Results 7,741-7,760 of 9,919 for speaker:Jack Chambers
- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: For now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Yes.
- Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled Bill entitled an Act to provide that certain persons shall be under a disability for the purpose of bringing actions relating to injuries suffered as a result of maternal ingestion of thalidomide, for that purpose to amend the Statute of Limitations, 1957, and to provide for matters connected therewith. I thank the Bills Office for its...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Will the Minister outline the link with PESCO and his Department's correspondence on this matter with other Departments, specifically the Department of Defence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Exclusively.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: The Minister mentioned the Army in one of his responses. Was he referring to co-operation with a programme led by the Garda Síochána in which the Army would have an involvement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: What discussions have there been on that? I assume there will have to be PESCO co-operation with this programme at an EU level.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Surely with a terrorist response there would have to be co-operation outside of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: I read a report recently about this. Is the decommissioning of some nuclear facilities, including safety matters, part of this? Will one of the programmes provide funding towards that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)
Jack Chambers: Will the Minister give examples of some of the other programmes that this thematic facility will provide for?