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Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a report on the task force for Dublin city centre that he announced on 9 May 2024. [22005/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the establishment of the task force and commend Mr. David McRedmond for taking on this important role. However, I think he is going to have a very challenging task in terms of trying to change the status and make-up, and deal with the concerns that we all see when we travel through the city centre at present. I have no doubt Mr. McRedmond and the other people on his committee will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending the hours of operation of the International Protection Office on Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2 to process applicants for international protection given the significant increase in the number making applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24327/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 8 May 2024, the areas in which the discharge scheme has commenced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24173/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Suicide (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether he has any role to play under section 9 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 arising from the removal of the restriction on euthanasia and assisted suicide from the 9th edition of the ethics guide that was published recently by the Medical Council. [24376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Suicide (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 198. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has any concerns about the recent removal of the restriction on euthanasia and assisted suicide from the 9th edition of the ethics guide that was published recently by the Medical Council; and his views on whether it was made with adequate consultation within the medical profession [24377/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all the students and guests for coming before the committee today. Starting with Mr. Irfan, I would have thought it was a very positive development that we are going to have a separate climate action and sustainable development course at senior cycle. Does he agree with me that there are many younger people who are interested in climate action and the climate crisis and that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. Turning to Ms Adhikari, what would she like to see being covered in this course? I do not know if she has had an opportunity to engage with the Department in respect of the course, but even if she has not, what elements of the whole issue of climate action and sustainable development would she like to see included in the course?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Of course, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Adhikari. Moving to Mr. Lian, I am conscious that putting a course on the secondary-cycle level is not just for the purposes of something the State thinks is civically important, although it is. Obviously, the course must also be examined, marked and assessed. It is a serious subject, so we would want to ensure it is properly appraised by markers. Would he view this as being a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Faoi bhrú.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes. Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Right. Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: In a query for Ms Doyle, I suppose, ultimately, when we examine the detail of climate change and the climate crisis, we can see that, at its heart, scientific, observable changes are happening. How prominent should the academic and scientific study of it be in the course? With the greatest respect, it cannot just be about activism. If we have a leaving certificate course that is just about...