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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: When does Mr. Finn expect the data will be authorised and properly approved by the CSO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: When does Mr. Finn expect the clawback from 2003 onwards to be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: I refer to a case in which a person was assaulted and injured, so it was an assault causing harm for which a criminal conviction was secured. Then, within three years, he or she passed away due to head injuries secondary to the assault or suffered a stroke or something. What is the reclassification process if someone has already been convicted of a crime but there is a subsequent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: Does the Garda Síochána rely on the medical evidence in that case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: Does the Garda Síochána not only reply on the medical evidence but the medical presentation of the subsequent facts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: Does that happen properly at present? Obviously the Garda Síochána can only be accountable for the information that it receives. Is Mr. Sutton confident that the other side is presenting the subsequent facts? Is that another issue, for which the Garda Síochána would not be directly responsible? Is the public health system presenting what it perceives as a pathological...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: Do medical people etc. have a reporting obligation under any criminal code?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: If the Garda Síochána is in a vacuum of information or if it stands still in the context of information it has previously received and something subsequently happens that person, unless the Garda Síochána is given the follow-through of information, how can the Garda be expected to upgrade a particular crime for what has happened medically? I am not sure whether the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: We could do with more clarity in that area.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: Like the other members, I welcome the Bill and thank the Minister and Deputy Kelly for the work they have done. Deputy Wallace mentioned that the €500 fee will be prohibitive for some of the smaller start-up breweries. Is there any flexibility around the amendment he has proposed? I refer to the guided tour obligation. What oversight does the Minister propose for that? In terms...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address problems with broadband provision in the western areas of County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (14 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to tackle the mass evasion of the television licence by households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7248/18]

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Programme for a Partnership Government states that the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, will fund new investment in infrastructure. In Tyrrelstown in the constituency of Dublin West, which the Taoiseach and I share, there has been a significant deficit and lack of investment over many years. How does the statement in A Programme for a Partnership Government tally with NAMA's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (13 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to each divisional drug unit. [7200/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to add the FreeStyle Libre blood monitoring sensor to the long-term illness scheme or reimbursement scheme; the details of the report by the expert group set up under the auspices of the health technology assessment group which considered the FreeStyle Libre application by a company (details supplied) for addition to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 6 February 2018, his plans to introduce more school-friendly timetables for the school-going population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7070/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: I am pleased to speak in support of the provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. It is clear this country has a real problem with drink, and the numbers speak for themselves. Twenty-one people will die from alcohol-related illnesses this week and every other week this year. This means that five times more people die as a result of alcohol than from road deaths, and this does not...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Government has announced ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Last week, officials at the Department of Justice and Equality informed the joint committee on justice that the capacity legislation will not be commenced this year, but for the Irish State's compliance with the convention to be true that capacity legislation needs to be progressed. Is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (8 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 38. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the wider roll-out of the opioid overdose antidote Naloxone. [6446/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (8 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if funding provision for intensive home care packages, IHCPs, will be increased; if the funding structure for IHCPs will be amended in order that they are provided on a needs basis and not limited by budgetary restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6539/18]