Results 8,181-8,200 of 9,561 for speaker:Jack Chambers
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Would the witness prefer to see the orders published?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: I am asking a question relating to transparency and the reputation of the Department led by Ms McPhillips. Would she not think it appropriate for these orders to be published immediately?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Does speculation suit the Department on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Would Ms McPhillips not agree that it would be better if these documents were published?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: They do not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Could the Department seek the tribunal's permission to publish the discovery orders? Would it agree to that request?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Can or will the officials ask the tribunal to have the discovery orders published?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: It is a matter of public confidence in the reputation of the Department Ms McPhillips leads.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Agencies of the Department are connected to the correspondence relevant to the terms of reference, which were subsequently discovered through parliamentary questions and which have been disclosed to the tribunal. Clearly, there is a contradiction regarding the discovery orders. Ms McPhillips is stating full compliance with something that she cannot disclose. That is a matter of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: I referred to the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: I was talking about the Department. I specifically mentioned the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: I ask that Ms McPhillips make that request.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management Regulations (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: 210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the new guidelines for recycling household waste; if private waste collection firms are compelled to implement the new guidelines; the way in which the new guidelines will ensure uniformity in terms of household recycling; if there are penalties for households that breach the guidelines; and if he...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (5 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department has not published the review of the immigrant investor programme; if he will publish this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51494/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (5 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and position of gardaí and community gardaí stationed in the Dublin metropolitan region west in each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51493/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Drug Treatment Services (5 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: 253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of efforts to introduce therapeutic communities and drug free service facilities to prisons here; if he will engage with the Irish Prisons Service (IPS) to ensure a therapeutic community (TC) is introduced in prisons following a commitment by the IPS to introduce a TC; the timeframe for same; if his attention has...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (5 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of funding for the drug Translarna for persons who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51930/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: RTÉ Expenditure (5 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: 428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the proposed cuts to the RTÉ concert orchestra and RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra; his plans to ensure this important public service is protected and supported and does not suffer regressive cuts; the timeframe for the review announced by RTÉ into the two orchestras; and if he will...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)
Jack Chambers: I have a question for the Minister for Health, which also relates to the Minister for Justice and Equality. The gambling control Bill is on the draft legislative framework. A report commissioned by Dr. Crystal Fulton proposed a national gambling strategy, under the remit of the Department of Health, with regard to addiction. We have one of the highest rates of addiction and gambling per...
- Other Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (30 Nov 2017)
Jack Chambers: I welcomed the publication of the report in 2016. It contained a number of ambitious recommendations and targets, as well as an action plan. My question relates to the 11.6% increase in 2014, the 30.8% increase in 2015 and an increase of up to 28% in 2016. We know that we have reached the peak, but many people, including taxi drivers, have seen their premiums rocket. I recognise, however,...