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Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I beg the Ceann Comhairle's pardon. I was told I had 20 minutes. I beg Deputy Farrell's pardon. I will conclude as I got my timing wrong. I commend what I have suggested to the Minister and ask him to take it into consideration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome our guests and thank them for their thoughtful contributions. My first question is to Ms O'Connor. I was very interested in what she has to say in respect of the past 15 months or so and how it appears to be noticeable that schools have to deal with the consequences of bullying by way of cyberbullying taking place outside of the school context. Are we putting too much of an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms O'Connor. In terms of the role parents have to play, as a principal, what does Ms O'Connor like to see parents do to meet the challenge of bullying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: My next question is in regard Mr. Irwin's statement that the culture of the school is very important when it comes to responding to bullying and deterring bullying. How is that school culture formed and what can we as legislators do to try to ensure that positive culture exists throughout most of our schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Would Mr. White like to comment on what we can do to mould schools' culture?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is punishment successful in trying to change the culture or behaviour of a child?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform (3 Jun 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the laws around defamation. [29965/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (3 Jun 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report on familicide will be published. [29966/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for appearing before us. Ms O'Dwyer referred to "the significance of school culture as an important influence on tackling bullying at local level." What ingredients create a good and positive school culture? Do they come from principals, teachers, students or somewhere else?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms O'Dwyer. Before I ask a question of Mr. Mulconry, I wish to agree with his statement that a large majority of national school children are happy with school. That is distinct from what was the case 20 or 30 years ago. Mr. Mulconry mentioned the importance of interpersonal relationships. Obviously, bullying derives from the breakdown of those relationships. We place many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Interpersonal relationships have probably been made more complicated by technology. What negative influence has technology had on bullying and secondary school students' interpersonal relationships?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Curtis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for giving us their time and expertise. When the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014, it was probably among the most significant legislation to have been enacted by the Oireachtas in the past 20 years or so but it is very complicated. Under section 17, protected disclosures can, in certain circumstances, be made to Members of the Oireachtas if they relate to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Would the legislation benefit from strict timelines being put in place the same way that has been done in the context of some planning legislation where there are specific requirements for responses to be delivered within a number of weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: It was around the protected disclosures office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Finally, I ask Ms Casey, Ms Heffernan or Dr. Kierans to answer the following. Obviously, in the public mind, protected disclosure and whistleblowers are represented by people such as Sergeant McCabe or the great investigative work that Mr. Clifford does. However the vast majority of reliance upon this Act takes place within the sphere of employment law and it never really gets into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Dr. Kierans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Heffernan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Perhaps I can ask Mr. Devitt and his colleagues to respond on that point. Do any of the representatives from Transparency International Ireland wish to comment on the issue of the new protected disclosures office that has been proposed in the general scheme of the amending Bill? Do they think it is a positive development and how do they think it will operate when it is enacted?