Results 8,021-8,040 of 9,163 for speaker:Jack Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new secondary school for the Castleknock and Carpenterstown areas in Dublin 15; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41337/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Fees (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of applying for a passport is discouraging some persons from applying; his plans to reduce the cost of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41745/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Data (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of open applications for stamp 4 being processed; the average waiting time for a decision to be made on the granting of stamp 4; if he will allocate more resources to ensure applications are dealt with in a more timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41313/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the case of persons (details supplied) who have applied for naturalisation and due to circumstances outside their control have been unable to advance their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of awarding pensions to 20 living gardaí who left the force for any reason before 1 October 1976 having served the required five years service or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41730/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names and titles of the members of the Immigrant Investor Programme Committee; the criteria used by the committee for the sanctioning of investments; if enhancement of tourism is an official criterion for the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41875/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the countries of origin of investors under the immigrant investor programme that were issued visas in each of the past three years and to date in 2017; if the countries of origin of those applying have changed since the UK’s Brexit vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41876/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the companies and the purpose of each of the businesses which were granted investors under the immigrant investor programme; the number invested in each one; and the number of issued visas per investment in the businesses in each of the past three years and to date in 2017. [41877/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if investments made under the immigrant investor programme have been withdrawn following the expiry of the three year requirement for the capital injection to be valid for the visa; and if he has satisfied himself that the programme delivers value in view of the reputational risks that could be involved. [41878/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug prembrolizumab will be licensed for use in the treatment of fine cell neuroendocrine rectal cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 309. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug nivolumab will be made available to persons in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place to support persons that suffer strokes; if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations by an organisation (details supplied) for improving services for stroke sufferers; his plans to ensure there are properly resourced stroke units in hospitals which treat stroke patients; his further plans to ensure the standardisation of 24/7...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports or transport schemes available for a person (details supplied) that has severe spinal injuries and requires access to a car to maintain decent quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if remedial work will be undertaken at the entrance to Castleknock Railway Station which is in poor condition and a safety concern due to a broken path and overgrowth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41459/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of child-care providers nationally who have signed up for the affordable childcare scheme; the number and percentage that have not yet signed up; the reason some providers have not yet signed up; the efforts under way to achieve 100% compliance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (3 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dispute resolution procedures undertaken by the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the outcome in each case; if cases are still ongoing; if so, the reason for the dispute; the duration of each dispute procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41471/17]

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Jack Chambers: Like my colleagues on the justice committee, I support the recommendations made here. I thank and welcome the people in the Gallery, who deserve recognition and also rights. Those rights need to be properly progressed by the Government. The committee's report mirrors what the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, introduced and recommended when he was its Chairman. He probably has...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (28 Sep 2017)

Jack Chambers: My example goes outside the criteria listed by the Minister. I have seen a number of cases in which people who were given appointments for planned procedures have had those procedures systemically cancelled by the hospital system in a manner which is devastating for them. The hospitals in question have stated in their correspondence that they will be in touch in due course, but they have...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (28 Sep 2017)

Jack Chambers: 12. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists who were due to receive scheduled treatment during October, November and December 2017 and who have been notified that their procedures have been postponed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40956/17]

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (28 Sep 2017)

Jack Chambers: I want to ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists who were due to receive their scheduled treatment during October, November and December 2017 and who have been notified that their procedures have been postponed or cancelled.