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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes. It was just trying to get people to give up their knives. It was relatively effective. We got much publicity. I am fully aware that the criminal justice sanction is a pretty blunt tool. However, I do not think anything Senator Ruane said is incompatible with this. In respect of criminal justice legislation we introduce, perhaps we need to look in the future at trying to consider...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have no problem with that. At present, the legislation is very much, as I said to Deputy Pringle, a fine and maximum term of imprisonment. That would be very detailed, complicated legislation but when there are offences, it is generally a fine. As Mr. O’Neill suggested in his proposal, you categorise the fines, or a term of imprisonment. Regarding who it is addressed to, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Senator for his comments. I am not proprietorial about the Bill. I have no difficulty if the provision I would like to see included in our law is brought through a criminal justice Bill or this Bill, which has been there since 2021. Obviously, there is an advantage. Although I am a Government TD, this is not a Government Bill. However, I would have thought there is an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 14 May 2024, under the Value-Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981 (people with disabilities can claim a VAT refund on aids and appliances that help them carry out daily activities at home or at work), if the Government has any plans to review the process by which this tax refund is claimed; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injury Claims (23 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the Injuries Resolution Board’s mediation service for public liability personal injury claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23057/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injury Claims (23 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the initial response to the introduction of mediation for workplace accident claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23058/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Inspections (22 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 163. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 9 May 2024, the findings of the HIQA inspections carried out at St. James’s Hospital, Tallaght Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital on 30 August 2022, 27 October 2022, 14 February 2024 and 29 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21561/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing fines for tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22750/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance when the review of the standard fund threshold will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has drawn up assessments of the potential impact on Ireland of the withdrawal of the United States from international multilateral organisations, in view of the growing isolationism in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22848/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: White Papers (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department last published a White Paper on foreign policy; if he plans an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether an assessment has been carried out by his Department to determine whether the International Protection Office on Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, is an appropriate and-or safe place to process applicants for international protection in light of the significant increase in numbers making applications at that office; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether immigration officials within her Department are monitoring the transportation of international protection applicants from Northern Ireland to Ireland; whether those transporting the applicants are breaching any immigration laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22559/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to reassessing the application process for legal aid from the Legal Aid Board in order that account is taken of the current cost of accommodation and/or debts held by the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22654/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22875/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with begging in a public place within the DMR in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22876/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has spoken formally with the executive director of Europol to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22877/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 9 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22878/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant WTE staff by grade currently within the border management unit of her Department as of 13 May 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22879/24]