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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (30 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units which have been leased or purchased in March, April, May, June and July 2020, by local authority; the comparable figures for March, April, May, June and July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the progress which has been made on the national differential rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19960/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the review of co-living development in his Department; the terms of reference; the person or body undertaking the review; the expected timeline for delivery of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19961/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (30 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure refunds are provided to students for all relevant payments of accommodation provided under section 13(d) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 in which the accommodation has been vacated by the student due to the suspension of higher education activity due to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (30 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposals to modernise the electoral registration process following public consultation in early 2019 in view of the publication of the relevant report in December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20533/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (30 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will be taking to protect students entering new lease and or licence arrangements for accommodation for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20515/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sustainable Development Goals (30 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which Ireland's commitment to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in her Department's Skills Strategy and Work Plans 2020–2025; the way in which progress towards achieving same will be monitored and reported annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 778. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number or estimated number of workers affected by the policy which states that employed and self-employed incomes cannot be combined in the same year for purposes of assessment for the pandemic unemployment payment resulting in them receiving the lower rather than the higher payment amount; and her views on this policy....

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister. Politics can be a difficult and harsh game but we in the Labour Party do not see it as our job to make the Minister feel uncomfortable over the next number of years. In fact, I want to be in a position to congratulate the Minister as often as I possibly can. There are certain issues in Irish public policy that go beyond the over and back, Punch and Judy style of...

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister to the House and the establishment of his Department, which will give us an opportunity to focus on the issues of further and higher education. I very much welcome his opening remarks because he covered a number of issues, such as the stigmatisation of young people, which is unfortunate, and the issue of sexual violence in third level institutions, which he is...

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister of State and appreciate the opportunity to share some thoughts with her. My time is short so I will speak to two main matters. The first is the way SNAs are treated and the second is access to very basic provisions for children with additional needs in the community, including school places. A crisis often reveals what society is really like, the priorities of that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional taxation measures on rental income from short-term lettings will be introduced. [21095/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the additional 5% increase of the help-to-buy scheme retrospectively to include all beneficiaries of the scheme that have drawn down the grant since March 2020; his views on such an extension to the stimulus; and if he will report on same. [21307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of registrations, inspections and permissions of short-term lettings that have taken place since July 2019, by month in tabular form; and the number of inspectors allocated to carry out inspections of short-term lettings in each local authority. [21088/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to conduct a review of the vacant site tax. [21094/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency will be subject to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. [21104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the educational access difficulties for a child (details supplied) [22429/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has had communication with an organisation (details supplied) regarding its plan to close its Dublin community employment scheme in view of the fact that the organisation cannot satisfy the criteria for training and work experience due to the closure of its day care centres; if her Department will work with...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 826. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to cases such as a case (details supplied) in which parents were unable to apply for the NCS subsidy before the end of August 2020 deadline due to the change in procedure requiring parents rather than childcare service application and an inability to access a CHICK number without a public services card;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sustainable Development Goals (8 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 857. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which Ireland's commitment to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in the Strategy and Work Plan 2020-2025 of his Department; the way in which progress towards achieving the goals will be monitored and reported annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21742/20]