Results 3,841-3,860 of 9,252 for speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 303. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a club (details supplied) will be permitted to use the GAA grounds in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42918/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time forensic accountants in the Criminal Assets Bureau and Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, in tabular form; if further accountants will be recruited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43048/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans allocated to the Garda dog unit in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of vehicles withdrawn during the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43049/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if gardaí have access to interpreter services on a 24-7 basis on the roadside when dealing with members of the public who speak little or no English; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number or percentage of Garda vehicles in each Garda division within the Dublin region that are aged over 12 years as of 4 December 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43051/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for the purchase of additional unmarked vans for the Garda public order unit; the number of unmarked vans in the Garda public order unit within the fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year budget for the Garda National Cybercrime Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43053/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of knives seized by An Garda Síochána in 2019 and to date 2020. [43457/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. Do they think that any prosecutions will arise from issues identified in the tracker loan scandal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I commend the bank on the administrative sanctions that have been imposed. I am not asking the witnesses to comment on individual cases. Does the bank, as an institution, believe that there will be prosecutions without identifying whom those prosecutions will be against?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Have files been sent to the Garda?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: The witnesses obviously believe there is prima facieevidence of the commission of criminal offences if they have passed files to the Garda. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am not asking the witnesses to comment on individual cases. The bank has described it as abhorrent behaviour, stating that millions have been deducted from customers' accounts. In the ordinary course of events, one would have thought that this should result in criminal prosecution, let alone criminal sanction. Would the witnesses agree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am not being facetious. Why are the witnesses being reticent about it? Should the Central Bank not be anxious to see wrongdoing, if it constitutes criminal behaviour, being prosecuted before our courts rather than merely being the subject of an administrative sanction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is there ongoing engagement with An Garda Síochána in respect of this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Another issue is the assignment or sale of loan books by financial institutions to other entities. Do the witnesses believe that the protection that exists at present is sufficient, or do they think that the expectation that customers may have needs to be given some legal effect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Ms McEvoy mentioned the expectations that people may have when they get a loan in the first instance. That expectation may not have legal effect. If one gets a loan from a long-established bank, one expects it to behave in a certain way, then when the loan is sold to another entity which may not have the same record in the market, one would probably still hope and expect to be treated the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Do the witnesses think the statutory protections in place at present are sufficient or that we as legislators should improve them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: On the final point, Ireland's consumers have the third highest mortgage interest rates in the euro area. What needs to be done to improve competition in the market for mortgage purposes?