Results 4,081-4,100 of 9,147 for speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proposals that he believes should be introduced to encourage supermarkets and manufacturers to reduce the amount of single-use plastic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33964/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all the witnesses for coming in this morning, in particular as it is during their school holidays. I am conscious that there is a huge amount of pressure on young people these days in terms of social media, the climate crisis and peer pressure, but it is important that they are informed as well that it is a great time to be alive compared to even 50 or 100 years ago. It is a great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I agree with Ms Murphy on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is great that Ms Sheppard spots that. Does she think that many young people do not realise that these influencers are exclusively about making money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: They do not know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. What are the pressures on boys? Is there a pressure to be good looking or to be a brilliant sportsman?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: What can be done about these comparisons that young people are exposed to? It strikes me as primarily an issue of information. There is a false world out there that they are observing through social media. They think it is the real world. How do we cope with that and try to inform them that it is not the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the consequences of social media, unfortunately, and this is not just something to do with young people in politics, is that many people do not think for themselves anymore. When they are faced with an issue, sometimes a political issue, they look online to see the opinion of the people they follow online on it. How do we tackle that, to get people to think for themselves from a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses. My time is up. I am sorry I did not get to Ms Collier.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (23 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects any further sanctions to be agreed by the European Union against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32928/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (23 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects the united European Union response to Russian aggression against Ukraine to be sustained in the months ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32929/22]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State supports that exist for those availing of assisted living and or the providers of the assisted living schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the State supports that exist for those availing of assisted living and or the providers of the assisted living schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her Department’s capital investment in sports projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (21 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s strategy to support media freedom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact that the recent increase in interest rates will have on the projected rise in Ireland’s debt servicing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31824/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance if a hedging strategy has been introduced to reduce any projected rise in Ireland’s debt servicing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact that the increase in interest rates will have on Government spending over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31826/22]