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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (4 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: What about new train stations being developed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (4 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: What about the residential areas adversely affected as a result of the NTA's decision to forget about providing parking adjacent to those stations? Does the authority engage with the people living in those communities?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces in whole-time equivalent terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40001/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: As the Minister of State said, cybersecurity is the protection of Internet-connected systems, hardware, software and data from cyberattacks. The risks are growing in presence and destructive potential. The World Economic Forum's top ten risks lists cybersecurity after natural disasters and extreme weather. In recent days, we have learned from the Comptroller and Auditor General that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: He might have a dedicated team, but if we want a whole-of-Government approach, it is important it comes from the Department of Defence because to have it in the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment means the focus is more on addressing a technology issue rather than a national security issue. With regard to proactive cyberprotection, deterrents and cyberthreats,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department plays in national cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40000/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: What role does the Department of Defence play in national cybersecurity? Will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: If the Minister of State has made no recommendations, what is he doing as Minister of State with responsibility for defence? An element of contagion has crept in. We have seen issues in the Naval Service in recent days. Has the Minister of State received military advice about how the air ambulance service might be reduced or reassessed because of current difficulties in that section of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the manning level issues in the event that the pay commission does not make credible and functional recommendations to address the recruitment and retention issues of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40260/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: What are the Minister of State's intentions to address manning level issues in the event that the pay commission does not make credible and functional recommendations to address the recruitment and retention matters in the Defence Forces? We know from the PDFORRA conference this week how a large number of soldiers, sailors and the Air Corps personnel are buying themselves out of the Defence...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: What recommendations did the Minister of State make to the pay commission? In a response to me in May, the Minister of State said he was not sure if I had read the recent headline in the national newspapers. Here are a few headlines the Minister of State might have read this week: "Crew shortage prevents Naval Service vessels setting sail"; "Taoiseach 'cannot confirm' naval vessels did not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State's response was similar to the comments he made on "Prime Time" last night. He is in complete and continuous denial. Who is he trying to fool here? The ships were docked because of the recruitment and retention crisis of recent months and years, yet the Minister of State cites operational and security reasons. How were operational and security tasks performed if the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State is distracting from the point again. Will he address the issue of the military crisis we are having?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State referred to weather and technical difficulties.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: I did.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: Again, the Minister of State distracts from the point by referring to events of ten years ago. We are in the present. The Minister of State needs to take control of defence policy for the future. He is failing those who are working and risking their lives daily. I understand that to allow the ship to sail, the crew was augmented by the cancellation of specialist weapons training. Two...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Chief of Staff does not trust the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: What involvement did he have in it?

Ceisteanna - Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: Before I ask my question, it is important that I respond to the Minister of State's statement. There is massive dismay and disappointment at the manner in which the Department of Defence has handled this process. It did not follow diplomatic protocols. The HR section of the Department made a fundamental error in the organisational process for the flight. This morning I received an email...

Ceisteanna - Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: I will ask my question, but, first, it is important to say the Department of Defence has breached its own process in following diplomatic protocols.