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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (5 Dec 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the Land Development Agency tenders for services, and which services it tenders for; the timeline for the next round of tenders for services such as quantity surveying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53270/23]

Ukraine Solidarity Bill 2022: First Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...of the war crime of aggression was agreed internationally. Unfortunately, to date, that has not been implemented into Irish law. The effect of that is that should there be an opportunity for Ireland to seek to prosecute persons who were involved in the crime of aggression, we would not be able to do so because it is not a criminal offence here. The purpose of the legislation, which I am...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Dec 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending tax relief for relevant donations for the purchase of land for community and-or recreation facilities for community groups involved in activities other than sports, for example, allotments, community gardens and men's and women's sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Dec 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are incentives for landowners to lease their land for allotments, community gardens and men's and women's sheds; if not, if he has plans to introduce such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62152/22]

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...but also a societal issue. We need to recognise that in this House, and I believe that the Government is coming to recognise it with the publication of this document. Since Independence in Ireland, a social contract has existed between the citizen and the State. One of the clauses of that social contract was that if you worked hard and got a good job, you would be able to own a house...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am fully aware that the Minister does not make decisions in respect of pensions and I was not trying to land this issue completely on his desk. However, he is the advocate at Cabinet for the Defence Forces. I know that he will continue to advocate on their behalf when it comes to the mandatory retirement age, which I believe should be increased. The issue for the Defence Forces...

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

Jim O'Callaghan: ...in the early part of this century, it will be recognised as transformative and very effective. That is because climate change is one of the greatest challenges faced by modern societies, not just in Ireland and Europe but throughout the world. It is in how we respond to that challenge that we will be judged by future generations. The world and governments have had to deal with very many...

Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...get more involved and get more of a return on its investment in childcare. We need to look again at what community facilities are available that are owned by the State. National schools and the lands beside them seem like an obvious example of that. The State can provide space for childcare in such facilities into the future. That is something we have to look at. The most...

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...led to our remarkable economic achievements over the past 20 or 30 years. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle does not have to believe me on that but anyone interested in Brexit and the development of Ireland in the second half of the 20th century should read Kevin O’Rourke’s book A Short History of Brexit. It reveals that the really remarkable performance of Ireland since 1980 was...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...on the physical health of the people. However, one area of life that is not given sufficient attention is the impact that the pandemic is having on the mental health and spirit of the people of Ireland. I am very concerned about the ongoing impact the pandemic and the necessary restrictions that come with it are having on the Irish public. I have met people who never before suffered...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...acts in closing down our economy were merited and justified at the time. We saw what was happening in the intensive care units of Italy and Spain. We were legitimately concerned that people in Ireland would be subjected to the same circumstances in our own intensive care units and that we would be left in the appalling position where people seeking intensive care could not be provided...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...to stir up trouble will use the absence of information to pursue their own agenda and for their own political advantage. On the issue of migration in general, in 1840 the population of the island of Ireland was over 8 million. Today it is about 6.5 million. The country has gone through a remarkable transformation in the past 170 years when we consider how it was transformed from...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Thank you, Chairman. I thank the Minister and her officials for coming in. This is complicated land law legislation. The purpose derives from the fact that we want to ensure fee simple holders cannot avoid the compulsory sale of the fee simple, which was the effect of the Supreme Court decision. In the original draft there were various references to the original buildings and the...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage (2 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...The legislation, as drafted at present, seems fairly clear to me. The proposed section 2A(1) states: "This section applies to proceedings brought by a mortgagee seeking an order for possession of land to which the mortgage relates and which land is land to which section 2 applies". Any judge hearing an application under this section will say it does not matter whether the mortgage was...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, to delete line 10 and substitute the following: “1. In this Act— “Act of 1976” means the Family Home Protection Act 1976; “Act of 2009” means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009; “Act of 2013” means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013; “Act of 2014” means the...

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 May 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The relatively bland title of this legislation disguises the fact that the origins of and reasons for this Bill can be found in the rich and complicated history of this island and, in particular, in the history of Carrickmacross. I am conscious that the Minister and many of the people in the Public Gallery this evening are from Monaghan and know much more about Carrickmacross than I do. I...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Part of the reason Britain is leaving and why we are so content within the European Union is that on this island and in this country, we managed European integration much better than they did over in the United Kingdom. In this country, European integration was achieved through the co-operation and in most instances through the democratic wish of the Irish people. We voted on significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: .... If a judge believes that an individual before him or her is going to commit a serious offence, he or she should refuse bail. I do not think it will have the effect of creating chaos on prison landings. We need to recognise that a small number of men are involved in serious repeated offences, something we have seen recently in some court decisions, and we, as legislators, we, as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Crime (29 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) that farmers cannot avail of the criminal law to force trespassers off their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49602/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Crime (29 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Many farmers live in fear of the threat and the reality of crime. In north Dublin recently, a farmer approached a number of people who were on his land. Those people subsequently viciously attacked him and he sustained serious injuries. One of the issues raised by the Irish Farmer's Association, IFA, is the fact that if farmers identify people trespassing on their land, they cannot avail...