Results 21-40 of 265 for long speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provision of a pension for carers; when she expects these pension entitlements to commence; what the limitations of the scheme will be; how long will a person have to have been a carer; the progress on establishing a register of family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18961/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...to months. I urge her however to ensure the people making this decision within the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform fully recognise there probably is no long-term or even short-term benefit to this delay. We all know work will commence and the schools will be built. I do not understand the reason for this short-term delay. Is it for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Before I come to Mr. Jones, I note Mr. Duffy spoke about the leaving certificate syllabus being too long. What would he like to see gone from it? Not that he would like to see anything gone from the syllabus, but how could it be reduced? What would he drop or would he try to make it less intensive in terms of the broader areas that are covered?

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ..., as he or she is entitled to do, to seek to challenge what the Government is doing. If there is an inquiry that has been initiated by the Government and which involves another senior judge, I do not know if that will be beneficial for the Judiciary in the long term. Deputy McNamara raised an interesting point in respect of sections 35 and 36, which replicate sections 40 and 41 of the...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...urgency behind it and also because the legislation before us is unquestionably complex. It takes time to draft that. Section 9 deals with an area that has been significantly in need of reform for a long period. If we consider the legislation that is being repealed, some of the only legislation regulating gambling in Ireland dates from 1929, the Totalisator Act, and the Betting Act...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Reserve (20 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: This time last year, the Garda Commissioner published his strategy on the Garda reserve. It was a long-awaited strategy and it arose as a result of a recommendation in the report of the commission on the future of policing into the Garda Reserve. Can the Minister of State give an update to the House as to what is happening in respect of the Garda Reserve? Many members in this House believe...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ..., is that individuals who go before PIAB and get their assessment do not have to accept it. That applies for the defendant in any claim as well. They have an entitlement to go to the courts. As long as that exists, it will not be regarded as being the administration of justice. We saw last year what can happen where a statutory body goes too close to administering justice. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (13 Jul 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if the abolition of prescription charges for persons with long-term medical dependency will be considered in the forthcoming Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to boost supports for persons with long-Covid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33457/22]

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill and I commend the Minister of State and the Department on bringing it forward. This Bill is long overdue; it has been called for and required for more than two decades. We need to appreciate it is complex and complicated legislation. Notwithstanding the delay, I can understand why the Minister of State and the Department have had to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. Horgan is saying that is not feasible until such time as secure and long-term viable funding is provided by the State so that the private enterprise will be aware of that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...on bringing forward this legislation. It is important that the select committee appraises and considers legislation that comes from the Opposition. I remember when I was in the Opposition not long ago I managed to get many legislative measures to the justice committee but, unfortunately, I could not always get them through that committee because we did not get a money message. In...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...thing we all need to acknowledge is that we are not a military power. We do not have the type of military power that would have any impact on this invasion. Even if we did, we could not use it, because of our long-standing policy of neutrality. However, we need to look at where we are powerful and where we are significant. This comes under two headings. First, as a member of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...done very well as a country in terms of the funding we have and how we use it to get such a high quality of third level. I also suspect we are running out of road and we need to get a strategy and long-term policy in place for the future funding model. That is especially so since we are trying to encourage so many people to get into third level. I will start by asking Mr. Brownlee...

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...look at history and the experience of the Spanish flu from 1918 to 1920. We would note that the Spanish flue went on for two years and there were four waves. Although the pandemic has gone on longer than any of us would have hoped, we are in a stronger position than we were in March 2020. We now have a huge amount of information about the pandemic. There will not be a pandemic that...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...who are victims of sexual offences. More broadly, in 2017 we introduced legislation that recognised for the first time the importance and role of victims of crime in our criminal justice system. For too long the criminal justice system has been focused on the issue of the guilt or innocence of the accused. It is important we recognise that victims have an important part to play in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the long-term strategy of the NTA for bike sharing in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49181/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the guests for coming before the committee today. The meeting has gone on for a long time and I do not want to delay it much longer. I will first ask Mr. Dennehy and Mr. Gillespie a question. One of the suggestions put forward by Ms Neville in her presentation on behalf of secondary school students was that the terminal exam of the leaving certificate be spaced out over a longer...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...who were not able to buy their own houses. That is why it was so important for the State to step in and build local authority houses. Houses were available for people to rent and to live in long-term with security from the local authority. It is now the case, however, in respect of the social contract that young people today face a terrifying prospect. They now can find themselves...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...model for An Garda Síochána, and the Garda Inspectorate recommended a new structure for it, and I am pleased to say that back in 2019, the Garda Commissioner recognised that and announced a new operating model. For too long there have been situations in Garda districts and stations where superintendents' time is taken up filling out forms or signing documents, or being forced to...