Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Staff Data

Jack Chambers

2396. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. [34322/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2532. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34213/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2533. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34230/18]

Public Relations Contracts Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2534. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34247/18]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2535. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34264/18]

Departmental Appointments

Jack Chambers

2536. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the detail of each non-Civil service appointment that has been made in her Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. [34281/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2537. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34298/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Jack Chambers

2538. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by her Department and her personally. [34315/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2720. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his Department's spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34217/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2721. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his Department's expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34234/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2722. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his Department's expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34251/18]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2723. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his Department's expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34268/18]

Departmental Appointments

Jack Chambers

2724. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the detail of each non-Civil Service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. [34285/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2725. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his Department's expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34302/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Jack Chambers

2726. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. [34319/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2842. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34210/18]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2843. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34227/18]

Public Relations Contracts Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2844. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34244/18]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2845. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34261/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Jack Chambers

2846. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of each non-Civil Service appointment that has been made in her Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. [34278/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

2847. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34295/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Jack Chambers

2848. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by her Department and her personally. [34312/18]

Defence Forces Strength

Jack Chambers

52. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31958/18]

Defence Forces Reserve Strength

Jack Chambers

53. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force, with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31959/18]

Defence Forces Strength

Jack Chambers

54. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Permanent Defence Force has taken on to date in 2018, with regard to all three services; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31960/18]

Defence Forces Reserve Strength

Jack Chambers

55. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Reserve Defence Force has taken on to date in 2018, with regard to all services; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31961/18]

Army Bomb Disposals Data

Jack Chambers

56. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Army bomb disposal unit has dealt with to date in 2018, by county, in tabular form. [31962/18]

Naval Service

Jack Chambers

57. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve in 2017 and to date in 2018. [31963/18]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Jack Chambers

58. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sick days taken by members in each service of the Defence Forces in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [31964/18]

European Council Meetings

Jack Chambers

18. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach if defence was discussed at the June 2018 EU Council meeting; and if he contributed to same. [29356/18]

Departmental Projects

Jack Chambers

139. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff assigned to the Global Ireland Initiative; the number of print and online adverts purchased as part of the initiative; the details and purpose of each advert; the cost per advert; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31350/18]

Naval Service Data

Jack Chambers

127. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days on patrol for Naval Service vessels off Cork Harbour in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30381/18]

Naval Service Data

Jack Chambers

128. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service vessels patrolling seas around the coast outside Cork harbour for each week to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/18]

Naval Service Data

Jack Chambers

129. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if problems are being encountered sending Naval Service vessels out to sea to patrol due to a shortage of trained personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30383/18]

Naval Service Data

Jack Chambers

130. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Reserve Defence Force members are being asked to take part in Naval Service patrols at short notice due to the fact that there is a shortage of trained personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30384/18]

Autism Support Services

Jack Chambers

213. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of ASD unit places in primary schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30321/18]

Digital Strategy for Schools

Jack Chambers

229. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the significant cost burden placed on parents of children in digital schools using tablet computers instead of textbooks; the steps he is taking to support parents financially to help meet such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30427/18]

Maternity Services

Jack Chambers

395. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of the recommendations that have been made in internal and external reviews of maternity services in each maternity hospital for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30062/18]

Maternity Services

Jack Chambers

396. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a process in place to collate the recommendations made by internal and external reviews of maternity services in hospitals for the past ten years; the implementation of each of those recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30063/18]

Garda Deployment

Jack Chambers

14. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, west division in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28900/18]

Immigrant Investor Programme Administration

Jack Chambers

38. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the review of the immigrant investor programme will be published; his views on recent media reports on the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28902/18]

Teachers' Remuneration

Jack Chambers

77. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to achieve pay equality within the teaching profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28856/18]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Jack Chambers

78. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the location for a new secondary school for the Castleknock-Carpenterstown area of Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28855/18]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Jack Chambers

53. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the long waiting times in the Dublin north west LHO area for children and adolescents needing an assessment for occupational therapy. [28321/18]

Home Care Packages Data

Jack Chambers

84. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home care packages in the Dublin north west LHO area. [28322/18]

Visa Applications

Jack Chambers

151. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to considerable delays processing visa applications at the New Delhi visa office; the reason for these delays; the number of personnel employed in the office in each of the past five years; the number currently employed; the measures underway to tackle the backlog of visa applications and to bring down waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28468/18]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Jack Chambers

178. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health if dementia will be added to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/18]

Trade Union Membership

Jack Chambers

115. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce tax relief on union subscriptions; the estimated amount such an initiative would cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28239/18]

Defence Forces Personnel

Jack Chambers

35. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the agreement reached with Defence Forces representative organisations regarding the application of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28050/18]

Overseas Missions

Jack Chambers

37. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if changes are planned to the Defence Forces' overseas missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28051/18]