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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (15 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the two-year grace period afforded to taxi drivers during Covid-19 for car replacement can be extended to all taxi drivers due to the delays in ordering electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (15 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 170. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the delays experienced by those in need of the National Ambulance Service; the average wait time for an ambulance; what additional staffing is required to shorten these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7501/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the number of homes that were completed in 2022. Significant data were published on this today. In his previous remarks, the Taoiseach repeated the claim that almost 30,000 new homes were completed last year. However, figures published today by Construction Information Services show that fewer than 24,000 homes were actually built. This figure is based on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [6028/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [7239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Pensions (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate at which the State pension (contributory) is taxable alongside other sources of income; the method used for calculating that tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7329/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sufficient school places available for children with additional needs at both a primary and post-primary level, in north Dublin for the academic year 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6797/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the number of reading schools and available places in existing reading schools for children with dyslexia in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7195/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new international education strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the current process for women accessing cariban; the standard practice within the European Union for treating hyperemesis; if the number of prescriptions for cariban that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme can be provided in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6668/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On a question for the Construction Industry Federation, head 83 of the bail is about planning conditions and subhead (2)(g) concerns conditions requiring bonds. I want to get the view of the Construction Industry Federation. I am aware of a number of cases where the bonds end up being insufficient, the development is not completed to a full standard, it is not then taken in charge by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, and that scenario does not work for anyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: This section of the Bill does not address it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It does not have the kinds of timelines Mr. O'Connell mentioned. There is a lot of talk about timelines in the Bill but we do not have them. Is the IIP happy with the changes made with regard to judicial reviews, in terms of what it lobbied for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The representatives of Wind Energy Ireland gave us their view of the proposed fines by An Bord Pleanála. Has the IIP a view on the proposed fines? Are they helpful or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a question for the representatives of Property Industry Ireland. In the annexe to their opening statement, they talk about wanting An Bord Pleanála to retain its powers to grant permission for developments that may materially contravene development plan policy or objectives. In the rest of their contribution, they have been talking about the importance of certainty and reducing...

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion, which the Social Democrats will support. It contains a number of sensible proposals and measures which we are happy to support. We would go a little bit further in some areas, but that is a matter of detail. The fact that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has not shown up for this important debate says a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Minister how much money the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is returning to central Exchequer funds from 2022. According to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, approximately €241 million of the Minister’s housing budget from 2022 is being returned to the central Exchequer. This is money should have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: How much of the Department's funding has the Minister returned?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister has not answered my question.