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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of ASD classrooms in the Dublin 4, 6 and 6W areas will be conducted urgently. [9158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an assessment will be carried out to ascertain whether hospital and nursing home staff could use public transport without charge during Covid-19 restrictions. [7864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a free travel scheme on public transport can be introduced during the pandemic restrictions for front-line healthcare workers. [8636/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet representatives of a group (details supplied) in order to discuss the limitations and flaws in the terms of reference generated by the National Transport Authority, NTA, for the purpose of conducting a feasibility study into whether the MetroLink should continue to south-west Dublin. [8767/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons over 70 years of age who do not hold a doctor visit card will be included in the plans for roll-out the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 710. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) can be requested to approve high-tech surgical theatres as approved facilities for the purpose of carrying out skin treatments in view of the growing incidence of skin cancer and the need for immediate surgical treatment. [8123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Welfare (17 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1058. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the procedures available for persons who wish to complain about standards operating in puppy farms. [7926/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of Technological Universities: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I confirm that I am in the precincts of Leinster House. The first thing I want to do is to thank Dr. Ryan and all the other guests for attending. All of us on this committee can agree that when one looks at the 2011 national strategy, the 2018 Act and the 2019 TURN report, we are involved in a significant transformation of higher education in this country. I commend the people before us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of Technological Universities: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is my time up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses from the Social Finance Foundation and UCC for appearing before us. I found their submissions very helpful. I also commend Deputy Doherty on introducing this important legislation, and I hope we can enact it promptly. That is of course the responsibility of the Oireachtas and of the Government. The area of financial services is one that requires vigorous regulation,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: It sounds from what the witnesses are saying that moneylenders appear to be very attuned to the needs of certain people in communities and to know when they may need money. Is there anything that credit unions or other community figures can do to replicate what Ms Corcoran's organisation has done with the It Makes Sense loans in order to make people more aware of sources of income other than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Do we have figures on the levels of default among people who borrow from moneylenders? What is the extent to which they repay those borrowings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: The money is being repaid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: It might not be possible to get an answer today to the final question I wish to raise. The purpose of Deputy Doherty's Bill is to amend section 9 of the 1995 Act by inserting a new subsection (4). Section 9 of the Act provides for a method of calculation of the annual percentage rate, APR, which is set out in the fourth Schedule to the Act. It is a very complicated mathematical method of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Reviews (11 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2018 is achieving the objective intended by the legislation to provide greater protection to consumers whose loans were transferred on to credit-servicing firms. [7845/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Reviews (11 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if the definition of "owner of credit" in the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2018 needs to be amended in order to ensure that it covers entities that retain the beneficial ownership of the credit but who have transferred legal ownership to another entity. [7846/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Reviews (11 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2018 requires further amendment to ensure that the beneficial owners of credit are regulated. [7847/21]

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is very important that we all remember that pandemics end. The Spanish flu ended, the black plague ended and the Covid-19 pandemic will end as well. The important thing for policymakers and politicians such as us is to ensure that we keep in place the fundamental structures in society while this very difficult period proceeds. The Minister's responsibility is to ensure that public...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (10 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by his Department to progress the purchase of the rights to a book (details supplied). [7185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (10 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of ASD classrooms in the Dublin 2 and 4 areas will be conducted urgently. [6434/21]