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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?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: If Google identifies a person who has bought an ad and who Google believes has been involved in some fraud on another person, where can Google report that or is that a responsibility of the victim of fraud who should be the complainant?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: For example, if an ad is put on Google, Google's verification process is not effective and the ad is advertising something that is a scam, a fraudulent sale or something like that, and if Google subsequently becomes aware of that, presumably Google removes the ad if it is satisfied that it is a scam. 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: Maybe Google feels it is not its obligation to do so but does Google report that to anyone? Are there jurisdictional issues with that? Is it the responsibility of the victim to make the complaint?

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 the witnesses. I will conclude by making a comment and I do not need anyone to answer it. My assessment of this issue is as follows. I am conscious that the organisations present are all enormous platforms that have global reach but I would have thought it would be preferable, from the point of view of the protection of the consumer, if it was possible that there was a universally...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of Vote 34 in budget 2024 providing the total capital and current expenditure for each individual programme within heads A, B, C, D, E and F; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45887/23]

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: At present, the world is a very dangerous place. There is a serious risk this could escalate further beyond the regional dispute we see in the Middle East. I know people may say it was a dangerous place 50 years ago or 100 years ago or further back, but in fact when we look at what is happening now, there seems to be an inability on the part of people to recognise that we have to share the...