Results 5,441-5,460 of 9,314 for speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (24 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities can be instructed not to charge a parking fee for owners of electric vehicles who are charging their cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in each county that have successfully applied for inclusion under the temporary business energy support scheme; the estimated value or worth of the support in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2819/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has the authority under the Planning and Development Act 2000 to make regulations providing that the installation of solar photovoltaic or solar thermal collector panels be a condition for planning permission to be granted for car parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (24 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the voids programme; the number of properties that have been returned to use in 2022; the estimated number that will follow in 2023; the estimated number of properties nationwide that could qualify for the programme; if it is possible to accelerate the programme without any adverse consequences for other...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (24 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can request that the report into historical abuse allegations at an organisation (details supplied), recently completed, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3018/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (24 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 498. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the construction of hospitals devoted exclusively to elective-only procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 499. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners are permitted to prescribe paxlovid for vulnerable people with Covid outside of a hospital setting and, if not, if this can be permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2768/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (26 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a report on the operation of the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3559/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the details of the scheme to rectify defective apartments will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3442/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Governor and his colleagues for coming before the committee. I will continue with that issue of monetary policy that Deputy Doherty was raising. Obviously, the purpose of the monetary policy in terms of increasing interest rates is to bring down inflation. Historically, that has been effective and successful. Is it working at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: How do we correlate the rise in interest rates with the decline in inflation? How does the Central Bank know that they are linked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: How high does Mr. Makhlouf think the ECB will raise interest rates in order to combat inflation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is an interesting historical point by the Governor but the people who are on mortgages have no experience of those extremely high interest rates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: We have had very low interest rates for 20 years, I would say. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: A bit less than that. The Governor may recall that during what he describes as the "gilt market disruption in the UK in September", there was speculation that interest rates could rise to 6%. Are we looking at anything as atrocious as that here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. Kincaid mentioned the bank is aware of responsiveness. Is the any other mechanism by which the CBI can get more information about this?