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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: By imposing administrative fines.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance the situation with regard to the regulation of virtual or cryptocurrencies in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he can take to increase competition in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9448/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessity for schools to make reports under the Education Welfare Act 2000 due to the absence of a student from school is still required in cases in which those absences were caused as a result of Covid-19 and the need to isolate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9490/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been allocated to the Technological University of Dublin for the purpose of enabling it to protect students and staff from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9236/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of antigen tests made available to the Technological University of Dublin; if such tests are available to staff at the university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9237/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for coming in. I agree with Dr. Ryan that this is a critical conversation, but we have to be careful it does not become an endless conversation. It is important we get a decision on this. The fact that we have a new Department set up means that it is inevitable a decision will have to be made on this issue. We all seem to agree that there is no sustainable funding model...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is that quality declining?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: We in Ireland do not have the tradition of philanthropy that there is in other countries such as the United States or the United Kingdom. Does Dr. Ryan think there is a role for the private sector in making funding available to third level institutions? I ask Dr. Ryan in particular because I was recently at Munster Technological University and was very impressed by the fact that students on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: May I ask Professor Hegarty about student loans? The third option put forward by Peter Cassells was that there be deferred payment of fees. I would say that an assessment would show that one of the major avenues to availing of and to getting high disposable income is having a third level education. Huge numbers of people have been able to become wealthy and successful as a result of their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (17 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the bail laws so as to prevent persons accused of serious assault and of sexual assault and with previous convictions for such offences from securing bail. [8552/22]

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. I commend the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smith, on bringing it forward. Back in 2014, the Houses of the Oireachtas decided to enact legislation that would provide a statutory protection to whistleblowers, and they were whistleblowers who came from within the public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Deering and Ms Cooney for coming before the committee. The Oireachtas spends a lot of time trying to think of methods by which we can encourage people out of the car onto public transport. However, Mr. Deering is telling the committee that the most effective method of transport for people with disabilities appears to be the car. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Footpaths are very important and essential for someone wishing to avail of public transport who has a disability. How would Mr. Deering judge the quality and effectiveness of footpaths for those trying to avail of public transport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Can we avail of any statistics that give us an indication of the percentage of people with disabilities who are able to drive? Is that something Mr. Deering thinks would be important for us to be aware of?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am thinking of somebody who has a disability and I would have thought it would be quite difficult to get driving lessons or become acquainted with the method by which one drives a car if one has a disability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the criticisms in Mr. Deering's statement was in respect of the six criteria set out for a primary medical certificate. Mr. Deering regarded them as being too restrictive. How would he like to see those criteria changed or amended to make them broader?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Would Mr. Deering like to see more of a qualitative assessment as opposed to a strict box-ticking exercise? When you have criteria they necessarily exclude people.