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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 287. To ask the Minister for Finance if applicants and or employers who were initially approved to avail of the temporary wage subsidy scheme for domestic employees and or childminders and who were subsequently refused eligibility can appeal the decision to pay the liability issued to them by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46182/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chairman and the witnesses, also, for coming before us today. It is important to point out that the purpose of these hearings is that we will be producing a report on reform of the leaving certificate. We should not shy away from any questions, irrespective of how basic they may seem. I will start by asking a very simple question of Mr. Irwin, if that is okay with him. Is it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: From the committee’s point of view, nothing should be left off the table. Unquestionably, however, Mr. Irwin’s evidence is that assessment is essential for education. It is important for the committee to hear that and that all of his colleagues would agree. Mr. Crone mentioned that we should try to decouple entry to third level from leaving certificate results. How would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Irrespective of what level of reform we advise or the State decides to implement, does Mr. Flood agree that no matter what we do, we will have to retain some form of competitive environment when it comes to assessment at the end of second level? Is it possible to have assessment without there being a competitive environment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Crone. One of the points Mr. Curtis made relating to the benefit of school-based projects. How do we ensure that better resourced students do not have a significant advantage as a result of resources they may have at home, or privately, over other students when it comes to such projects?

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the reasons Irish independence succeeded was that we were able to establish an independent police force very quickly after we got independence and that police force secured the support and consent of the Irish public it policed. That was a major achievement of the State. Other countries that gained their independence did not always manage to transfer power to a police force that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (22 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that in-person lectures at a university (details supplied) recommence in alignment with other third-level institutions. [45287/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (22 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the provost of a university (details supplied) to ensure that in-person lectures at the college recommence in a similar way to other third-level institutions. [45288/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Deputy Mairéad Farrell for nominating me as Acting Chairman. Our Chairman, Deputy McGuinness, is momentarily delayed so I have been asked to sit in until he arrives. I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. This is important as it causes serious problems for broadcasting, editorial and sound staff. Apologies have been received from Deputies Steven...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to conduct a business case review into the BusConnects project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has handed back Fitzgibbon Street Garda station to the Garda authorities; if not, when it will be handed back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the relevant section of the Civil Registration Act 2014 will commence whereby it becomes obligatory for a father’s name to be on a birth certificate when the birth is being registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in the Garda B and C Districts within the Dublin Metropolitan Region; the number of those warrants outstanding per district that are in excess of minimum of 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each Garda district within the Dublin Metropolitan Region as of 15 September 2021; if this number will be further increased before the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dogs currently in the Garda dog unit; the number of horses currently in the Garda mounted unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardai who successfully completed the van personnel carrier course in 2020 and to date in 2021; the duration of this course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the diversion protective services unit in the Cavan-Monaghan, Sligo-Leitrim and the Wexford Garda division as of 13 September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45056/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection (21 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 547. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to legislate in the area of assisted human reproduction; and if he will be doing so in line with the recently published report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection which recommends that the Government introduce a legislative framework including recognition of international surrogacy and parenting arrangements. [44553/21]