Results 1-20 of 273 for speaker:Catherine Callaghan

Men's Health: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: I welcome the contributions on the topic of men's health. To hear that this may be the first time in the history of the Dáil that this issue has been discussed on its own is a good sign of the direction we are travelling in. I want to thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for all her work on mental health and men's mental health in particular. I was recently at an event in...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming in and giving us all that very important information. I am curious about SAFE funding. We have spoken already about €800 billion. How come Ireland did not take advantage of the €150 billion loan? It was said that the decision was based on calculations made on the basis of the benefit to the Exchequer and that we could have got the same...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: Is that based on the current position? Was the long-term repayment taken into account? My understanding of the SAFE loan is the interest rates were to remain steady; they were not going to increase with the market, as would happen for other loans. I thought the SAFE loan was created in that model to make it most attractive for defence forces across Europe. Is that correct or incorrect?

Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: If Mr. Fitzgerald could check that, I would be very interested. It might give the fuller picture. I would like to be able to defend why we did not take advantage of the €150 billion or even a portion of it, especially when our Defences Forces are so in need of extra investment. It was mentioned that part of the SAFE regulation is to open up opportunities for Irish SMEs, where...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: I think I heard a figure €340 billion of a defence spend which fed into creating these regulations, and of that funding, which is coming out of EU pockets, 80% was going to states outside the EU. What is the ambition in relation to these regulations? How much of that 80% is the Department hoping will now be redirected to EU companies?

Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: That brings me to my next point. A small or even a medium-size business in Ireland producing something that can be utilised by other EU members' defence forces will produce it on a smaller scale than a similar company in France. How do we ensure a relatively small-scale SME in Ireland gets a fair share of the EU defence pot or investment? Is there something to make sure that if we support...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: My point is whether we can be sure other EU states will come to Ireland for that as well. It goes back to the cultural change. France wants to buy French, Ireland wants to buy Irish and we need to change that to become more European.

Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: That is interesting. I have probably had my second round as well, a Chathaoirligh. Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: Ballon Meats is a family-run independent meat processing factory that has been operating since 1977. It provides a vital service to local farmers across my locality - Ballon, Fenagh, Kildavin, Rathoe, Myshall and Tullow - as well as employing local people. It faces a challenge at the moment and needs our help. It needs more skilled workers. Despite having advertised locally and across the...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: I thank everybody for coming in today and for being so informative. The Civil Defence is not an area I am very au fait with. For the Office of Emergency Planning, providing peer support to different Departments is mentioned in the opening statement. Will Mr. McMoreland expand on that? He also mentioned that the Government is now developing a broader all-hazards public preparedness...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: The opening statement circulated yesterday mentioned that one of the Office of Emergency Planning's responsibilities is to provide peer support to other Government Departments. Perhaps I misheard. I did not hear it mentioned today in the opening statement. Will Mr. McMoreland give an outline of what that is?

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: Is there a focus on cyber in the new campaign?

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: That would be important.

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: I do indeed.

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: Is there much of a challenge with retention even given those measures?

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: I thank Mr. Carty.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a disparity in pay exists in the way in which some craft apprentices are supported during their off-the-job phases of training, that is, engineering craft apprentices are paid according to outdated 2016 training allowance rates, while construction craft apprentices receive the updated 2025 rates for the very same level of skill and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (14 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: 567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the updated planning guidelines for wind farms will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54619/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (14 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: 733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that hill farmers are supported in their management of the uplands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54914/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Catherine Callaghan: Budget 2026 is about protecting and supporting jobs in the face of turbulent economic headwinds. As the first of five budgets that will be delivered over the lifetime of this Government, of course we cannot achieve everything we wish to at once and there will always be more that we can do. However, the permanent incremental measures that are outlined in this budget will go a long way...