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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister and her officials and thank them for coming before the committee. Obviously, we are supportive of the Revised Estimates. In particular, I welcome the fact that €5 million will be allocated as part of the Covid-related allocation and spent on counselling services for students in primary schools. Does the Department have a view on the long-term impact of the...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...their interests, and that is the primary function of it. This legislation will increase the number of judges in the country to 190, and I welcome that. Let us recognise that we have a population of 5 million in this country, which means that with 190 judges, we have about four judges per 100,000 people. That is considerably below other European countries. It is probably the lowest of...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...it is done for the common good and when thinking of what public and Government policy is and should be. This Bill sets out a pathway as to how we are going to reduce carbon emissions between now and 2050. We want to be a carbon-neutral economy and society when we get to 2050. I commend the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on the changes made to the Bill since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...of Brexit. Many member states have significant experience of terrorism and the damage it can cause, including this country. We cannot hide away from the fact that threats exist. The fund is €2.5 billion and €1.5 billion will go to member states. Each member state will get €5 million at the outset and a sum will then be calculated based on the domestic product,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Security Fund: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister said in his paper that each member state will receive a one-time fixed amount of €5 million and the rest will be calculated based on 45% in inverse proportion to GDP, 40% in proportion to the size of the population and 15% in proportion to the size of the territory. That is something that can be calculated very readily in respect of Ireland. I cannot do it. Has the...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...of individuals being prosecuted who should not have been prosecuted because they had already paid the fixed notice penalty. I should outline how we reached this point in respect of the false breath tests. On 23 March, senior members of An Garda Síochána announced that there were 950,000 false breath tests recorded on the Garda PULSE - police using leading systems effectively -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...making. Take the example of a ward of court where a large award is made but it might not be sufficient, for instance there might be a young child with cerebral palsy, and an award is made for €5 million or €6 million when the child is five or six years. There can be no knowledge as to whether that amount will be sufficient to care for the child for the rest of his or her...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...the Garda Síochána, which accounts for some 63% of the total Vote. The Department of Justice and Equality, in terms of its management, accounts for 16.73% of the Vote. The prisons account for just over 13.5% of the Vote. In many respects the Courts Service is the poor relation, accounting for 4.5% of the Vote. There are also some other elements such as the Irish Human Rights...