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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?

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 the number of Magdalen survivors and issues with capacity, the Ombudsman mentioned those who have been permanently excluded. Some applicants have obviously passed away due to the administrative reluctance of the Department. It is a shocking development in the context of this redress scheme that they were frustrated by an administrative reluctance to given them redress in the...

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

Jack Chambers: Following on from what Deputy Daly has said, it would be helpful if we could explore some of the issues which Mr. Tyndall and his colleagues have outlined-----

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

Jack Chambers: Last week, during the scrutiny of some legislation, a committee had two separate parties with separate viewpoints before it. I know that other committees have a similar approach. Is that possible today?

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

Jack Chambers: I thank the officials for coming before us. My first question relates to something I asked Mr. Tyndall. There were 19 Magdalen survivors with disabilities who could not be paid compensation. There was an issue of capacity on one of the recommendations and an issue with the assisted decision-making legislation that was enacted. Today, the Department has said there are 17 women in this...

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

Jack Chambers: Sorry?

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

Jack Chambers: So the delay has resulted in their permanent exclusion as per what the Ombudsman said. Is that correct?

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

Jack Chambers: The other thing I wanted to ask about was the third recommendation and the delay that has occurred. Was it the Department's intention just to wait infinitely for this legislation to be enacted? What was the proactive background work from the Department when it became aware there were numbers of women who did not have the capacity? Obviously, when capacity is constrained, that has an impact...

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

Jack Chambers: When was the first ward of court payment made?

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

Jack Chambers: No, I refer to those women the Department understood did not have the capacity and would have had to be made wards of court. Were any applications progressed fully under that?

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

Jack Chambers: What has caused the delay?

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

Jack Chambers: Does the witness expect it to happen this year?

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

Jack Chambers: One side of the Department of Justice and Equality says that this would be extremely ambitious and another is saying that it is relying on the progression of a particular part for which the Department has overall responsibility. Who in the Department is driving this? Who is making this a priority? One side of the Department was hoping that the enactment would occur quickly in 2015 and...

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

Jack Chambers: The Government has announced that the UN convention will be ratified in March. Is the witness saying that it cannot be ratified if it is going to be delayed to 2019?