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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding per scheme under the built heritage investment scheme, historic structures fund, and historic towns initiative respectively; the estimated funding under Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of employing an architectural conservation officers. [40627/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of purchasing and designating a new national park since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40629/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his estimate of the number of additional children who will benefit from the continued expansion of the national childcare scheme announced in Budget 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40606/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Apologies have been received from Deputies Niamh Smyth and Alan Farrell, and Senator Barry Ward. I remind members to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the sound system and make it difficult for parliamentary reporters to report the meeting, and television coverage and web streaming will also be adversely affected. I wish to place on record that at the committee's private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: The purpose of this meeting is to engage with Dr. Sharon Lambert, who is a senior lecturer in applied psychology at University College Cork, as part of the committee's examination of the drivers of violence and criminality. On behalf of the committee I welcome her to the meeting. I look forward to hearing from her, as do all the members. The format is that Dr. Lambert will be invited to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Dr. Lambert for her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is okay, it is very interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask some questions. I thank Dr. Lambert for her opening statement and her answers to the questions set by my colleagues, which have been very interesting. One of the issues is violence. In her answer to Senator Ruane, Dr. Lambert said that irrespective of its illegality or immorality, the use of violence is sometimes rational and, obviously, violence in self-defence is rational....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is it always the case that there have to be stressors on people for them to use violence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will use an extreme example, although Dr. Lambert might think this is unfair. Let us consider the example of gangland violence where somebody uses violence against another person in a different gang. I would have thought that the reason for that is that the person perpetrating the violence adopts a rational decision that their problems can be resolved by inflicting violence on this other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: As politicians, we have to weigh up competing rights all the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: We are considering here the issues that affect people who perpetrate violence. Similarly, we will have people before us who are victims of violence. That is a difficult balancing act for legislators and policymakers. Does Dr. Lambert think we have got the balance wrong in Ireland at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask a hard question and I am not trying to be unfair. What should we, as legislators, prescribe in legislation as the penalty for, say, somebody who is found guilty of a serious assault against another person? Would Dr. Lambert rule out imprisonment as a penalty?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I know, yes. As a policy, would Dr. Lambert say that we, as legislators, should rule that out as a potential penalty?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I would have thought alcohol is a big driver of violence. I know Dr. Lambert mentioned it in terms of substance abuse. From her own research, to what extent does she think alcohol is a contributor to violence in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Perhaps Senator Ruane or Deputy Daly wishes to comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Senator may make a quick comment because I am conscious Dr. Lambert has to leave.

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (8 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."