department has breached its own deadline from last year. What further engagement has the Department had? Can the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State will recall that in October 2018, he told me that a joint submission had been made and that it went to the Public Service Pay Commission. In January 2019, the Minister of State contradicted himself by mentioning the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and what we have learned since is that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform had the report that was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: A bland dismissal such as that does not rectify the issue. The Minister of State knew damn well last year that it was with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and he never informed the House or me. What the Minister of State wanted to do was to say that it is jointly signed off, it has gone to the Public Service Pay Commission and let us wait for the report. On a parallel...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: That is what the Minister of State always comes back with. The Minister of State has no answer.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: Fair enough.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Medals (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the protocols in place governing the awarding of military medals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9580/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Medals (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: I want to ask the Taoiseach and the Minister of State at the Departments of the Taoiseach and Defence the protocols that are in place governing the awarding of military medals and if he will make a statement on the matter. As the Minister of State knows, there is grave concern about the ongoing refusal to award military medals around Jadotville and many families have been in touch with...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a pension issue for a former member of the Defence Forces (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9466/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the pupil-teacher ratio inequity gaps that exist in classes between junior and senior DEIS schools such as a school (details supplied); the steps he is taking to remove this gap in order that pupils in senior DEIS schools can continue to benefit from the lower pupil-teacher ratio in place in the junior...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of the Family Law System: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank all of our guests for their very comprehensive submissions and detail in response to the questions. I have just a couple of comments and questions I do not think have been discussed. There is mention of creation of a specialist courts structure, and it is mentioned that a constitutional amendment would not be required in this regard. Could this be performed by the president of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of the Family Law System: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: Is that per specialist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of the Family Law System: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: Is it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of the Family Law System: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: If publicly mandated - say, under Tusla or with a relevant State agency caring for the child - are public professionals paid separately for specialist reports in the courts system or is it a private payment they receive?