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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (7 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has any plans to legislate on the issue of the lack of compensation for persons injured in non-negligent accidents on public transport, in which liability cannot be assigned to any party; if he believes that there is a role for the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland in such cases; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine a case (details supplied) in which an applicant is experiencing significant delays in their de facto partner visa application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53766/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (7 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing a case (details supplied) in which a UK-trained clinical psychologist, and Irish citizen, cannot return to Ireland to practise due to administrative barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53767/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with the NCSE to ensure that the request from a school (details supplied) to open two additional autism classes will be sanctioned without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54187/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (9 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an updated list of all investments held by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in companies directly or indirectly associated with operations in the occupied Palestinian territories, with reference to the (A/HRC/59/23) report of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (9 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 316. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider reviewing the HSE assisted human reproductive scheme to allow for reciprocal IVF to be covered under the scheme to ensure that same sex couples are not excluded from obtaining financial assistance when seeking IVF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54270/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Gaelcholáiste Reachrann was founded in 2001 and, 24 years later, na daltaí, na múinteoirí agus pobal na scoile are still left waiting for permanent school buildings. Invitations to tender should have issued on 1 September. That is what was promised. That deadline has come and gone. Correspondence I have seen states that the Department of Education and Youth has failed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the tender process has concluded for the construction of a school (details supplied); if she will ensure that a public or written notice will be issued regarding the appointment of a successful contractor(s); if the project remains on schedule to commence construction in Q1/Q2 of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54686/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (14 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 797. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the efforts her Department is making to address waiting lists for those awaiting an assessment of need; if she will address the delays faced by a person (details supplied) in accessing support from the children’s disability network team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55958/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 865. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the delays faced by a person (details supplied) in accessing support from CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54952/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: To follow up on those contributions, just so I am clear, two of the key objectives are to help EU member states meet their NATO objectives and strengthen the military industry. Are those the two key objectives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to ask about the issue of safeguards. As part of this, what safeguards are in place to ensure we do not have a situation where Ireland, along with other EU member states, ends up underwriting loans that could be defaulted on to countries where there are significant and serious rule of law issues? What safeguards are there to prevent those countries from using these weapons in ways...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It sounds like the safeguards relate to fraud and financial management. If the Commission becomes aware that the money disbursed through the loans is not being used to buy the weapons, these safeguards will kick in. It does not seem that there is any protection to ensure that these weapons, once purchased, cannot be misused. I am asking this from the point of view of the Irish public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: To be clear, there are no provisions or safeguards in this to cover issues around the rule of law and human rights for citizens in EU member states. Am I clear on that? It is outside of it. There are no safeguards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Knauer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: If funding is provided for these weapons, and they are purchased and in the hands of a government or state that already has serious issues with the rule of law, how will Article 14 and these controls and audits in the loan agreements prevent that government or state from, for example, misusing those weapons? The example I provided was those weapons being used against a civilian population....

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Budgets are about choices, and the cruel decisions this Government has made are all over this Finance Bill. The Government had the chance to stand with struggling families, renters, carers and disabled people, but it chose instead to stand with the golden circle - developers and fast-food chains. Once again, the people who already have the most are walking away with the biggest gains while...

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is true. That is what you have done.

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is shameful what you have done and these are the choices you have made. I agree; it is shameful. You have made those choices.

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: These are the choices you have made. Why are you continuing to underfund domestic violence refuges?