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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: Are more people leaving than being recruited?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: How does the Minister of State know that the decision is due in quarter 1 of 2019 if it is meeting on 23 October?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: It reported on the area of health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: What about the safety issues concerning the retention policy for pilots? Has the Minister of State received military advice on concerns about the air ambulance service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State continually uses one term in some of his responses to parliamentary questions, that things are under "ongoing review". Will he tell me what that means? A lot of policies in his Department seem to be under ongoing review all of the time and forever more. What does the term actually mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: An example would be the White Paper. How could something be under "ongoing review"? When will it be implemented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: There is a review in the case of everything. What about policy implementation? I asked the Minister of State what tangible projects had been concluded under the White Paper, but he could not give an answer. He said it would come before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: I think the Minister of State mentioned that there was a review of psychometric testing.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation that would allow clauses to be put in house purchase contracts that would protect buyers should their bank approval lapse before the build is complete will be considered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42054/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: It would be worth the Minister's while meeting these parents so that they can describe to him the challenges their children face daily. As Deputy Burton has mentioned, 56 children are on a home tuition grant. Many of them have been excluded by our education system because it is not fit for purpose for them. I recognise there is a policy of inclusion in ASD units and some children thrive...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: Like Deputy Burton, I attended a meeting of parents, professionals and people involved in this new campaign. Many of the parents said that evening that six year old children had been expelled from a school through no fault of their own but because they have severe behavioural difficulties. As a country we have progressed in this area over the past 20 years, with ASD units established and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank the officials for coming before us. I am looking for clarity on the 2025 target for the provision of infrastructure for electric vehicles. Is that the end date for implementation? When does the Department expect it to be delivered? I fear that there will be an infrastructural deficit at a time when the market will have geared up. We may find that core infrastructure is behind a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: As per the directive, what will the consequence be if they do not do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: For the majority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: What does Mr. Armstrong expect the enforcement procedure to be? When we talk about existing buildings, we are talking about the vast majority of car spaces. What does he expect the retroactive element of the enforcement mechanism to be? We have issues with retroactive laws as they are. How does he see that working?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: On the social housing stock, Mr. Armstrong mentioned that 64,000 have been completed to date. What targets are there to ramp up the programme? What is the timeline to get it to an end point where all the social housing stock is retrofitted? Has an audit been done of the category of social housing that falls into the worst energy-rated houses, and are they being specifically targeted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: How many years does Mr. McCarthy expect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Department has come in for much criticism about approval processes and timelines for housing approval. What is the climate change element of the Department's process of approval for housing submissions that are made by different local authorities? Will Mr. McCarthy provide clarity to this committee and to public representatives on how the Department makes decisions on housing projects...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: I did not. It was an opportunity for Mr. McCarthy to clarify the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Department is not exceeding the 15 week window at any level. Is that correct?