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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (2 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of reservist recruits that have been assigned to combat support and combat service support units within the Defence Forces, that is units other than infantry corps units in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (2 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Defence Forces Reserve are not represented by an organisation (details supplied) in keeping with the single force concept; and if changes to Defence Forces regulations and amendments to the Defence (Amendment) Act 2015 are being considered in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39989/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce life assurance exit tax in budget 2019 further to reductions in DIRT in previous budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39985/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (2 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to locate a new school (details supplied) for the Castleknock and Carpenterstown area of Dublin 15 at the Phoenix Park racecourse site; if his attention has been drawn to widespread local support for locating the school at this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40071/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (2 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 441. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in a public hospital will not be improperly charged following admission to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39982/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (2 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is considering introducing a levy on non-recyclable coffee cups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39991/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bus Services (2 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs associated with the BusConnects project (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39613/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (27 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question 14 of 7 September 2018 (details supplied), if minutes of these meetings were actually taken as distinct from being circulated between the attendees. [39237/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (27 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding the school transport scheme; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that many children are not able to get to and from school on a daily basis due to problems with the scheme; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined in order to ensure that a child with a...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Deputy made an unfortunate remark when he said that alcohol can help loneliness, which is not something this Chamber should put on any alcohol product. We should be telling the public the facts.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I will. I will not try to hold up this debate. I was not going to speak and I am glad my colleague, Deputy Donnelly, has provided a strong support for this. I was saddened at the weekend because I had thought we were going to remove this measure from the Bill. We should be a leader in Europe when it comes to public health and alcohol. My party leader, Deputy Martin, took on the smoking...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I commend the Minister on what he did over the weekend. When I read the headline in The Irish Timesor one of the other newspapers at the weekend, I thought the strength of the alcohol industry had the country again. I commend the Minister on holding true on this. It is a very important public health measure that has taken a significant amount of time. It is important that the Minister...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: Check the science.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: That is completely unscientific.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank everyone and apologise for missing some of the contributions. I was in and out because it is a busy day on a Wednesday. I apologise if some of the questions have been asked. Last week, I asked around retrofitting. Does the current quality of retrofitting match European standards and is it future-proofed so we do not have to redo the project? What are the present standards around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: On the point on advancing the more complex issue, this goes to back to the question on the grid and microgeneration This will be the big incentive, namely, how to get a home to become an export unit in itself. Where are we on that? I believe that will be the thing that will flip the domestic behavioural economics whereby the home or a group of homes within an estate can become an export...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: When will we be able to crack that nut? When would the ESB expect that to be a possibility? While it is complex, I am interested in this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: What is the BER of the Department's main building?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: I have a final question on electric cars. The Department is investing in trying to roll out more charge stations across the city, which is welcome. On the issue of pipeline battery technology, in ten years the battery capacity of an electric car will probably be greater than the current combustion model. Do we need to run an economic model on our investment in the battery points? Most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: Yes.