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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State. My next question is for the Minister and it relates to the return of schools. Fifth-year students will return on Monday week, as will the remainder of national school classes. The Minister will appreciate that for children in first to fourth year at secondary level, a return date of 12 April, which is six weeks away, is a long time to wait. Can she offer an...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I acknowledge the extraordinary sacrifices that Irish people have made in responding to this pandemic over the past year. During that time, their constitutional and personal rights and their civil liberties have been significantly infringed and, in many cases, fully restricted. The people have gone along with that because they recognise, to a large extent, that those restrictions have been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can waive the requirement to have a recently expired certificate of competency exchanged for a full driver licence for a person (details supplied) necessary to start a new job due to misinterpretation of new regulations introduced in April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9648/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will carry out a review of policy regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme with regard to childminders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if steps can be taken by the State to retain ownership of the graving docks on the Grand Canal that were constructed in 1796; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a July provision in-school style programme will be run during the Easter holidays for children with special educational needs in autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9483/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the question regarding court cases pending for naturalisation applications is a reference to criminal and civil cases; if not, if it is limited to criminal cases only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been provided for the purchase of drones for use by An Garda Síochána; the number of drones currently in use by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9812/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles reported to gardaí that were stolen from Irish Rail stations in Dublin in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9813/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 724. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Donegal Garda division as of 31 December 2019 and 15 February 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9814/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of special exemption orders granted in 2019 and quarter 1 of 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9815/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bench Warrants (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 726. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants issued to gardaí in the R district in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9816/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 727. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting four additional full-time intelligence analysts at the grade of higher executive officer for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parole Boards (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when applicants can apply for membership of the Parole Board; and the process for submitting applications. [10129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (24 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 753. To ask the Minister for Health when pregnant women will be permitted to have the support of their partners at consultations in maternity hospitals in view of the vaccination of healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9364/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for coming before the committee. I reiterate what I said last week about technological universities having the potential to be a transformative development in Irish society in general and not just in Irish education. When we look at the 2011 national strategy for further education, the Technological Universities Act 2018 and the TURN report, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: No, I do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Matters: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. O'Connell very much for his presentation. I express my sympathies to all of the staff of Ulster Bank, who are obviously going through a very stressful time. I appreciate the concern Mr. O'Connell has for those staff. I note that he has stated he believes they have been treated shabbily. I have to agree with what he has said. His statement was very clear in setting out the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Matters: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the officials from Ulster Bank for appearing before the committee. I believe the Ulster Bank staff have been treated shabbily by the bank. I will not repeat some of the questions that were asked by my colleagues earlier, but I ask that they would also be answered. As well as being a great disappointment and a cause of strife for the staff and customers of Ulster Bank, this is also...