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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 ask Mr. O'Connell to assume that our concerns, unfortunately, come true and that there is chaos or uncertainty for existing bank account holders who cannot move across. What could be the manifestation of that chaos? If this goes wrong, what does Mr. O'Connell think could happen in the financial sector?

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: The impact on the customer will be that if this is not adequately resourced, if it ends up being a chaotic transfer, the individuals who cannot do online banking will be the ones particularly affected. They are the people who require face-to-face banking engagement. Am I correct in stating that they are the people who will be disadvantaged most?

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: Mr. O'Connell states more time, resources and transparency are needed. Transparency will give us an indication as to how much time and resources are required.

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: We do not have that transparency. With regard to time, some colleagues and I asked last week whether the timeline was definite. The representatives seemed quite committed to it. I presume Mr. O'Connell would like to see the regulator exerting itself more, saying one cannot leave if the appropriate number of transfers have not occurred. Would that be fair to say?

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: The only source of information for the public seems to be the hearings of this committee. It is very difficult for the public to get an overview of the number transferred. We asked questions and got answers last week, but I am wondering whether there is ongoing awareness-raising.

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: Why has the regulator not sought to agree on the implementation plan and have a collaborative approach among people such as the witnesses and the banks?

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: Sometimes politicians who are members of this committee and other Members of the Houses are criticised when they emphasise that customers want to have face-to-face contact with bankers, and we are presented as being a bit old-fashioned because this is not the format according to which banking will operate in the future. Does Mr. O'Connell share our concern that there will be a requirement...

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 agree with Mr. O'Connell. The only entity that can change that is the regulator. If banks are not prohibited from trying to corral people into online banking, they will keep doing it and use whatever mechanism they have to achieve it. Does the regulator not have a role to ensure a requirement that a certain percentage of staff be available to provide face-to-face contact with customers?

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: Is the regulator performing that role at present?

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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and their officials for coming before the committee late on a Wednesday evening. I acknowledge and commend the generosity of the Irish people, the Government and the school communities who have accommodated up to 6,000 children from Ukraine. They have done so seamlessly and without complaint, and that needs to be acknowledged. The Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Language is another issue that may affect children coming from Ukraine. I suspect the vast majority of them will not be proficient in English and may not even have learned English. Can anything be done to provide language support hours for them? Is that an issue we may need to revisit in future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am conscious many adults who have come from Ukraine have academic or professional qualifications. It may be the case people have come from Ukraine who have the academic qualifications to be teachers in Ireland. It is obviously a different education system. The courses are different but these Ukrainians may have qualifications in maths, physics or chemistry. I am also aware the EU...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: This Bill seeks to extend the powers of audience that members of the Garda have before the District Court. Although it is a very short Bill, its brevity should not disguise the fact there is a very complex and lengthy history to the rights of audience that police officers have had before our courts, particularly for minor offences. Prior to independence, it was the case that in respect of...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Every Member of this House who speaks on this topic does so with great empathy and in a very well-intentioned way. The objective of all of us is to ensure that children with special educational needs have an easy and certain passage into education. However, from the point of view of their parents who inspire us all so much, empathy and understanding from us is not enough. It really rests...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ukraine War (14 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 142. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if he will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of his Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the consultation on private wires direct line renewables will be released; his Department’s plans for the consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29927/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if direct line renewables have value in addressing the challenges caused by the projected rise in electricity demand by large energy users such as data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29928/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who were laid-off in 2021 by the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who were employed for security at Dublin Airport by the Dublin Airport Authority on 1 January 2020, 1 January 2021 and 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29462/22]