Results 1-20 of 261 for long speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

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

Jim O'Callaghan: ...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 closure of primary schools on children during Covid? Is the Minister aware of whether there is still a need for counselling services to be provided for children as a...

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

Jim O'Callaghan: ...going to be downsides to them. Yet, one of the issues that I would hope that any future inquiry would look at is the impact on children of primary and secondary schools being closed for such a long time. There is also an issue with regard to protecting the health of teachers. I am not asking the Minister for an answer on this. It might be helpful if the Department at some stage gave...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (25 Jan 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...Obviously, if Russia withdrew from the invaded part of Ukraine and the Crimea, the assets would be unfrozen, but there seems to be no prospect of that happening in the near future or, indeed, the long-term future. As a result, there needs to be a recognised financial penalty imposed upon a country that has been involved in the crime of aggression. Another issue that we need to...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...of reference that there is a reference to the fact that the tribunal cannot make any findings of fact upon any matters that could be criminal in nature. The reason tribunals of inquiry take so long is if such a tribunal establishes itself and gets into a position where it is potentially going to reach serious findings against individuals, those individuals are going to come into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Preventing Bid Rigging in the Public Procurement Process: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...Mr. McHugh some questions. He stated that he would like to see legislation enacted to enable the screening of bids to happen. I can appreciate that. However, we enacted legislation here not that long ago, in 2022, and that has been in force since September of this year. What is Mr. McHugh's assessment of the powers the Oireachtas has given the CCPC under that amending Act of 2022?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...because of the work that would have to be done. In order to get this right, is it worth having a fairly fully formed proposal that goes to people? Is it worth waiting a year or more, which is how long it could take to get a general scheme prepared? It would be good to get a few different views on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...pressures, in tandem with a backlog in the increase of non-pay costs, as fixed contracts have expired. The HSE is seeing more contracts with price increases where it has held back new arrangements as long as possible. I would have thought it was clear from this minute that Mr. Dormer's Department was aware of the increased expenditure on the part of the Department of Health and the HSE...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ..., if it was possible that there was a universally high level of verification for all their sellers, advertisers and persons who they are entering some form of contractual relationship with. In the long term, it would not eliminate all fraud but it would certainly reduce it. I thank all the guests for attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the officials for coming before the committee. I will not be keeping them long. Ms Conduit raising the issue with the UK situation and head 5 and how persons in the UK who receive a payment under head 5 may lose some of that because of the pension or social welfare rules there. Have there been any previous examples where our Department of Social Protection or the officials'...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: .... They are a preliminary process to identify and help the subsequent investigator in terms of looking at what should be looked at. It was very surprising that the scoping inquiry went on for as long as it did. When one looks at the report produced, it is certainly much more lengthy than any other scoping inquiry I am aware of. More importantly than that, the scoping exercise goes...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...in the public, particularly at times like this when there are such difficult cost-of-living pressures. It is also the case, however, that two funds have been established which are looking to the long term. Those would appeal to fiscal conservatives and to IFAC and the Central Bank. It recognises that the extraordinary moneys we are getting into the Exchequer at present will not always...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ..., Disability, Integration and Youth whether consideration will be given to providing respite/support services to a person (details supplied) and who is autistic, with a view to progressing to long-stay residential supported living in their catchment area in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32827/23]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...to as the Troubles. One thing that jumped out at me from the documentary was that there seemed to be a general recognition of the pointlessness and uselessness of violence that was perpetrated for so long in Northern Ireland. That may be related to the age of the people who were being interviewed. In addition, there was a recognition on both sides of the sectarianism of it. Many of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Let us say someone did not realise it was a fraud at the time. How long does it take the victim to become aware that they have been defrauded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (10 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: How long does Mr. Barnes think the receipts from corporation tax are going to be "unreliable", to use his word.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (10 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: In terms of ring-fencing these funds, does Dr. Casey have any view as to how long these funds should be ring-fenced for or does he think they should be kept as a rainy day fund to be exercised by the Government when it wishes?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provision of a pension for carers; when she expects these pension entitlements to commence; what the limitations of the scheme will be; how long will a person have to have been a carer; the progress on establishing a register of family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18961/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...to months. I urge her however to ensure the people making this decision within the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform fully recognise there probably is no long-term or even short-term benefit to this delay. We all know work will commence and the schools will be built. I do not understand the reason for this short-term delay. Is it for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Before I come to Mr. Jones, I note Mr. Duffy spoke about the leaving certificate syllabus being too long. What would he like to see gone from it? Not that he would like to see anything gone from the syllabus, but how could it be reduced? What would he drop or would he try to make it less intensive in terms of the broader areas that are covered?