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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the average time for a complaint to be fully investigated and concluded by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsmen from the initial complaint to final decision; the number of complaints received and investigations completed in each of the past five years; if his attention has been drawn to the perceived lengthy delays to the complaints investigation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Last week in the Dáil the Taoiseach mentioned his intention to change and amend the carbon tax. He seemed to defer to what this committee decides and its consensus. Can the Minister set out some provisional pathway for what he sees as the changes in this regard? The Minister said he started funding the climate action measures of the local authority regional offices in 2018. Does he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I do not see it in the statement. The Minister might outline how much that was for. Is it for climate related measures only? How many years has that bond been issued for?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I am sorry I have had to go in and out of the committee room. I may ask a couple of questions that were asked before. Before I go into the budgetary allocations, the Minister of State raised the issue of telehealth. What regulations is the Department preparing to oversee the roll-out of telehealthcare? We had the Minister for Health before us in recent weeks and, as we know, in an Irish...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Has the Minister of State engaged with the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland about this?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: No. With respect, if a 14 year old were to present with psychosis, the care provision for them, because of a vacuum surrounding recruitment, should not be a screen. As Minister of State with responsibility for mental health, Deputy Daly's priority should be ensuring the Department fills the recruitment gaps in our hospital system and that we do not replace or dilute proper care provision in...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I see it as a dilution of the commitment to recruitment and, therefore, we will agree to disagree. I still believe that face-to-face assessment is better for a 14 year old in the circumstances the Minister of State outlined. I am not sure how the full criteria can be met according to international guidelines, in the light of the information and communication technology guidelines, the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: There was a rise in-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I was in the middle of asking my questions.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Could I get an update on the budgetary allocation for the children's hospital? Has that capital allocation for that changed in the Estimates? On one level of the Sláintecare implementation strategy, the Minister of State has said there will be a complete split between public and private care, but on another level he has said there will be a problem in terms of a shortfall. There...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Two weeks ago, the Minister for Health said at the committee that as part of the Sláintecare plan he was not legislating for hospital groups and that they would be changed.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: That is the problem. My concern is that we have spent four years establishing a system that is now going to be replaced and the Minister is not legislating for that. The Minister told the committee two or three weeks ago that the Department is not progressing legislation on hospital groups to provide for a legislative and administrative framework, and that Sláintecare takes precedence....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I think the Minister for Health said he is abandoning the legislation that was proposed to underpin the changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I have a couple of technical questions about the €4 million. Can the Minister give a breakdown as to whether it relates to this year or is accrued from previous years? Has it any effect on the allocations for future years? When money continues to roll over, it can affect future budgetary projections. Can the Minister clarify that? All parties and politicians have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank Deputy O'Callaghan and thank the witnesses for attending. To go back to a point made by Ms Deane, while there is a qualification on the crime statistics and trends, the trends are going in a worrying direction around the whole bail issue, repeat offences and recidivism. The witnesses have taken an approach to the legislation and said they think it has constitutional implications,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Ms Malone would not be for any legislative change whatsoever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: In fairness, although I am not speaking for Deputy O'Callaghan, I think he accepts, as do I, that it is complex as he has made that clear in previous contributions. The question is whether legislation or any amendment can play a role in the complex solution. To broaden the question, can legislation ever perform any role in solving these complex issues across any area of policy? I take Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I take the general point that political interaction with penal policy has been quite damaging over generations. I studied this matter in Trinity College, where Dr. Rogan lectures. I accept that there is an evidence base for the point that we have to be careful about how we set and interact with penal policy. Many positive changes have been made in Finland, where issues like recidivism have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: 54. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the finding in the patient experience survey that just 15% of respondents in Connolly Hospital said they were admitted to a ward within six hours of arriving at the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50708/18]