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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (13 Jun 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when children with severe dyslexia and their parents will be consulted in respect of the current review of specific learning difficulty provision which is being carried out by her Department; when the review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27525/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the NCSE policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools has been completed; if so, whether it can be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27520/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the Revenue Commissioners automatically rescinds a landlord's tax clearance certificate once the amount paid to the landlord through HAP exceeds €10,000; if consideration can be given to amending this policy by increasing the threshold at which tax clearance certificates are rescinded; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 Jun 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 891. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it currently takes for a citizenship application to be processed; the reason a person (details supplied) has still not had their application determined after 21 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27693/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1162. To ask the Minister for Health if the offers of bursaries made to new incoming psychology students who will work in counselling that can be made retrospectively to current second and third year psychology students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jun 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1163. To ask the Minister for Health the on-street outreach work that is being conducted in Dublin 1,3,7 and 9 to engage with people who are abusing substances in public places; the level of resources available for this type of work; what has been conducted in the past 12 months; the plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27569/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (1 Jun 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the applications that were submitted by Ireland to the Brexit adjustment reserve in the years since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for coming before the committee. I acknowledge and commend the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau on the excellent work it does. We are here to discuss authorised push payment fraud but the ambit of the GNECB extends to the whole area of white-collar crime. I am aware of all the successful convictions that have taken place as a result of the excellent work it does. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: No comment. What can be done to improve prevention? What should financial institutions do to reduce the level of crime? Assistant Commissioner Kelly referred to the fact that we do not see cash-in-transit robberies anymore. Obviously, that is a result of the declining level of cash but, in addition, the financial institutions changed their practices in terms of transferring cash by road....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: On that point, the Governor of the Central Bank appeared before the committee some weeks ago. Last year, I asked him whether he was concerned about crypto and he did not seem too concerned. When I asked him the same question this year, he expressed concern. He indicated that, in particular, he was concerned about the number of men in their 20s or 30s who were losing significant amounts of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Garda does not necessarily get involved if a person invests in crypto.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Information and warning are important in order to deter this type of activity. The more that people are told about this, the more likely it is that they will have their guard up when it comes to responding to a fraudulent message on their phone. Should the financial institutions spend more money on advertising and warning people about this? They spend lots of money on advertising or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: In terms of what happens, Mr. Kelly discussed section 19 notifications with Deputy Doherty. Under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011, it is a criminal offence for a person to withhold information from the Garda if he or she has evidence of an offence being committed. If I am a victim of a crime and make a complaint to the Garda, I am then an individual complainant. Is there a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: If I do something on my phone and €5,000 is taken out of an account or something like that, what will the Garda do in terms of investigating that or its questioning of me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the average amount of fraud perpetrated through authorised push payment fraud?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes, on an individual basis. Individuals who come-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the incidence of people getting their money back from the fraudster? I suspect it is low.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: For those victims who do not recover their money from the fraudster, is Mr. Cryan aware of the level of recovery they get from financial institutions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will conclude by asking about the Garda national economic crime bureau staff. What percentage of the staff working within the bureau are fully attested gardaí and what percentage come from outside with expertise such as accountancy? Or are all of the staff gardaí?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses.