Results 8,001-8,020 of 9,550 for speaker:Jack Chambers

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]

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]