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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does it have enough powers?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does it have the powers to do its job?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [32570/25]

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats.

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: With respect, we do not need the Government to continue to monitor events closely. We need it to act and we have needed it to act for a long time. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has told us that almost 50% of the people who ring them do so about groceries - almost 50%. The Barnardos report published yesterday showed that almost one fifth of children are missing out on school trips...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: What is the Government at when it comes to personal injury awards? For weeks now we have been hearing about a memo that the Minister for justice is bringing to Cabinet. It concerns a review of awards by the Judicial Council which recommended a 17% increase. Initially it was reported that the Minister was going to rubberstamp that increase. This memo was due to go to Cabinet last week....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Taoiseach has clarified that there will not be an increase of 17%. He is giving that commitment to the Dáil now that the Government will not be putting forward an increase of 17%. I welcome that if that is the case. Awards here are four times higher than in the UK, so it would be a regressive move. If the Government is not doing that, that is welcome. The Taoiseach gave a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will ask a couple of questions to follow up on that in a minute. Deputy Devine referred to the Central Bank's housing completion forecast. The forecast was for 35,000 homes for this year, which has been revised to 32,000. Media coverage claims that the Department of housing has been advising the Minister that even the revised forecast might be excessive and he should be looking at a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to return to the discussion on productivity in the construction sector. As noted in the Central Bank's quarterly bulletin, Ireland is 20% below the EU average, and the second lowest among a number of comparable European countries examined, in this regard. It is worrying, at a time when investment should be increasing, that the quarterly report notes that investment in the sector's...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is it fair to say that the ad hoc method of delivery of housing lends itself to smaller scale? Would better land-use regulation, larger-scale projects and larger delivery of infrastructure with a larger-scale delivery of housing by the private sector, the Land Development Agency or whoever it is lend itself to greater levels of productivity? If we had a more co-ordinated and planned...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Taoiseach and his officials for their attendance. On Vote 2 and section C of the briefing note, which is on sustaining the economy and investment, it is reported in today's Business Post that Irish banks are earning substantially more on mortgages than their UK counterparts. Research from RBC Capital Markets shows that Irish retail banks, AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB, are...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Given credible analysis has reported the margin on mortgages in Ireland is more than three times that of the UK, with respect to the gap in the interest rates, that is very serious. It has very serious impacts on people trying to get somewhere to live. That then has very serious knock-on impacts for the economy in terms of housing supply, wage growth and pressures there.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Would the Taoiseach be happy to come back to the committee on it after that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is. The Taoiseach has a larger briefing note on Vote 2 about sustaining the economy and investment and I think this is absolutely relevant to that. If the Taoiseach is going to produce the briefing note-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: He might come back to the committee on it.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has provided a letter of support for CIÉ pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37451/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 333. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money raised through windfall tax receipts used for current expenditure between the years 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37395/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 768. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that all LGBTQ+ families are provided with legal recognition where the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 is currently failing (details supplied); the actions being taken to include more families in the legislation; if she has engaged with key groups on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37168/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 774. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make the shingles vaccine free for older people; if she will consider this as a measure to help older people with the cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37211/25]