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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: It was around the protected disclosures office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Finally, I ask Ms Casey, Ms Heffernan or Dr. Kierans to answer the following. Obviously, in the public mind, protected disclosure and whistleblowers are represented by people such as Sergeant McCabe or the great investigative work that Mr. Clifford does. However the vast majority of reliance upon this Act takes place within the sphere of employment law and it never really gets into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Dr. Kierans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Heffernan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Perhaps I can ask Mr. Devitt and his colleagues to respond on that point. Do any of the representatives from Transparency International Ireland wish to comment on the issue of the new protected disclosures office that has been proposed in the general scheme of the amending Bill? Do they think it is a positive development and how do they think it will operate when it is enacted?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if from 7 June 2021, pubs will be able to serve drinks outdoors without an obligation to serve food as well. [28786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 1951 superannuation pension scheme for CIÉ workers is in compliance with minimum funding standard rules; if he plans to meet with CIÉ representatives to discuss the crisis in relation to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27809/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that CIÉ excluded the non-union members from a vote on LCR22297 when the company confirmed that would not be the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27810/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the communication by the European Commission on business taxations published on 18 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28238/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of visually impaired persons in receipt of the blind pension; and if consideration will be given to removing or amending the means test associated with the pension. [27569/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way a visually impaired person can exist and contribute in the State as an artist; and the way a visually impaired person can develop, grow and live as a professional artist here. [27570/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of audits of visually impaired persons in receipt of the blind persons pension that were carried out in 2018 and 2019; and the reason these audits were necessary in circumstances in which all recipients of the pension have very limited financial means. [27571/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged under Part 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27802/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful convictions obtained for the offence of criminal damage in Garda J district in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful convictions obtained for the offence of violent disorder in Garda R district in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the domestic abuse intervention unit in the Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, north as of 17 May 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27805/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently on a panel waiting for recruitment into An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies by job title in the Office of the State Pathologist; the estimated full year cost of filling each of the vacant posts in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28184/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies by rank in the Garda band in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28186/21]