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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the creation too slow in regard to the need for the local authority to interact with the Minister on it and go through that process, or is it the whole planning process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If UDZs come in and are going to be used more, resourcing for planning staff will be critical to that. If we have this in legislation but do not resource it, it will not happen. Is that a fair summary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: In regard to the comment about the engagement with the Department over the planning staff and getting more resources, are the witnesses confident they will get the required staffing for the local authorities? There are two elements of this, namely, funding and allocations, but also being able to hire staff in planning and forward planning. What sort of challenges are being experienced there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: In regard to the UDZs and in cases where, for example, industrial lands or Dublin city lands are rezoned for housing, is there a mechanism available under the UDZs proposed in the Bill that can address how that overall plan can be made for that area, whether between multiple landowners or infrastructure? Those issues can be addressed. Can the issue of affordability be addressed through a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have just a few more questions. On the deadlines, what would be considered realistic? I heard the comments about wanting more flexibility. That point is well made in regard to Christmas and over summer periods when there is an issue for the public in regard to not being available. There can be some cynicism when those deadlines fall there. There is also an issue for the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have two final questions. It was said in the opening statement that this could be levied at either the zoning or the development stage. I think I was picking up some concern that if it is levied at the development stage that this may not have the same effect in terms of suppressing land speculation and moderating land values. Did I pick that up correctly? Will the representatives from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: She just did.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [22855/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22854/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It has never been properly staffed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The local authority will not even advertise the positions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Taoiseach about staffing levels in the National Building Control Office. Building and fire safety defects, mica and pyrite have cost the State billions. The human cost of building defects has been devastating in terms of the trauma it causes for people who are living in homes that are not safe while the developers responsible got away and evade any meaningful accountability....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming in and join the others who have commended the great work done by firefighters in Dublin Fire Brigade and all across the country on behalf of all of us. Following up on the 42 m ladder the brigade has and the other one being ordered and high-rise and taller buildings, is it now the case that all personnel have been trained in how to deal with fires in taller...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I referred to training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: But are all personnel trained in high-rise firefighting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am talking about the existing officers, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If I may ask something specific about the Part B guidelines and the issue of smoke toxicity levels in building materials, that was one of several issues that came out of the Grenfell Tower fire. One of the main issues was the smoke toxicity levels in some of the insulation materials. The majority of the insulation materials in Grenfell consisted of polyisocyanurate. A 2019 study showed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the submission Mr. Keeley made is there anything about smoke toxicity levels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is useful that Mr. Keeley is on the record as saying that that would be beneficial. It is very concerning that in our building regulations we are an outlier in not covering smoke toxicity, which poses a huge danger to residents in the context of fires and to personnel in fire brigade units. It is an unnecessary risk we are taking in this country compared with other countries. A lot of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to a number of schools and principals who are advocating for increased services in DEIS schools; if she will consider expanding the North East Inner City Multidisciplinary Teams Model and the Support Teacher Service to include all of the schools in this cluster; if she will consider the establishment of fully...