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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff (details supplied) employed in whole-time equivalent terms in certain categories in each individual public and voluntary hospital in September 2023, in tabular form. [47133/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds currently provided in each public and voluntary hospital as of 20 October 2023 or the latest date available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (25 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 and its proposal to legislate in respect of international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46862/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 192. To ask the Minister for Health when the winter plan for hospitals will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46873/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Go raibh maith agat agus ba mhaith liom fáilte mhór a chur roimh gach duine as an Roinn Oideachas. I will start with Mr. O'Leary. Obviously the Public Service Performance Report is a new process for the Department and indeed the Oireachtas. Its objective, I suppose, is to improve public service by enabling people to see performance relative to targets. Does the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I suppose one of the public's most frequent recognition of performance by the Department of Education is when they see a new primary school or a new secondary school being built. Obviously we are aware of demographics into the future. Are there any targets in respect of how many primary schools will be built in certain areas by a certain time? Ms Kirwan looks like she wants to answer that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is that something that members of the public can inspect and see quite readily by going online?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is an important area. Politicians are useful in terms of giving information as to how the public assesses Government Departments and certainly in my own constituency, where a new secondary school is being built for Harold's Cross Educate Together, there is concern about delays in respect of that school. Nobody seems to know the target for that to be built and completed. The date seems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Finally, as part of this public service performance report process, there is performance budgeting, equality budgeting, green budgeting, and spending reviews. I notice that in respect of the recent public service report, education did not seem to have provided well-being budgeting or green budgeting information. Is that correct?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received any reports on the onerous nature of applying for the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46410/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to tackle the introduction of booking fees of between €2-€10 by private transport companies for some passengers who avail of the free travel scheme, to ensure that public transport remains free for those who are eligible for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46411/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome all of the witnesses. I am aware that there are many methods by which fraud can be perpetrated, not just on the witnesses' platforms but elsewhere. However, I want to focus on scams being co-ordinated by advertisers or sellers on those platforms. I will start with Mr. Brophy with respect to Amazon. It obviously has its own products but attracts a lot of sellers onto its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Certainly, whatever way they want to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Are there many examples of individuals buying products on the Amazon platform, who subsequently report that they bought something, the seller never delivered, and they have in fact discovered they have been the victim of a fraud.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have similar questions for Mr. Ó Broin. I suspect that one of the big issues Meta has to deal with is people who are advertising on Meta and then subsequently it is discovered that the product they are selling or claims they are making are scams. That would be the minority of cases but that is an issue. What protocols does Meta have in place before it accepts an advertisement from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does the advertiser have to give verifiable details of their identity in order to get an ad put on Meta?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is there any reason Meta does not do that in advance and why it only does so when an issue arises?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I see that Mr. Ó Broin gave us details about how, in the first six months of this year, Meta removed 1.1 million fake accounts. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is that a number that has grown in recent years or is that a standard reflection of what happens each year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Milton and I want to ask Mr. Meade a similar question. What measures does Google have in place to vet advertisers? What happens if Google is subsequently informed of the fact that the advertiser about whom it did not know what it was doing is engaged in fraudulent activity on users of Google?