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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate the answer outlining what the RTB can do in these situations but the issue is what it is not doing in these situations. I want to raise one specific example with the Minister of State, which was documented by Laoise Neylon in the Dublin Inquirerthis week, about a landlord who, at times, has been operating under the fake name of John White. In 2010 the Irish Independentreported...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for that answer. That offer was made about 6 months ago and I followed up and wrote to the Minister and I did not get any response on it. There is no point in saying that repeatedly if there will not be a follow up. I do not want the Minister of State to comment on a specific case but I want him to say if he thinks there is an issue with the RTB failing to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: What about when they do not do so?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the redress available to tenants who make a complaint to the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, regarding breaches of their tenancy rights when a breach relates to a tenancy with a landlord who fails to engage with the adjudication process; the action that is being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Earlier this year, during questions, I raised with the Minister of State the problem of the RTB failing to assist tenants in terrible situations, and with some very genuine complaints about landlords, when it cites a lack of proof of a landlord's address as a reason not to take action. The Minister of State promised that if I followed up and sent him details, he would pursue the matter with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans to implement a redress scheme for homes affected by fire safety and other building defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58837/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent record levels of persons accessing emergency accommodation; the action that he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of local authority-leased homes, broken down by local authority between new first tenancies and existing properties, including leases by bodies such as the Dublin region homeless executive, for the period 2017 to Q2 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of part V lease agreements that have been agreed to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59998/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Risk Assessment (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the very serious risk of energy poverty faced by those who rely on district heating and who pay exorbitant prices for it. In one area of my constituency, residents estimate it now costs €12 to take a shower. Households are no longer taking showers as a result; they are washing with basins of hot water. They have no alternatives and cannot opt for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Risk Assessment (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment 2021-2022. [59007/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. There is a lot of useful information in that and that I had not received to date, so I am grateful for it and it is helpful. I understand that in a normal situation things take time and go through processes, and before the current crisis this would have made sense. The issue I have is that the current crisis around how commercial...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Government aware that people who are reliant on district heating systems are paying exorbitant prices, well above the high prices being paid by everyone else? While district heating systems are sustainable and should be encouraged and promoted, they are placing a major financial burden on residents. This is not acceptable. I will give an example of the exorbitant costs. In one area...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [59006/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will take action to ensure that apartment renters in district energy complexes can pay residential gas rates instead of more expensive commercial gas rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislation that governs district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPSN application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58701/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I very much welcome Mr. Byrne's comments. That is very important. The reality at the moment is that not only does the RTB not assist with finding an address, all of that burden is also put on the tenant or renter. Then, when they find the address, they can still encounter problems with the RTB maybe not accepting that address and the threshold of proof it is looking for. For example, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It would be useful if, after the meeting, Mr. Byrne could provide in writing more information about those thresholds of proof and what the differences are that the RTB has to operate under. If that is a reality, it is important that people at least understand it and then we can see whether there are measures that can be taken to improve or address it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If someone has made a complaint and the investigations unit has taken it up and findings have been made, then surely this is the same complaint at the point it is passed over to enforcement unit, which should accept the same threshold of proof. If the Garda accepts something as proof of address, for example, why is the enforcement section of the RTB not accepting it as proof of address? Why...