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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: One of the issues is the funding for land that is near ready for use. It can make sense to build up a pipeline of land some years in advance to get better value so that each local authority has that. Is that issue being looked at in terms of their ability to build up a pipeline and sometimes be able to get better value or even acquire land before it is rezoned and those sorts of things?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Stapleton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: They are not in the voids programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is that ruled out now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask about the four-stage approval process. As our guests will be aware, many people in AHBs and local authorities, and people who work in the construction sector more broadly, are very frustrated by, and critical of, that process. They consider it to be bureaucratic and think it frustrates delivery. Some people working in the construction sector have said to me that it leads to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Housing Agency figures do not match up with the Department figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Stapleton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Stapleton for that helpful answer. In terms of schemes that are overspecified, is there a pattern that suggests some local authorities are doing that consistently in the Department's view or does it happen haphazardly or randomly?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application for a person (details supplied); if there is any possible alternative to the applicant having to supply a long-form birth certificate, given that the person has been granted Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17072/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a detained person (details supplied); if he will give his support for their immediate release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17880/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Regulations (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what measures are in place to regulate the financial technology sector; what regulation is in place to ensure that robust security measures are used by financial technology services offered in Ireland to counteract scams and fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17278/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 422. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the large hikes in mortgage rates without the corresponding increase in savings rates for banking customers; if he will take action to ensure banks are required to increase savings rates alongside mortgage rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress is being made to build a school in Clongriffin (details supplied), given the very high demand for school places in the area and given that the site that is reserved for a school is reserved only until 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Education Training Board has completed its 2018 report on pluralism and patronage in schools; when that report is set to be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by gender of the pupils entering or leaving the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling for the 2016-2020 academic years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16415/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a student (details supplied) who has a dual diagnosis of Down's syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, who has received eight rejection letters for special education schools and special education units within mainstream schools for September 2023; if she will make contact with this student and their family in...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 844. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide an update on a proposal submitted to his Department relating to an amendment to the nursing home support scheme (details supplied) that would enable fair deal service users to make their vacant home temporarily available to an approved housing body for use as short-term or transitional homeless housing;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions that are in place for women who are rejected for maternity benefit due to insufficient PRSI contributions, when they have been required to travel to the US for specialist medical training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to increase the rate of the after-school childcare scheme given the ongoing cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17070/23]