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Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: The list of failings and shortcomings in our health care system is long and makes for grim reading. Some of the proposals that Deputies from across the House have made are important and they resonate with people. We need to de-politicise health. We need to look at a longer term vision and strategy, something like the National Association of General Practitioners has proposed, which is like...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: Today represented a great opportunity for the Deputies in this Chamber. The choice was a clear one between the old and tired policies of the past, the ones we have laboured through for the past five years during which Fine Gael, under this Taoiseach, oversaw the greatest housing crisis the country has ever seen. Since this election, however, Fine Gael has revealed itself to be addicted to...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: I will conclude. We were all elected in February to represent the people. The people have spoken, and they do not want to do so again. They have waited patiently over the past 50 days. They are tired of the old way of doing things. Fianna Fáil will play a positive, constructive and responsible role in the Dáil to progress our policies in a reformed and properly functioning...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy changes she has initiated in respect of community employment schemes in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6948/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why some members of the public who are over 55 years of age have been granted extensions to their participation in community employment schemes while others who are also over 55 years of age have had their community employment schemes terminated, given that they believe this is below the five years that they expected when they signed up; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in, and the location of, community employment schemes in Dublin 15 in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6950/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to address the anomaly whereby those who must retire from the public sector at 65 years of age do not receive a pension until they reach 66 years of age and instead receive dole payments in the intervening months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance to initiate a working group to address the issue of persons in private estates or apartments having to pay full management fees and property tax on their net income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will be take to ensure all Irish registered companies comply with tax laws, given the release of the Panama papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to convene a meeting between Fingal County Council and Dublin County Council to address the traffic issues at the Ashtown gate in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to provide a pedestrian crossing in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Office of Public Work's policy on the closure of a road in the middle of the Phoenix Park during the summer time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Building Regulations (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a fire safety certificate has been obtained for a building (details supplied) in Dublin 8 following its refurbishment and if a fire safety certificate is required for this building under the Building Control Regulations, 1997 to 2015; if the Office of Public Works has special exemption to make alterations to a building and thus not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Corporate Governance (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 160. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why there is no forensic accountant at the office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; his plans to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6938/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 161. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to extend or make permanent the exemption contained in section 279 of the Companies Act which allows companies that are incorporated in Ireland but are on the stock exchange in the US not to have to file financial statements under International Financial Reporting Standards Protocol if they have filed under the Generally Accepted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 337. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on families using au pairs following a recent ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission; if she will address concerns raised by families who have indicated they will no longer be able to afford to employ au pairs; if she will apply a cultural exchange programme to au pairs operating here as is in place in other European countries;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 567. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for occupational health services in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6959/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times in processing applications for speech and language therapists in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6961/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for processing applications for orthodontist services in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6962/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (14 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in community-based health services in Dublin 15, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6963/16]