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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am speaking to my amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive. We have very high rents as it is. They are unaffordable for many people and causing a huge amount of stress and anxiety. Dublin has the highest rents of any capital city in the European Union. Where does Dublin feature in the rankings for wages in European cities? It is 26th for wage levels, yet we have the highest rents in the EU....

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, line 3, to delete “2 per cent” and substitute “0 per cent”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, lines 3 and 4, to delete “in respect of each year that has elapsed since the previous setting”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 5, line 7, to delete “2 per cent” and substitute “0 per cent”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 6, line 5, to delete "his or her" and substitute "their". I propose to withdraw this amendment on the basis of the response given by the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to a similar amendment I tabled to other recent legislation.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 6, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: "(3) The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas that— (a) Sets out proposals to strengthen the security of tenure including a review of the current grounds for termination, (b) Reviews effectiveness of the current rent pressure...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Briefly, I want to support these amendments. When this loophole in the legislation was raised in the summer, a number of us questioned it. I opposed it. Assurances were given at that time that the legislation was being done quickly and it needed to go through, but that this would be looked at again when a new Bill on the residential sector was being brought forward later in the year. This...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(c) in section 24 by the insertion of the following subsection: “(24BB) With effect from the passage of this Act, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 24A, orders under subsection (5) of that section shall be deemed to have been made in respect of the administrative...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 6, line 22, after “paragraph (b)” to insert “and the deletion of paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Table to that section”. This is to improve tenants' security of tenure and limit the grounds for eviction. It recognises that where someone is renting is his or her home. The landlord has ownership and derives an income from it but it...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I support these amendments. The importance of early consultation and engagement with communities can create a win-win situation, reduce conflict and, what is very important, get local knowledge into the outline pre-planning process. Very often, that local knowledge is not held by developers, the people working for them or planners. It is very important to get that in. Exactly as Deputy...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 28 (Ministerial guidelines) of Principal Act 3.Section 28 of Planning and Development Act 2000 is amended by the deletion of subsection (1C)." I have already made the points I wanted to make about the section 28 mandatory guidelines. In the interests of time, I am happy to move...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will restore the employment wage subsidy scheme to its original rate given that the reintroduction of Covid-19 restrictions will have major consequences for an array of sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with underlying health conditions had to wait for five hours outdoors in the cold weather with no toilet facilities to get their Covid-19 booster vaccine in the Citywest vaccination centre; the steps he is taking to ensure that each vaccination centre is equipped with bathroom facilities and has the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 24 November 2021, if her response is in compliance with SI 385/2021, section 5(2)(a); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (9 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will act on the commitment to restrict the marketing of unhealthy foods to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60995/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of the Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [61735/21]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Simon Communities of Ireland for the work they did in drafting the Bill. I am very happy to have brought it forward, along with the other Opposition parties. It is positive that the Government is not opposing the Bill and that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has said he will look at trying to bring in parts of it as quickly as possible, possibly through...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional economic support to the aviation sector and those who are employed in it given the recent introduction of new Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (14 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some RSA national test centres do not provide toilet or sanitation facilities for driving instructors; if he will take steps to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by several disability organisations (details supplied) in relation to Part M (Access and Use) of the 2010 building regulations; if he will have a time-limited review of Part M of the regulations with a view to changing the regulations in order that they support the construction...