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Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is 45 minutes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Minister for Health when the new and expanded emergency department at Beaumont Hospital is expected to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61446/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: As the Minister will be aware, the population of Beaumont's catchment area has expanded massively since the hospital first opened, in 1987. While the healthcare staff in the emergency department do tremendous work in stressful and challenging conditions, the promise of a much-needed new and expanded emergency department has not been honoured to date. When can we expect work on the new,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for the reply. The people I talk to in my constituency every week, many of whom are elderly, tell me that despite the excellent work done by the staff in the emergency department, they are left waiting for hours in overcrowded conditions. They can be left on chairs and may not even be able to get a trolley. Elderly people who go into the emergency department in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for the reply. When the hospital and its emergency department opened, the population in the area was much smaller. There has been significant growth in the population of the catchment area of Beaumont over the years, and that is one reason the works are very much overdue. They need to be progressed as quickly as possible as one element of the infrastructure needed at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress of the national air quality strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Water Services (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has sought a report from Irish Water regarding a matter (details supplied) in County Dublin as per his powers under the Water Services Acts; if not, if he intends to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61548/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Likewise, I strongly oppose the appointment of CIF to be the register. In his opening statement, the Minister of State referred to how, "Given the wider functions of the CIF, there are a number of safeguards in place". That latter statement on safeguards given the other roles of the Construction Industry Federation is not a position we should be in. I mean we should not appoint a body to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have one comment. I thank the Minister of State and it would be useful if he would write to the committee on the independent building standards regulator with an update on that. That would be very useful. To clarify the Minister of State's answer on the body that is to be appointed, which is in this case the Construction Industry Federation. The Minister of State said that if it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If a clear case cannot be established that it is not performing, can it also be changed or not? If there was a change in Government or if a different Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage felt that this was not the best way to do it, can it be changed? Is this set in policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but without legislative change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Therefore, you would have to establish that in order to make the chance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is there a timetable in terms of periodic review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: To have this clear, it is my understanding that if the body is performing as per the Act, then the body will be in place indefinitely. Is that the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It will be recorded that we have said that we do not agree with the appointment.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are local authorities saying they will not do any more tenant in situpurchases without proper guidance issuing from the Government on it. I ask the Taoiseach about district heating systems and communal heating systems. I have raised them with him before. The Government has said no one should be cut off this winter. Figures I have been given show 20% of tenants on prepay meters with...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: What about those with district heating systems?

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Based on what she said, there is a lack of a sense of urgency on this. There is a sense of complacency. I will talk about the housing aspect of this issue and how this is affecting the shortage and the crisis we have in teaching staff. It is not just affecting those in the education sector but key workers in healthcare and across our...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of change of use planning applications for short-term lets received by each local authority since the beginning of 2019; and the number of these that were granted permission in tabular form. [61237/22]