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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will conclude by saying that we already have instant payments and asking the Minister to have a close look at the proposal because I have a slight concern that it could be interpreted as an anti-competitive measure, and could be effective as such a measure, which would have the consequence of preventing other financial institutions entering the Irish market. Nobody wants to see that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated level of public expenditure for 2021; the extent to which the level 5 restrictions in place since the end of 2020 have impacted on the forecasts he made in Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative additional public expenditure undertaken to meet the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic since the beginning of March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 534. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the total expenditure on the scheme and its predecessor since March 2021; his plans to extend the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20682/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 535. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies currently being supported by the Covid restrictions support scheme; the total expenditure on this scheme since its introduction; his plans to extend the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20683/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information will be provided on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings, as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if information will be provided on the stated need to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if steps have been taken to initiate the regeneration of Pearse House, Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19883/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1073. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned to restore the three school days (details supplied) that were missed prior to the commencement of remote learning in order to ensure that children are not disadvantaged any further as a result of the closure of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to change the regulatory framework for gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts will be updated to permit the repatriation of Irish prisoners serving sentences in the UK under sentences not recognised in Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18209/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if case progression hearings in relation to case progression cases in which summons for case progression issued after 22 March 2020 have taken place in the Dublin Circuit Court [20028/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current backlog of family law cases awaiting their first case progression hearing in the Dublin Circuit Court; and the way this compares with the other circuits in Ireland. [20029/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if dates are being given out by the Dublin Circuit Court currently for notices of motion in default of defence or appearance or for other motions; and the way this compares to other circuits in Ireland. [20030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contingencies being put in place by the Courts Service to deal with the backlog of cases in the Family Circuit Courts which have not been dealt with (details supplied). [20031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Sittings (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of case progression hearings none of which should require any witnesses and are usually attended only by solicitors and or counsel that have taken place remotely in the Dublin Circuit Family Court since 1 January 2020; the number that have taken place in other circuits; and the number of case progression hearings...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date statistics on domestic violence cases issued in the Dublin District Court from 1 April 2020 to 1 April 2021 compared to the same period 2019 and 2020. [20033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1663. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend up to 25 the number of persons who can attend weddings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1780. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds upon which Israel was included in the list of countries from which mandatory quarantine is required on arrival here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 2068. To ask the Minister for Health the basis upon which Italy was added to the mandatory quarantine list of countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19732/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Tests (22 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Last year, the Minister for Health established an expert group to report on the use of rapid Covid-19 tests and to make recommendations on how such tests could be used in different settings. In fairness to the Minister, he put together talented people to form the group to advise him on these matters. The group was chaired by Professor Mark Ferguson, the Government's chief scientific...