Results 1,541-1,560 of 8,947 for speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has plans to repower the 76 windfarms across the country due to come to the end of their life by 2030; and the estimated cost and timeline for repowering. [36911/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the full implementation of the Working Time Directive for members of the Defence Forces requires additional expenditure by his Department; if so, the estimated full-year cost of the implementation of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36962/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Budgets (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline, in relation to the commitment made to increase the defence budget to €1.5 billion in 2022 values by 2028, his current estimate in 2024 values of the defence budget that will now be required by 2028; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36963/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to an organisation’s recommendation (details supplied) to reduce VAT to 5% in the reuse, repair, and recycling sectors and to enhance VAT rebate schemes to promote sustainability and support social enterprises involved in these activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36527/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the cumulative value of the tax reliefs and supports his Department has provided for business to tackle increased energy costs since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36960/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing the lifetime limit for capital gains tax entrepreneur relief to €5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36961/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in light of the recent increase in mandatory retirement age for members of the Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána, Prison Service and Fire Services, the estimated full-year cost of restoring the pre-2012 pension entitlements for these fast accrual cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for implementing Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy; the estimated cost of its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36956/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cumulative value of the supports his Department has provided for business to tackle increased energy costs since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36957/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is intended to commence construction works for ASD classrooms at two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36532/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to reduce the number of guesthouses in Dublin city facilitated by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36418/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if steps can be taken to amend the guidelines for the tenant-in-situ scheme in order that the scheme can operate effectively in Dublin 4 and 6, where property prices are higher than other parts of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36842/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she can provide information in respect of the inquest into a person (details supplied); when the inquest is due to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36040/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1553 of 23 July 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ to be answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with reckless discharge of a firearm within the M district of the Dublin Metropolitan Region zone in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36375/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new contract for the provision of new marked Garda vans will be put out to tender before the end of 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of competitions held for sworn Gardaí to apply to join the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) in 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of posts, by rank, that were available in each competition; the number of Gardaí, by rank, that applied for each rank that were available within the GNIB in those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases dealt with by the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau to date in 2024; the number of the cases dealt with that are deemed to be closed, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36378/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1550 of 23 July 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ to be answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on purchasing new tasers and accessories for such tasers for specialist Garda units in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36380/24]