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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will make one point. The leaving certificate is obviously an important examination but none of our guests should believe it will dictate the future of their lives because it will not. One can decide whatever one wishes to do. Even if one misses out on a course one wants to do in third level, that does not mean one cannot go about it from a different route. Is Mr. Ahern based in Cork?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is his assessment? Does he think the education system from, say, transition year on, the leaving certificate cycle, is too narrowly focused on academic achievement? Would he like to see it broadened further?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Extracurricular activities could also be examined. We had the pleasure of visiting the Cork Life Centre, which is an excellent and interesting place. What is it about that institution? Does it accommodate divergence? Does it not impose a hierarchy of learning? What does Ms O'Leary consider its attraction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: You are doing very well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is a relaxing environment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Chairman and Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan also visited the centre. It seemed to emanate a relaxed environment in which pressure was not put on students. Would that be a fair assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Education obviously requires people to learn and in order for that to happen, they need to be taught by teachers. There is to a certain extent a requirement to go through the orthodox method of learning. What is Mr. Sharpe's assessment of the balance we have in the country at present? Is the way we teach still too traditional or is the balance improving as time progresses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Perhaps the solution is to ensure there is more choice for people in terms of the method of education. It suits some people to have a very academic method but the approach needs to be broader for others. Does Mr. Sharpe agree?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the delivery of the early actions outlined in the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces and if all targets will be met. [58287/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will detail according to rank the number of vacancies in the Defence Forces in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (24 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance when the new temporary business energy support scheme will be operational and open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58617/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (23 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been provided for cycling facilities in Dublin city in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58273/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that applied to the Garda recruitment campaign 2022; the number of these applicants that took the fitness test; and of these, the number that failed the test. [58247/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (23 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the number of fines applied to parents and guardians under section 113 of the Children’s Act 2001 in each of the past five years in tabular form. [58248/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (22 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. As regards the statistics he provided, he said that 369 recruits were attested this year. I am conscious that the Minister of State is not at the Department of Justice. My understanding is that many of the gardaí who were attested this year were recruited last year. There can be little doubt that we need to get the numbers up in An Garda...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (22 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to raise the associated issue of what I will refer to as the recruitment crisis in An Garda Síochána. At present, we have approximately 14,300 attested members of An Garda Síochána. In my opinion, that is not enough and we need to closer to 16,000. The reason I say that is not simply because of the ever-increasing population in this country, but also because of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (22 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any further action is being taken against Iran in view of recent human rights abuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57842/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (22 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the sanctions that have been put in place on Iran with regard to the supply of weapons for Russian aggression against Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57843/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (22 Nov 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that are being pursued to ensure public order and safety on streets. [58128/22]