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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on how the capital carryover from the 2022 housing budget has been allocated for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24244/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The solution being suggested is a very good and practical one that needs to be looked at. Is it ideal or a substitute for building more housing? Absolutely not, but there are families where there is a lot of overcrowding at present. There are situations in my constituency where three families are in a regular house, all using one bathroom and one toilet. They have space to extend and put...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Since the Minister took office, almost €1 billion allocated to the housing budget has not been spent. This was money that could, and should, have been used to build social and affordable homes. The measures that he announced recently, involving the spending of €1 billion, included more subsidies and handing over of public money to private developers, including the waiving of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is the crucial question. In the years since the Minister took office, public subsidies to developers have increased, as have their profits. Here is another measure that we do not know will be passed on to people buying homes. There is no transparency around developers' profits. The largest developers are publicly listed, so we can see how their profits have increased in recent years,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If there was transparency around profits, we would know.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: And no transparency around their profits.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be put in place to ensure the waiving of development levies results in more affordable homes for people rather than an increased profit margin for developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23446/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of flexibility that local authorities have when considering a tenant in situ purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23444/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: When the eviction ban was lifted, the Government promised that a range of measures would be put in place to prevent people from becoming homeless. It is important to acknowledge that good work has been done by local authorities with the tenant in situscheme. However, many renters are still falling through the cracks and are still being evicted. Dublin City Council have said that they are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am going to read a short extract from an email that a mother of two children who is facing eviction into homelessness has sent to me. She has given me her full permission to use this. She says: 5 years ago, I fled domestic violence. In the 6-month period that we were homeless the effect on my son's mental health was devastating. At 7 years old he was suicidal and permanently suspended...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for that answer, which I appreciate. This is another extract from the email that a mother of two children, who is facing homelessness, has sent to me. She wrote: My daughter has been diagnosed with severe dyslexia and is getting the help she needs in a new school. At 4th class this is her 4th school to attend. [...She needs] the stability and routine of staying in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 - 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take action to ensure that the Residential Tenancies Board has the legislative power to investigate illegal evictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a petition for additional time to be introduced for students with dyslexia in the State examinations; if she will engage with the State Examinations Commission on introducing extra time as part of the reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and our guests for coming in. In regard to the IPI’s view on whether this is the best way to do land value capture to capture the uplift in land values, there is a key challenge in terms of housing affordability. The planning system, for many good reasons, restricts people’s abilities to build and puts many constraints on that. Arguably there is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for their answers. My fundamental question about this is that some other European countries do active land management where the entire value uplift from the land being zoned or the change of use is captured publicly. We have a housing affordability crisis which is extreme and causing all sorts of problems for people. We also have the crisis around delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of caretakers employed in schools across Ireland under the TUS and broken down by county; the cost of this to the Exchequer per annum; if these schools are also receiving the ancillary grant from her Department for the employment of caretaking staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a jobseekers application for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22976/23]