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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations: Motions (31 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: Out of interest - it may be beside the point - was there very little consultation before the Lisbon treaty? What is the quality of the consultative process now going between the Commission and Parliament? The principle under which the Lisbon treaty was ratified by member states meant there was more of a democratic component. Is this more lip service as a means of providing democratic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations: Motions (31 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: On a separate matter, is there any update on the gambling control Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations: Motions (31 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: Will there be a regulator Bill by the end of the year?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Construction Regulations (30 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the implications for building one off houses in view of a decision by a European court regarding rules (details supplied); the steps he is taking as a result of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25383/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (30 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private patients are being directed and pressurised to use their health insurance in public hospitals though the insurance is not required for their treatment; if this will cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25291/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Chronic Disease Management Programme (30 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for reshaping the way in which chronic conditions are cared for in the health system; his plans to engage private hospitals in managing some chronic conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25292/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €30 million earmarked in budget 2017 for waiting list reduction measures in the public system was allocated; his assessment of the effectiveness of this expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25293/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (30 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE to ensure a drug (details supplied) is available to persons here; his plans to fund or part fund this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25397/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (30 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make public transport more accessible for wheelchair users; the work he has carried out in this area to date; the extent of the public transport network which is wheelchair-accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (25 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of media notifications issued by his Department's press office since 6 May 2016; and the number issued in the year to 5 May 2017. [25215/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí deployed at Blanchardstown Garda station for each of the past ten years; her plans to address the understaffing at the station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24524/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for children to qualify for the July provision; the reason those children with a particular diagnosis (details supplied) do not qualify; his plans to introduce changes to extend the scheme to allow more children to qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide payment proposed by procedure to hospitals as part of proposed plans for activity based funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (23 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 449. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for placing public hospitals under the management of private hospital operators or other contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24155/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (18 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: We have a number of Ministers in the Department of Health. Is the Minister of State taking the question?

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (18 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: It is unfortunate that he has been delegated that duty when there are a number of Ministers of State, as well as the Minister for Health, who could respond on an important matter that has been brought to the attention of the public this week, namely, that non-specialist doctors are being appointed as consultants. In recent years we have seen a massive recruitment crisis in health care,...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (18 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: One of them should be here.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (18 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: They do not hold a licence for the specialist training regime.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (18 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: With due respect, the Minister of State did not answer the question. In terms of a statutory framework, he said that all clinicians have a licence to practice. They do, but if the Minister reads the Medical Practitioners Act, he will see that it splits medical practitioners into two fields. There is the general licensing but then there is the specialist training licence regime. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 208. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for winter 2017 and 2018; his further plans to incorporate private hospitals to the winter task force in order that all possible facilities are used to facilitate patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23701/17]