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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the projects to be financed by the increased defence capital allocation announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48994/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: The budget last week was a very good one, from the Minister's Department's point of view. I commend the Minister and the Government on increasing funding for the Department. As has been mentioned previously by both Deputies Richmond and Griffin, one of the most positive aspects of that was the increase in capital funding by €35 million, bringing the total capital fund up to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his answer. I am pleased to hear that there is to be significant investment in capital projects for the Naval Service. As the Minister is aware and as commentary has indicated, it has always been viewed a bit as the Cinderella of the Defence Forces. I like the fact that the Minister may be coming as the Prince Charming to give more money to the Naval Service. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister is echoing the point, in many respects, that was made by the Commission on the Defence Forces in its recent report. It noted that the Naval Service currently does not have the capabilities required to closely monitor activity below the waves. Obviously, that report came out before what appears to have been a malicious attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. We need to be vigilant...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether that the Russian Federation should be designated a terrorist state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any new sanctions are being imposed on the Russian Federation in the wake of its latest illegal actions in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48892/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there will be a strengthening of Ireland's maritime defences in view of recent events in the Baltic sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 27 September 2022, his plans to increase the number of staff to ensure that a faster processing timeline is achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49404/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish residence permits renewals can be extended beyond one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49408/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for coming before the committee. In this era of transparency, I should announce at the outset that I, like everyone else on this committee, am a politically exposed person. That might be taken for granted but it is worth saying it. May I ask Mr. Bruen, has the fifth directive been fully transposed into Irish law yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I think I am correct in saying that the fifth directive really just amends parts of the fourth directive and that the fourth directive sets out the substance of what is required. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Looking at our primary law, it is in the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 that the fourth directive has been transposed into Irish law. That is where most of the legislation is contained.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: In the Irish legislation, we define "politically exposed person" by saying three categories of person are covered: a specified official, a member of the administrative management or supervisory body of a State-owned enterprise and any individual performing prescribed functions. Is that correct? Then we go on to define what a specified official is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Are senior civil servants regarded as politically exposed persons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: If you look at the definition that is relevant to that question, the only way they would come under the legislation is if they fitted within the definition of "a member of the administrative management or supervisory body of a State-owned enterprise". As an example, not for any specific reasons, look at something like An Bord Pleanála, would the people in charge or who are members of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can understand Mr. Bruen's reticence because, just looking at it, it is difficult to determine who is covered by it. We know that a Member of Parliament is covered by it because it expressly states so, but when it says a "member of the administrative management or supervisory body of a State-owned enterprise", I do not know how that law is being implemented. Is anyone issuing guidelines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Who will issue that guidance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Ultimately, it is for a financial institution to get its own legal advice to assess whether or not its customers come within the definition of a PEP.