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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: On a point of order, we have listened to this for approximately 15 minutes. I wonder if the Minister's explanation is directly linked to the absence of a particular Fine Gael member. The Minister has spent 15 minutes regurgitating the same point over and over. It is important that there be some kind of time limit on the contributions of members because we are never going to-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: I am just saying that a Fine Gael member is absent and the Minister's contribution is the longest I have ever heard on Committee Stage. I wonder if he is waiting for that particular member to arrive before a vote is called.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: I was about to make the same point as Deputy Clare Daly.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: It does not refer to the procedures committee.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: Are the substitutes party-based?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: It is my understanding that, under Standing Orders, substitutes should be members of the same party.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: It has.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: The time allowed has elapsed.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (7 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for applications for social welfare payments (details supplied); the average processing times for appeals to decisions to refuse applications for same, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6222/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (6 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 374. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand availability of Naloxone to persons who use drugs as stated in the national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017 to 2025; the level of availability for naloxone; the locations in which it is available; the number of occasions it has been used in an emergency situation in 2016, 2017, and to date in 2018; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs-related Deaths (6 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to warn drug users regarding the dangers of a drug (details supplied); the number of drug overdose cases in which this drug has been linked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5568/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 411. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include persons with Parkinson's disease on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5922/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (6 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a regular shuttle bus service to operate between Broombridge Luas station and the Dublin west area in order that persons in the area can use the new Luas service; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons in the area are unable to benefit from the new Luas extension to Broombridge in view of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (6 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that new applications for carer's allowance are taking at least 17 weeks to process; her views as to whether this is an acceptable length of time to wait for such an application to be granted; if her attention has been further drawn to the hardship this waiting time is placing on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (1 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the legislation to extend the mandatory retirement age in the public sector to 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4986/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (1 Feb 2018)

Jack Chambers: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the overcrowding issues on peak rail services on the Docklands M3 Parkway route will be addressed; if more carriages will be added to these peak services in order to address the problem of overcrowding; his views on whether this overcrowding will discourage persons from using public transport; if his attention has been drawn to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank Mr. Tyndall and his colleagues for the work they have done on this. He has referred to the shocking administration of this scheme and its narrow interpretation. There is a political contradiction here in that at one level the Department is accepting and thanking the Ombudsman and the Minister for Justice and Equality has said that he will give the report full and careful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: In terms of Mr. Tyndall's engagement or feedback from the Minister, he has mentioned and referred to the compassion and dedication of his team of officials. Would Mr. Tyndall accept those remarks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: In the statement the officials have given to us, they refer to the cross-departmental aspects of this issue. Will Mr. Tyndall comment of the complexity of that? Does he agree with any of the remarks on the cross-departmental and budgetary complexities which they have referred to in their defence of some of his recommendations?