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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom will be put to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27961/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in putting the new garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27962/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. English mentioned the Olympics of skills. One of the things this committee tries to do is to assess the importance of competitiveness or competitions within the education system. Does Mr. English believe it is important? Is it encouraging and improving the quality of apprenticeships for people to participate in very competitive arrangements like that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: How important does Mr. McSherry believe the competition he took part in was to his development as a bricklayer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: How did Ms Yeates find the competition? Was it of assistance to logistics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why? Is it dominated by men generally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Ms Leane is saying the school was helpful in identifying that avenue for her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Great. Turning to Mr. Twomey, how did he get his interest in metal fabrication? Was there someone in the family or was it in school he became aware of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am sorry but your skills are different.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay, they focus too much on the orthodoxy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. I thank all four of our younger guests for coming in. I wish them all the best in their careers ahead. I thank Mr. Hourihan and Mr. English as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Was it just from the publicity that he got?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: My next question is for Ms Leane. One of the functions of this committee is that we try to ensure there are a number of avenues available for people in secondary education. Obviously, there are probably clear avenues available to students who are good at science or languages. When did Ms Leane's interest in cookery manifest itself? Was there an avenue available to her in school or was it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Twomey think it would have been more beneficial to him if there had been somebody in school identifying for him the benefits of metalwork at an earlier stage?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the organisation that nominated the current deputy chairperson of An Bord Pleanála for appointment as an ordinary member in 2014, as required by section 106 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). [28779/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. O'Connell and Mr. McDowell for coming before us. Mr. O'Connell is correct to say that the exit of these two banks is the biggest logistical event to happen in the sector since the introduction of the euro. Last week, we had representatives of the three remaining banks before the committee. They also accepted that it is an extremely significant event. The reason the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Are the banks recruiting more people at present?