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Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: I am contributing to this debate on behalf of my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan. Fianna Fáil supports the Bill. I respect what the Minister of State is trying to do, namely, create a more stringent sentencing regime for repeat offenders. There is a concern, as the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Affairs, Deputy Doherty, indicated, regarding the leniency of sentences that...

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: Fianna Fáil will be supporting the proposals to ratify the SOFA that will facilitate the participation of Ireland in the EU battle groups. The Minister of State is correct that this is about providing the immunities, privileges and process for the joint co-operation that is happening anyway. When he is replying, perhaps he might explain the problems that he and the Department have had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank the guests. I apologise as I have not heard everything that has been said. I was attending a meeting of the Committee on Justice and Equality, and witnesses might know it is busy in here on Wednesdays. I have read the opening statements. My questions relate to some of the difficulties around the weather warnings, and I know this has been discussed. There is confusion around the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: Where there is no weather alert, is RTÉ considering ways to communicate better, from a public broadcasting perspective? I refer to what Ms Cusack mentioned about the miscommunication that can occur. Perhaps we should centralise people's information towards Met Éireann. It would be a worthwhile exercise because I honestly believe there is huge confusion. As I have said, an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: My comment was not aimed at RTÉ. I just made a general point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank the delegates for coming before the committee. Many issues have been covered, but I would like to ask a couple of questions. The delegates called for more resources to be provided. We hear all of the time that more resources would help to resolve many difficulties in public administration and bureaucracy. Aside from that, can the delegates recommend ways by which the courts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: Can Mr. O'Higgins point to anything in the past number of years that has improved in terms of reform within the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: Mr. O'Higgins referred in his submission to additional resources and allocations rather than having the assessor model. He also mentioned the cost to the State and establishing a structure would obviously involve a cost to the State. Would the risk and cost to the individual of going to the High Court not be greater than they would be under a new model that could potentially vindicate their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: Does FLAC have an opinion on the matter?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures Ireland has taken at EU and international level regarding the ongoing civil unrest and humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1051/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements he has had with the Sudanese ambassador regarding the civil unrest and humanitarian crisis ongoing in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements Ireland’s ambassador in Sudan is exchanging with state officials with regard to the civil unrest and humanitarian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1053/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by teachers who have professionally trained abroad in trying to secure teaching posts here; the efforts under way to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1290/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 535. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency will be allowed access to a medication (details supplied) on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the average processing time for a general medical services contract application; the criteria involved in the process in order to be awarded such a contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54181/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 861. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of compressed natural gas public fuelling stations open and operational; the location in which they are based; the number planned and scheduled to open in 2019; the location in which the scheduled stations will be based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54167/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 862. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 14 compressed natural gas refuelling sites were scheduled to be opened between 2016 and 2020 and to date there are none open; the number of stations that will be open by 2020; if the funding that has been made available for the 14 service stations will be lost if they...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 863. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether there are regulatory problems in relation to the provision of compressed natural gas fuelling stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54169/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Rates (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 890. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the implementation of the European proposal COM 2017/276 relating to motor tax rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1148/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rural Development Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group set up to consider the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the Flemish decree case; the status of his Department’s engagements with the European Commission in relation to the matter; if the working group completed its work by the end of 2018 as indicated in reply to Parliamentary...