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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action that he will take to ensure that incoming Ukrainian refugees can be accommodated in the homes offered up by the Irish public without delay in order to avoid the use of emergency shelters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he will take to ensure that additional childcare places are made available in the Coolock area of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21189/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with the point that it is far too easy to demolish and build from scratch. One of the difficulties with Housing for All is its commitment to exempt construction demolition from landfill waste levies. From an environmental point of view and in terms of the embodied carbon, that is a major mistake. It is hugely problematic. I thank the witnesses for being here and for their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is there an inspection of all buildings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: A study of a wider sample would be really important in terms of the need for us to get this right and the huge investment that is going into it as well. My next question is for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage representatives. I appreciate that they are from the climate action policy unit and, as such, building control may not be their main area. All of this relates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Can Mr. Armstrong provide us with a timeline in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the model of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland being looked at in regard to the national building control authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Armstrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [20037/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with the comments to the effect that there is no place for reckless scapegoating and deflection. New rents have increased by 9% over the last 12 months. Homelessness has increased by 22% in the same period. House prices are about to reach record levels, surpassing their Celtic tiger peaks. Analysis by Dr. Lorcan Sirr and Mr. Mel Reynolds shows that the number of new homes...

Eurojust: Motion (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: On behalf of the Social Democrats, I strongly support the motion on Eurojust. It is exactly the kind of area on which we should be working together. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the war crimes being carried out by the Putin regime against the civilian population in Ukraine. Soldiers have been implicated in looting civilian property including food, clothing, fuel and firewood....

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: First, I want to respond to some of the comments that have been made. There is a problem with some politicians and some public representatives opposing housing. There could be other instances, but I am only aware of one where councillors voted to de-zone land that was earmarked and needed for social housing. We all know that it is needed, because of the crisis we are in and because of the...

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----responsibility for increased homelessness on any vulnerable groups. In the last 12 months, we have seen the number of children living in emergency accommodation increase by 30%. Behind these numbers are individuals and families who are struggling to maintain some semblance of normality and routine. They are doing their best to keep up the school routine for their children, despite...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social housing projects currently in his Department’s approval process; the average length of time these projects have been in that process by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent on HAP, RAS, rent supplement and leasing programmes in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 19 January 2022, the current status of the social housing passport reforms; the reason for the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21735/22]

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I commend the huge effort being made to support Ukrainian refugees. They have been displaced by war and forced to leave their homes. A huge amount of work is going on at State level to support them. The response from communities throughout Ireland has been very generous. We have seen communities come together and put the shoulder to the wheel. We have seen community leaders and community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is risk-based inspection, which makes sense. In terms of the contribution from Dr. Oliver Kinnane from the school of architecture, planning and environmental policy in University College Dublin, UCD, to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action this week and those findings, when one looks at what has happened in Ireland in terms of building control, building defects and the...