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Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I commend the Minister for bringing it before the Dáil. Obviously, under our Constitution the administration of justice is the preserve of the courts. Even though that is the case, we, as Members of the Oireachtas, have an extremely important role to play in putting in place the statutory architecture required in order for the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Apologies have been received from the Cathaoirleach, Deputy Paul Kehoe, and from Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Sorca Clarke. I ask members to turn off their mobile phones. This meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate - Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, which was referred to this committee by the Dáil. I welcome the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State. I do not think there will be too many questions. One thing that Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan and I were pleased to see was that €116 million was going to be set for once-off cost-of-living measures for students. We had the Union of Students in Ireland before the committee earlier in the week. Cost-of-living challenges are a big issue for third level...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: The increased stipend for PhD students that was announced in the budget is not covered in the Supplementary Estimate; it does not need to be. Does the Minister of State think it will facilitate postgraduate students in terms of their further studies?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their engagement at this meeting and at all previous meetings of this Dáil, which is coming near an end. That concludes our consideration of the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 45.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Message to Dáil (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved since 1 July 2020, broken down by county, along with the number of applicants associated with these claims; and the number of claims by homebuyers (excluding self-builds), broken down by county, and which is the number of these claims relating to purchases. [43816/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 17 October 2024, if she will provide a breakdown, on a local authority, basis of the overall totals provided, in tabular form. [43592/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the grant for technical assessment of homes, provided by the SEAI, is only available if a person purchases and installs a heat pump within eight months of completing the technical assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he believes that the preconditions for technical assessment of homes is preventing people from retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43420/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number, and the location of, each residential property development within the NAMA property portfolio in each local authority, in tabular form; the number of residential units supported in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43355/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance whether consideration can be given to the introduction of a flood insurance scheme to underwrite flood risk, as is provided for in the UK and which is needed by residents who reside in areas where insurance companies will not provide flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43392/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing the tax relief available on health insurance to 40%, or 40% of €2,000, which would be equal to a credit of €800; and the estimated cost of increasing the tax relief maximum to 20%, or 20% of €2,000, which would be equal to a credit of €400 in cases where health insurance is not paid by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 9 September 2024, if he could supply updated figures with regard to same. [43575/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of implementing the national living wage for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43315/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Liquidations (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the numbers on the incorporation of new retail businesses; the voluntary strike-offs of such businesses; the total liquidations of such businesses, to date in 2024; the corresponding figures for 2023; and the net increase and decrease, in tabular form. [43318/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Liquidations (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the numbers on the incorporation of new hospitality businesses; the voluntary strike-offs of such businesses, the total liquidations of such businesses, to date in 2024; the corresponding figures for 2023; and the net increase and decrease, in tabular form. [43319/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the number of businesses that will be eligible for the power up grant announced in budget 2025, in tabular form, by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43454/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the expenditure on ICT in schools since 27 June 2020, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43457/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social homes delivered in each local authority to date in 2024, and, within that, the number of new builds, the number of acquisitions and the number delivered through leasing, in tabular form. [43352/24]