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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a question for Simon. Recommendation No. 12 touches on a point that was raised earlier by Focus Ireland. It states that emergency accommodation for homeless people is best delivered by experienced homeless services rather than for-profit private operators. Simon suggests that it is not convinced that competitive tendering, which is open to such private operators, is the best...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Mr. Stanley is not convinced that is happening at present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: As Ms Santoro said, they could be developing complex needs. I want to ask Focus Ireland about the issue around inter-county transfers and the social housing lists. How important is that and what needs to be done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Allen.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will ask the Taoiseach about the Stardust inquests. It is 41 years since 48 young people never came home from a night out at the Stardust. In addition, 214 people were seriously injured that night. The fire had a devastating impact on the families and surrounding communities in Artane, Coolock, Kilmore and surrounding areas. The State response to the fire, and the total failure to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [8108/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask about standards in emergency shelters for homeless people. I have raised with the Taoiseach before issues around people sleeping in rooms without windows, not being issued with blankets or duvets or, in other instances, being issued with bloodstained sheets, and, in some cases, residents complaining of theft of personal belongings, including allegedly by staff who are not Garda...

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to address a point the Minister for Finance made in his remarks. I do not think I need to explain this to him. I am sure he understands how social housing is costed in budget 2022, which he introduced in the House, in Housing for All and, in fact, in all the budgets he has introduced. I would say he knows full well that the total capital cost of each social housing unit is not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi drivers that have already qualified for the current National Transport Authority scheme to purchase more environmentally friendly vehicles but have not been able to receive the grant due to vehicle supply shortages will automatically qualify for the new version of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7659/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the number of places in reading schools for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7656/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements that have been made for trainee teachers who due to Covid-19 are not comfortable with being in shared accommodation to complete their Gaeltacht placement in summer 2022; if consideration has been given to providing an online alternative as was the case in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8339/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector by type in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8181/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [8109/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (10 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: When will the vacant homes officers be full time in all the local authorities? Does the Minister have a view on a one-stop shop for dealing with vacancy? Can that be brought in? There is a lot of frustration for people going through the different processes and the bureaucracy. The difficulty is not just the costs but the whole process. Has any analysis or assessment been done of any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (10 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The key question was on the regulations and whether there had been assessment about possible downsides. If so, will the Minister share that with us?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (16 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 10 February 2021, if her Department has completed the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model; if so, if her Department will carry out a review of a school (details supplied) to ascertain if DEIS status can be given to the school; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the free general practitioner card to six- and seven-year-olds; if so, when this will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the community mental health team servicing north Dublin cannot take referrals for adult ADHD assessments due to not having the capacity and expertise and is advising persons to wait for the commencement of the National Clinical Programme or to seek private healthcare; the steps he is taking to resolve the...