Results 281-300 of 7,504 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is grossly unfair.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: What is being done to the people paying those exorbitant interest rates is grossly unfair.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Aircraft (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take action to ensure that Ireland meets its European Union VAT and customs obligations by inspecting all military aircraft landing at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39678/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Aircraft (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will the Minister take action to ensure we meet our European Union VAT and customs obligations by inspecting all military aircraft landing in Shannon Airport?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Aircraft (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister said this evening that up until a few weeks ago the Irish State was investing in Israeli war bonds. Those are my words. The State has been investing through ISIF in companies associated with illegal activity in the occupied Palestinian territories which are in breach of international law. Is the Government fulfilling its VAT and customs obligations by inspecting all military...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Aircraft (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: According to EU Regulation No. 952/2013, customs authorities have the right to inspect goods entering or leaving the customs territory of the EU to ensure compliance with applicable laws. Article 42 of the EU customs code grants customs authorities the right to carry out inspections to verify the compliance of goods with customs regulations. This includes the authority to inspect aircraft...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32569/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: What about the child who has been left waiting for 13 years?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Clearly not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Whose responsibility is this?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I asked the Taoiseach about primary care teams and the Government's failure to staff them properly, which has led to a situation where waiting lists for primary care for children can be up to 13 years in the worst case scenario. That is what I asked him about. He did not address the shortages in primary care teams in his answer. He addressed other issues but he did not address primary care...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the Taoiseach acknowledge it is happening-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is no exaggeration to say that primary care services for children around the country are at breaking point. Figures obtained by my colleague, Liam Quaide, revealed the depths of the crisis. The longest wait time for speech and language therapy in primary care services in Dublin is six years. In the north Lee area of Cork, one child has been waiting seven years for physiotherapy. For...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and for the opening statement. My first question is on energy. Dr. O'Toole said it is challenging to identify the reasons that costs have not come down in Ireland compared to other EU countries. Will the witnesses talk us through what work they have done and any research they or others have done in this area?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: In order that I am clear on this, does Dr. Lynch think we could be ahead of other countries on renewables? Is there evidence for this?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Doing more with renewables is one of the ways to get costs down. Is that what Dr. Lynch is suggesting?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the forecast for housing supply, it is expected that 33,000 units are to be built in 2025 and 37,000 in 2026. Dr. O'Toole indicated that most of the risks weigh on the downside. Will he expand on what he means by that? What are the implications in that regard?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are key issues around those auctions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the action his Department is taking to reduce extremely high interest rates being charged to some mortgage holders whose mortgages were sold to non-bank lenders after the economic crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39363/25]