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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Thank you. The meeting is adjourned until 3.15 p.m., when we will resume in private session under proper chairmanship.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes, if we have time at the end we can come back to other issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Most of the Deputy's contribution was comment. I would be slightly concerned about starting a discussion on J.K. Galbraith at this stage of the meeting. I listened carefully to what Deputy Durkan had to say, as I am sure the Minister did, and I think it is something the Minister should take into account in terms of the task in front of him. With the permission of the committee, I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chairman. I welcome the Minister and Minister of State to the committee. I commend them on the very positive message they are giving to us and by extension the public. It is extremely important that the message goes out that it is the Government's intention that in-person learning will recommence in September in our third level institutions. It is also equally important that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the extra €21 million that is being provided. As the Minister indicated, students who have spent the past year learning online in their bedrooms may have developed anxiety and it may be difficult to get them back into in-person learning. Does the Minister think it will be necessary for the funding to be used to try to gain contact with students who are not returning to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: International students play a significant part in the third-level education system, in respect of funding to a certain extent as well. There will be greater obstacles for international students. What are we going to do to restrict the barriers or to try to get back to where we were before? Is that an issue the Minister thinks cannot be prioritised until later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for attending the meeting. Everyone at the meeting agrees that it should be a top priority to get students back on campus from next September. We have heard terribly disappointing stories about the college experience that students have had since the pandemic arrived in February 2020. Many parents are concerned about the fact that their children's experience of student...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for those answers. I am very encouraged by them. All of us are aware of the desire of students to get back on campus. This may be unfair, but sometimes there is a perception that some of the academic staff might not share that desire to get back. Our guests will correct me if I am wrong about that. If there is a situation in September whereby vaccination appears to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for their answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (13 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I second the nomination.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee this afternoon. Would Ms Dolan mind if I started with a couple of questions to her specifically about the important issue of academic freedom? Regrettably, this year we have already seen two examples of interference with academic freedom. First, there was a complaint by the head of a Chinese company about an article published by an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: The concerns which Ms Donegan has set out there are predominantly ones about academic freedom being interfered with as a result of commercial interests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: The examples I refer to appear to be from some sort of pressure coming from other country interests. Is that something that she has seen recently or is it something that we as a committee should be concerned about in looking at the legislation and how it should be amended?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay, I thank Ms Donegan very much. I wish to ask Ms Dolan another question. One of her concerns is the proposed changes to the Technological Universities Act 2018 that is contained within the Bill that we are considering now. What is her specific concern here? Is it the change it to the governing body or what interests of the TUI will be affected and undermined if the Bill is enacted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Acting Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is a line between exclusion and bullying. Sometimes a child’s intention may not be to bully another child but the effect of what the child is doing is that the other child feels excluded. How do we counteract that or try to ensure that a child is more inclusive when it comes to engagement with other children in his or her class?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not think he is online so I might come in.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 409. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have availed of the Covid restrictions support scheme to date by county; the value of the financial support by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40885/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 528. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when indoor sports such as squash will be permitted; if the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 will enable vaccinated persons to play indoor sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40074/21]