Results 2,861-2,880 of 10,057 for speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jun 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 274.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be granted a special school place. [24738/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (11 Jun 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 463.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider taking any legislative or policy measures in order to combat the recent finding in a report (details supplied) that women need to work an extra eight years to make up the pensions gender gap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25119/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare (11 Jun 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 519.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether it is proposed to introduce legislation to deal with the theft of companion pets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24641/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Jun 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 550.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether members of An Garda Síochána are designated to work full-time for RTÉ’s Crimecall TV show, and if so, how many members are so allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25116/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (11 Jun 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 555.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to change the law in order to preclude persons convicted of rape or other serious crimes in Ireland that constitute a danger to the community of the State from applying for international protection on their release from prison. [25293/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (11 Jun 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 556.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forward legislation to amend section 21 (2) of the International Protection Act 2015 to make inadmissible any application for international protection by a person who has been convicted, whether in the State or not, of a particularly serious crime that constitutes a danger to the community of the State. [25294/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jun 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 785.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of significant concerns over lack of appropriate consultation and dialogue with doctors and their representative organisations over major changes in the ethics guidelines of the Medical Council which were not signalled to the profession and public in the launch and highlights document of the 9th edition of the guidelines; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a report on the task force for Dublin city centre that he announced on 9 May 2024. [22005/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the establishment of the task force and commend Mr. David McRedmond for taking on this important role. However, I think he is going to have a very challenging task in terms of trying to change the status and make-up, and deal with the concerns that we all see when we travel through the city centre at present. I have no doubt Mr. McRedmond and the other people on his committee will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending the hours of operation of the International Protection Office on Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2 to process applicants for international protection given the significant increase in the number making applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24327/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 8 May 2024, the areas in which the discharge scheme has commenced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24173/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Suicide (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether he has any role to play under section 9 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 arising from the removal of the restriction on euthanasia and assisted suicide from the 9th edition of the ethics guide that was published recently by the Medical Council. [24376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Suicide (29 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 198. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has any concerns about the recent removal of the restriction on euthanasia and assisted suicide from the 9th edition of the ethics guide that was published recently by the Medical Council; and his views on whether it was made with adequate consultation within the medical profession [24377/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all the students and guests for coming before the committee today. Starting with Mr. Irfan, I would have thought it was a very positive development that we are going to have a separate climate action and sustainable development course at senior cycle. Does he agree with me that there are many younger people who are interested in climate action and the climate crisis and that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. Turning to Ms Adhikari, what would she like to see being covered in this course? I do not know if she has had an opportunity to engage with the Department in respect of the course, but even if she has not, what elements of the whole issue of climate action and sustainable development would she like to see included in the course?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Of course, yes.