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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an updated version of the Rebuilding Ireland housing land map (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1175/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department’s key outputs and public service activities 2022 outturn will be available; the number of the 2022 output targets that were met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1869/23]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 618. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of the Irish Embassy in Colombia in the ongoing land dispute between a company (details supplied) and the Misak people in the Cauca region of Colombia; if he will provide an update on the ongoing mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1614/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the introduction of a national voluntary redeployment panel for post-primary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a national voluntary redeployment panel so that those teachers who wish to relocate would keep their permanent-CID status; if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if records are kept of the number of boys who leave the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf catchment for school; if she will provide an update on the three proposed school buildings in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment; if those new school buildings will account for the number of boys who leave the catchment area for school; and...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the effect that the merger of the Kilbarrack and Coolock social protection offices has had; if a review of the merger has been conducted; if the merged office has had a backlog of queries; if so, the size of the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1778/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 958. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the publication of the ‘Operation of the ISL Act’ report; if the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 ‘voucher scheme’ will be implemented on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63526/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1039. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector by type in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the strategic assessment report for the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1174/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1442. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the new regional health areas which determine the introduction of community neurorehabilitation in CHO 9; when these regional health areas are expected to be implemented; the action he will take to ensure all CHO areas will receive community neurorehabilitation teams once the RHAs are finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated timeline for when the remaining healthcare workers can expect to receive their Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1648. To ask the Minister for Health the action that he will take in 2023 to address the long waiting lists and ensure that children with autism spectrum disorder receive the necessary supports for early intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1982/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1891. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been any analysis undertaken of the cluster housing pilot scheme in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary; if there are other cluster housing pilot schemes planned in the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1149/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank NOAC for appearing here today. I want to ask a couple of questions about the national local authority performance index indicator report which is very good and full of very useful information particularly in relation to the housing disaster that we are in at the moment. Appendix 2 of the report is about housing delivery numbers. It is very useful because it shows the net additional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. McCarthy for his response. I appreciate it. The vacancy data in the report is very important. It shows that in 2021 the vacancy rate in local authority owned dwellings in Cavan was 4.6%. Cork city had a rate of almost 4.4%. The rate for Galway county was over 7%, it was more than 4% for Limerick city and county and it was in excess of 7% for Longford county. In contrast, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I am all for the approach of encouraging local authorities and there is a lot to be said for the good practice seminar. We are in a housing disaster at the moment, so there is no excuse for Cavan, for example, having a vacancy rate of almost 5% when a neighbouring county, Monaghan, has a rate of less than 1%. I am quite certain that anything Monaghan can do Cavan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If NOAC comes across reasons why some local authorities are not performing so well in certain areas, which may be for structural reasons or whatever, can anything be done about that beyond talking to the local authority? Can the issue be flagged if spotted? In terms of the overview NOAC has, does not go anywhere else? What is it able to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr McCarthy.

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I would return the good wishes of Happy Christmas to the Minister if he were still here. The Minister has a tendency to leave the Chamber during these debates before either I or Deputy Boyd Barrett speak. We do not take that personally. We merely note it. I will extend Happy Christmas wishes to all my other colleagues in the Dáil, and especially to all the staff who do tremendous...