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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: What about a situation where a person has a difficulty and faces potential repossession of his or her home, in which the equity exceeds the technical financial criteria of the Legal Aid Board? If it is above €100,000, does it effectively remove thousands of potential applicants who, in real terms, have little or no access to finance but who are excluded because of the technical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: That is taken into account, rather than the value of the house.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: Is the disposable income incorporated into the application?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: When one looks at the case types for 2015, it appears unusual that it was not even included in the pie chart. Mr. O'Leary mentioned that he wished to have the eligibility criteria changed. What projected change would he like to see?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: How many applications were not approved by the board last year because of the cliff edge effect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: That would be useful. The other issue concerns the mental health tribunal and the criminal legal aid Bill. Has the board developed a process to manage that change? How will it manage it in terms of staffing and resources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: Mr. O'Leary mentioned that the Legal Aid Board had reached a crisis number on waiting lists and that it had been stabilised. What is the manageable number that could or should be waiting in terms of the board's current budgetary allocation?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes, if any, to be made to capital acquisitions tax in respect of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41804/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what is the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41590/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the planned changes to the system of awarding different coloured certificates to homes inspected for pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1382/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1032. To ask the Minister for Health for the average waiting times for early intervention teams for each of the past five years, in tabular form; his plans to reduce average waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41695/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed by position and by hospital for each month in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1204/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1155. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's budgeted expenditure for agency staff per month in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; the actual amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff per month in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to cover the cost of agency staff by the HSE for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1206/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1157. To ask the Minister for Health the names of all agencies used to provide staff to hospitals in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and the average fee paid to each of these agencies per month in the years concerned. [1207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the budget allocated to a HSE service (details supplied) for each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; the number of staff employed in the service for these years; the number of staff that have been recruited to the HSE by this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1210/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the electrification of the rail system for the Maynooth line; his plans to increase rail services for the Dublin west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1110/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park and Ride Facilities (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure additional car parking spaces are provided for Clonsilla train station in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1519/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Veterans (17 Jan 2017)

Jack Chambers: 1731. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason retired members of the Defence Forces are not entitled to the 1916 commemorative medal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1357/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (16 Dec 2016)

Jack Chambers: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address the low burglary detection rate in the Dublin western metropolitan region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40446/16]