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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the second level Irish language Aonad planned for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22536/17]

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank my colleague, Deputy Lahart, for raising an important motion. The net point from what my colleagues have said is that we need a vision and a plan. We cannot keep hearing the excuses about reviews and the long term from the Department in respect of what the Minister is planning to do. Generally, we need to look at Dublin as it is growing. We are seeing vast urban sprawl....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: We have seen a number of examples of this from the Government. It is a display of contempt for the committee process and our very parliamentary democracy. This is a minority Government of Independents and Fine Gael. We heard all the rhetoric at the start that it is a coalition between the Dáil and Government. There has to be a symbiotic process that works both ways for that. We meet...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: An important political aspect to this is we will probably have a new Minister for Justice and Equality within the next few weeks, judging by all the speculation we have seen. When the current Minister was appointed, the Gambling Control Bill went off the table as a priority. When Ministers change, so do their priorities. We have taken the word of the Tánaiste and Minister that this is...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: I am finished.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: It is helpful for the Bill. What is the difference between the expressed view and the other view?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (9 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí for Dublin metropolitan region west; the number of gardaí for each of the past five years in Dublin metropolitan region west by station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21657/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 191. 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. [21651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (9 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total allocation of funding his Department and all local authorities have given to each individual approved housing body in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21513/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telephone Call Charges (9 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of changes to EU telephone and Internet data coverage rules and charges for those travelling abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21658/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (9 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding extending the Dublin bikes scheme to west Dublin in Dublin City Council and to Dublin 15 in Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the bus rapid transit project for Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21653/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (9 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the metro west project; the status of the planned train stations along metro west; if these planned train stations remain part of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the way the Passport Office implements its customer service charter, which states that the office is committed to providing effective assistance based on each individual's circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21361/17]

Other Questions: Hospital Beds Data (3 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: 7. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has ceased counting the number of private beds in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20457/17]

Other Questions: Hospital Beds Data (3 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: What is the reason the HSE has ceased counting the number of private beds in public hospitals and will the Minister make a statement on the matter? We know that since the Health (Amendment) Act 2013 the Government has brought forward a policy of quasi-private hospitals within our public hospital system, which is regressive and has contributed to the significant waiting times. Why has the...

Other Questions: Hospital Beds Data (3 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: Public hospitals should be for public patients and only public work should go on in public hospitals. They should not be quasi-private institutions. Patients receive private care in the public health system and this is not a progressive way to run a public health system. What we have seen with the policy is that hundreds of thousands of people, who have already paid their taxes and who...

Other Questions: Hospital Beds Data (3 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: The Minister needs to deal with it. It is an example of how ineffective Fine Gael has been in setting its health policy. It has introduced effective quasi-private hospitals in our public hospital system and this is regressive. The hole will only get bigger because the incentive for managers is to have increased private output in the context of our public health system, and the people who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: I again thank Deputy Brady for bringing the Bill forward. Plenty of examples come to mind. One thinks of nurses forced to retire at a particular age who are then rehired by an agency to work at the same workplace so they have a pension and might be fully employed through an agency, which costs the State twice or three times what it cost previously when they wanted to continue to work in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: How would clear actuarial or other evidence that it would significantly increase costs be assessed? Who would do it?