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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: Did the Minister interfere?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: The Minister needs to clarify the matter.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: It is inappropriate interference.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: A very unusual thing happened in autumn of 2018. The Minister of State at the Department of Defence, Deputy Kehoe, informed the Dáil that the joint submission had been sent to the Public Service Pay Commission, which was between military management and the Department of Defence. We found out, in January of this year, that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform had a central...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: At yesterday's Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health the Secretary General, Jim Breslin, said that he received a formal briefing from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board on the serious risk of the cost overrun. I understand that three days later Mr. Breslin met with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, at a meeting in the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: Did he have that information on the night of the meeting?
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel serving in the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service on 31 December 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6078/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: I thank the witnesses for their presentations; they were very comprehensive and provided some valuable policy ideas and initiatives, which are always welcome. There seems to be a mismatch in the language used. The Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association, RDFRA, has obviously had a very positive engagement with military authorities, which is supportive of the work it does and is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)
Jack Chambers: When one looks at the Department of Defence documentation it is probably demoralising to see that a surplus is being returned to the Exchequer every year while there is a general demise or stagnation in numbers. Has there been any engagement on the budgetary matter and keeping the general allocation so that the Reserve Defence Force is not returning money to the Exchequer when there are such...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: I have some direct questions. My first questions are for Mr. Sullivan. What is his reporting relationship, as chair of the steering group, to the Secretary General? When was he notified of any trigger in the escalations? I want to know when he was first notified.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: To Mr. Sullivan's recollection, when exactly did the escalation beyond the €61 million first occur?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: When did that go back to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: There were references.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: We had reference to the scale of the risk and that the GMP was at risk in the spring of 2018.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: There was reference, however, to it being at risk-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: -----and the scale was also at risk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: It was too early to estimate but it was known there was a potential risk and a scale of risk. Did Mr. Sullivan communicate that in any way to the Secretary General?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: It was known by the Department. My next questions are for the Secretary General. What was his awareness of the scale or the risk? What exactly was he told in that spring-summer period in advance of winter 2018?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: Regarding what was just said. Was Mr. Breslin aware of that risk at that time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Jack Chambers: That was in June.