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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: I welcome the witnesses. I have engaged very actively with Tony Duffin and Mark Kennedy in recent months, both of whom I have met with my team. I thank them for talking me through this but also for giving me a live experience of the services they provide and that interface with the people who use their services. I am also conscious of the broader societal picture around their service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: I welcome the delegates. To expand on Deputy O'Brien's point, have the Department delegates fleshed out the concept of an authorised user? It is important we do not bureaucratise the process for a person who is in such a vulnerable scenario and such bureaucracy does not inhibit proper access to treatment. It is important that is clarified and it is probably clarified in the legislation....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (30 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: The Bill being proposed by my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, tries to provide for a new independent system of judicial appointments. That is singularly important. It is vital that appointments be based on merit in the appointment and ranking of the different members. I read again the speech of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality on Second Stage and at no stage did...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Tánaiste for her presentation. I have a few questions on it. We have had positive results from Operation Thor and there has been a welcome shift in the figures. The Minister outlined that 520 new vehicles will be purchased in 2017. Does she have an indication of the number of vehicles that will be installed with automatic number plate recognition, ANPR, technology? How...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: Regarding the time and space that the Minister outlined for the Labour Court recommendation, I assume it will not impinge on what the she has presented here. Certain members of Government have said that the Minister will have to find the allocation within her budget. As such, there needs to be an assurance to gardaí that the Government will fully implement and fund the recommendation if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (30 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full allocation of funding has been transferred to Caranua or if a portion remains to be transferred; the amount in total that been and remains to be transferred to Caranua, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37900/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (30 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the new supplementary request for tender (SRFT) which was to replace a cancelled SRFT under the interpretation services framework, which he stated in a reply to a previous parliamentary question in September 2016 was due to issue in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37873/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the apparent changes in cost implications regarding the development of the new children's hospital at St. James's Hospital; if the development will stay within its budgeted figure; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the development of the hospital at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, would deliver a significant cost saving to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 576. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent cuts to a disability service (details supplied) provided by the National Council for the Blind through funding from the local health board of the Health Service Executive; the reason service users have been told there has been no cut to the service; if his attention has been drawn to the effects the cut is having on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the annual funding figures through the Health Service Executive to the National Council for the Blind for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is receiving the correct level of pay and entitlements as part of their work with the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Research (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has invested in cancer research in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37647/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has invested in Alzheimer's disease research in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37648/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of cancer care in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37649/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of Alzheimer's care in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Incidence (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from cancer in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37651/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (29 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from Alzheimer's disease in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37652/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: The programme for Government outlines a full review of public transport policy and we saw yesterday an undercover investigation in Dublin around rickshaws and the act of drug dealing. Some examples of that were shown. Is it the intention of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to develop a regulatory policy with the National Transport Authority around rickshaw licensing, insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (23 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who sought a transfer to another community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36515/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (23 Nov 2016)

Jack Chambers: 203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to conduct a national countrywide audit of mobile telephone coverage to identify black spots and other signal issues; the measures his Department is engaged in to improve mobile telephone coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36466/16]