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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does the Central Bank get a positive response from them universally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I would have thought a relatively straightforward solution would be a rule, whether introduced by legislation or otherwise, which would prevent an Internet provider from taking an advertisement unless the financial services entity was regulated by the Central Bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Google has acted ahead of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Has Meta done so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why would people not want to take down a scam advertisement?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT on e-bikes to 9%; and the first- and full-year costs of such a measure. [40478/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of local authority biodiversity officers currently employed; the funding provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40625/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to the community monuments fund, the historic structures fund and the built heritage investment scheme respectively in 2024, the estimated funding under Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40626/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding per scheme under the built heritage investment scheme, historic structures fund, and historic towns initiative respectively; the estimated funding under Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of employing an architectural conservation officers. [40627/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of purchasing and designating a new national park since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40629/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his estimate of the number of additional children who will benefit from the continued expansion of the national childcare scheme announced in Budget 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40606/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Apologies have been received from Deputies Niamh Smyth and Alan Farrell, and Senator Barry Ward. I remind members to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the sound system and make it difficult for parliamentary reporters to report the meeting, and television coverage and web streaming will also be adversely affected. I wish to place on record that at the committee's private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: The purpose of this meeting is to engage with Dr. Sharon Lambert, who is a senior lecturer in applied psychology at University College Cork, as part of the committee's examination of the drivers of violence and criminality. On behalf of the committee I welcome her to the meeting. I look forward to hearing from her, as do all the members. The format is that Dr. Lambert will be invited to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Dr. Lambert for her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is okay, it is very interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask some questions. I thank Dr. Lambert for her opening statement and her answers to the questions set by my colleagues, which have been very interesting. One of the issues is violence. In her answer to Senator Ruane, Dr. Lambert said that irrespective of its illegality or immorality, the use of violence is sometimes rational and, obviously, violence in self-defence is rational....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is it always the case that there have to be stressors on people for them to use violence?