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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: The justice aspect is rights-based. If someone has a right to an intervention based on the UN protocol to which the Government has signed up, we can ask questions about the delivery of that right. We are waiting years for the advanced care directives under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to be delivered. When will this be progressed? Health professionals are discussing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: How many more years does the Department need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: We will have waited five years after legislation was passed for the Department to prepare the implementation of this service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: The legislation was passed in 2015 but we are now talking about implementation in 2020. Will the Department provide detail on those complex issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: I acknowledge this does not directly come under the Minister of State's area of responsibility but that is a failure at departmental level. Legislation has been passed by the Houses but it will take five years to implement modern advance healthcare directives and assisted decision-making. If the pace of change is that slow in this area, what hope is there for everything else the Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Union Membership (27 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce tax relief on union subscriptions; the estimated amount such an initiative would cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28239/18]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Training (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: When does the Minister of State expect a decision to be made? When will the feasibility study be completed? When will the Minister of State make a decision on it? It is mentioned in the White Paper that work on the concept will be developed over the following 12 months with a view to its initial shape being showcased in 2016. We are now in 2018. The Minister of State has given the...

Other Questions: EU Meetings (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the May 2018 meeting of EU defence Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27756/18]

Other Questions: EU Meetings (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: This question is to ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the May 2018 meeting of EU Ministers and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: EU Meetings (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Minister. At the press conference, Federica Mogherini spoke about how the EU defence package this year entered real implementation and of 17 projects under Permanent Structured Cooperation, PESCO, that are now up and running. Will the Minister outline Ireland's position regarding those 17 projects? Ms Mogherini also said that a number of countries had advanced ideas for new...

Other Questions: EU Meetings (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: With regard to the discussion on crisis management attended by the UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping and the NATO Deputy Secretary General, I gather that involved a reflection on operational co-operation and neutral support between the EU, the UN and NATO, both at a strategic level and also on the ground where operations from each may be deployed in the same theatre of operations....

Other Questions: Defence Forces Training (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the development of a new institute for peace support and leadership training at the Defence Forces Training Centre, Curragh Camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27757/18]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Training (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: I ask the Minister the status of the development of a new institute for peace support and leadership training at the Defence Forces Training Centre, Curragh Camp, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Training (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Minister. This is an issue we mentioned as a party in 2013 and my colleague, the current Ceann Comhaire, sought to have it progressed. I am concerned that there was a two year period during which this was a scoping exercise and now it is a feasibility study. Is that an indication that there is significant doubt within the Department of Defence towards progressing it? It is...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State mentioned in reply to Deputy Durkan some of the initiatives to increase female participation in respect of recruitment. We are failing abysmally against the international metric. The total of females in our Defence Forces is approximately 6.5%, which is way below international norms. The figure for the US is 16%; New Zealand, 17%; Canada, 15%; and Britain, 9%....

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: I accept the Department has implemented some initiatives. They have not worked, and I am glad the Minister of State has recognised that. One constructive suggestion I have concerns something the British army does. It has changed its recruitment portal and the way in which the recruitment process works. I know many people who have applied to the Defence Forces and who received an email...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to increase the number of women in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27754/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: 37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if changes are planned to the Defence Forces' overseas missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28051/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State recently pulled some troops back and there has been movement in some of the recent missions in Syria and elsewhere. Will he outline the current position of our peacekeeping missions abroad?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (26 Jun 2018)

Jack Chambers: I also wish to mention the 60th anniversary which the Minister of State attended on Sunday. It is important that we recognise the 60 years of international peacekeeping work that Ireland has contributed. On Syria, does the Minister of State expect all troops to return to camp this year? Will the Minister of State specifically outline the improvements that have happened to authorise this...