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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (10 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the two Irish citizens facing deportation from Germany for taking part in peaceful protests; whether he has engaged with the German embassy on this issue; what support his officials are offering these citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Exemptions (10 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an exemption for motor tax if the car was off the road for the entire year of unpaid tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning for having a cut-off point of 28 March for the pay-related job benefits scheme; why people who lost their jobs before this date are excluded from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to roll out live facial recognition technology as a policing tactic; the safeguards that will be put in place to protect the privacy and civil liberties of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18323/25]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Will the Minister meet them?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Medical experiments were conducted on children in our major paediatric hospital. Corrosive springs were inserted into the bodies of extremely vulnerable children. No ethical approval was sought for the use of the springs and the families did not give informed consent for these procedures. This was not an isolated incident. The litany of failures raises serious questions about whether...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Government has a role here when report after report shows that recommendations are not being implemented. Government has a role to ensure that those recommendations are implemented. If that had happened in this case, we would not be in this situation. If the Government will not set up a public inquiry into the cases of the families affected, who are calling for that, what is it going to do...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take action at the EU level to defend the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17697/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 34. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [17122/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: On child homelessness and the 4,653 children growing up out of home, I want to mention one such young person. Arash is just 14 years old and has spent the last three months in emergency accommodation with his parents and baby brothers. He is 21 km away from school, with no direct links to it. Arash told me that he is 14 years old and should not have to fight this hard to get his family a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the programme plan for child well-being. [17121/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with those two proposals. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, said that the pre-election promise of 40,000 homes did not damage trust in the Government. That is an incredible statement to make and a slap in the face to the tens of thousands of people looking for somewhere affordable to live. I propose there should be time this week for the Minister to come into the House to make...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome the Taoiseach's strong condemnation. I agree that all hostages should be released immediately. I also welcome his condemnation of air strikes. However, I asked the Taoiseach about the issue at hand, which is that parts of fighter jets are being transported illegally through Irish airspace to Israel. These fighter jets are then being used to drop bombs on people in Gaza through...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett the very best in the coming weeks as he undergoes his treatment. He has been a vociferous campaigner both inside and outside this Dáil for many decades. I very much look forward to him resuming that work. Last night, senior UN humanitarian officials released a joint statement pleading with the international community to act on Gaza. For over a...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: In just the past week, The Ditch has reported that Lufthansa illegally transported more than a tonne of munitions through Irish airspace to Israel. Facilitating supply of key components to fighter jets that are dropping bombs on Gaza is utterly reprehensible. Have reports that Lufthansa illegally transported munitions through Irish airspace been investigated by the Government? Is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (8 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to ensure a new school (details supplied) is compliant with fire safety regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17278/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Financial Instruments (3 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: According to the head of Israeli bonds, these bonds are being used to fund their war campaign, which is genocide. That is a fact. The second fact is that Ireland is signed up to the genocide convention and we have obligations under that to ensure that none of our State institutions are operating in a way to facilitate genocide. We have those legal obligations so why will the Minister not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Financial Instruments (3 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that the Central Bank is not facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16240/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Financial Instruments (3 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The devastation that is happening in Gaza - the attacks on civilians and hospitals we are all appalled by - are being partially funded by the sale of these Israeli bonds. The head of Israel Bonds told investors that purchasing bonds was the best way to help Israel's war campaign. Ireland is a signatory to the Genocide Convention and under that convention, we are obliged to ensure that our...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Relations (3 Apr 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: With regard to the EU response, I agree that it needs to be level-headed, and that negotiation is the way to go. I also accept as part of that there is the potential for further actions by the EU. It is not realistic to think that that will not be on the table if negotiations do not work. There is a particular risk for Ireland in terms of the differential trade tariffs between the EU and...