Results 61-80 of 7,267 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the forecast for housing supply, it is expected that 33,000 units are to be built in 2025 and 37,000 in 2026. Dr. O'Toole indicated that most of the risks weigh on the downside. Will he expand on what he means by that? What are the implications in that regard?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are key issues around those auctions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the action his Department is taking to reduce extremely high interest rates being charged to some mortgage holders whose mortgages were sold to non-bank lenders after the economic crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39363/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Military Aircraft (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 354. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take action to ensure that Ireland meets its EU VAT and customs obligations by inspecting all military aircraft landing in Shannon airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39002/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been placed in a four-stage building process for their autism class; if she will take action to ensure the builders can start work immediately; if she is aware that a class has already been enrolled for September 2025, but the classroom is now unlikely to be ready; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals or timelines in relation to the removal of the means test for the disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39498/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will urgently issue the visas for the children of an organisation (details supplied) who are due to travel to Ireland shortly; the reason there has been delays with their visas given the weeks of preparation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39569/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (10 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when data will be available on knife crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38590/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: What is the Government at when it comes to personal injury awards? For weeks now we have been hearing about a memo that the Minister for justice is bringing to Cabinet. It concerns a review of awards by the Judicial Council which recommended a 17% increase. Initially it was reported that the Minister was going to rubberstamp that increase. This memo was due to go to Cabinet last week....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Taoiseach has clarified that there will not be an increase of 17%. He is giving that commitment to the Dáil now that the Government will not be putting forward an increase of 17%. I welcome that if that is the case. Awards here are four times higher than in the UK, so it would be a regressive move. If the Government is not doing that, that is welcome. The Taoiseach gave a...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: With respect, we do not need the Government to continue to monitor events closely. We need it to act and we have needed it to act for a long time. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has told us that almost 50% of the people who ring them do so about groceries - almost 50%. The Barnardos report published yesterday showed that almost one fifth of children are missing out on school trips...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Taoiseach and his officials for their attendance. On Vote 2 and section C of the briefing note, which is on sustaining the economy and investment, it is reported in today's Business Post that Irish banks are earning substantially more on mortgages than their UK counterparts. Research from RBC Capital Markets shows that Irish retail banks, AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB, are...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Given credible analysis has reported the margin on mortgages in Ireland is more than three times that of the UK, with respect to the gap in the interest rates, that is very serious. It has very serious impacts on people trying to get somewhere to live. That then has very serious knock-on impacts for the economy in terms of housing supply, wage growth and pressures there.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Would the Taoiseach be happy to come back to the committee on it after that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is. The Taoiseach has a larger briefing note on Vote 2 about sustaining the economy and investment and I think this is absolutely relevant to that. If the Taoiseach is going to produce the briefing note-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: He might come back to the committee on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [32570/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Why have you not done it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It does not have enough powers.