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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place within the health system to treat persons with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28319/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for their contributions. The opening statement of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland cites numerous anecdotal examples of housing projects being paused due to the increased costs. I have certainly heard many of those stories as well. What is the Irish Home Builders Association's assessment of that? Have its members heard anecdotally of projects being paused?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have heard of builders finishing what they are working on now and saying that they will not start the next part because of the pressures they are under due to price inflation. On labour shortages and the training model mentioned, while there has been an increase in the number of apprenticeships in recent years, we are way off 2006 levels especially in wet trades, such as bricklaying,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: One of the issues I have heard about from people who moved abroad is job security, there is insecurity in the sector here compared with other countries. That is a huge concern for them and is an area that needs to be addressed. The Irish Home Builders Association in its report highlighted the issues around service tier 1 and service tier 2 lands and the lack of assessments being done on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is a list of projects in 2015, many of which from what I can see are completed yet the number has not changed. Does the IHBA have any comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: As a committee, we should look at how there has been a certain amount of investment but we are not seeing movement in those critical areas in terms of infrastructure and supply. It would be useful if we could get to the bottom of that.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 324. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that Ukrainian refugees who are currently being accommodated in hotels around Dublin are able to stay in situ until the end of the academic year to allow their children some sense of stability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (2 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 324. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that Ukrainian refugees who are currently being accommodated in hotels around Dublin are able to stay in situ until the end of the academic year to allow their children some sense of stability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a few comments and questions. First, with regard to apprenticeships, I welcome what was said about broadening the demographics. What I have heard from many people is that it is the same families and the same regions in Ireland, and, indeed, the same regions around Europe, that are feeding into the same skills sets, and that it is not broadening out enough. In the UK over a short...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: We have to look at what recommendations the committee can make. Among the ones that were made there was a suggestion of the planning process having the economic viability assessment as part of an outline planning permission. I am concerned that this would just become another exercise in paperwork. In other words, another report and an additional cost, and that once people got that report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: My concern is that if it simply becomes another report and is not done properly, then it does not necessarily help the process and is just an additional cost. Of course, the point that it could be done properly is a valid one. On the suggestions about the compact open space guidelines and particular changes there, my understanding is that what CIF is suggesting is that there will be even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I think many people would welcome the mix to which Mr. Benson referred. Originally, a lot of compact growth was sold on the basis that while there would be less open space, it would be higher quality space. Several years on, there is a level of disappointment that some of the high-quality open space has not been delivered on. There are also issues around who manages the space and who pays...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank everyone who has come in. I first want to respond to some comments that were made suggesting that land value sharing is a modern form of the Kenny report. I have a very different view on that. Land value sharing, as it has been explained, is about collecting some of the uplift in land values and then using it for infrastructure. That is very different from the Kenny report, whose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Earlier this week, we discussed the issue of viability with other organisations. A suggestion made by one of the groups that was involved in building homes - not at the speculative end - was that it would be a good idea to include an economic viability assessment as part of the planning process to ensure a project was viable and not just being pursued for speculative or other reasons. I do...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 37: In page 40, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “Voting rights review 55.(1) The Commission shall conduct a review of voting rights and entitlements. This shall include, but not be limited to: (a) lowering the voting age to 16; (b) extending voting rights to all residents; (c) extending voting rights to citizens living in Northern...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank all members who came in on this and the Minister of State for his comments. I welcome the commitment from the Minister of State that the commission will be tasked early on with looking at this and at the Scottish example in terms of the lower voting age. My point that we are approaching ten years from the constitutional convention and that many of its recommendations still have not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 39: "In page 41, line 24, to delete “3, 4 or 5 members” and substitute “4, 5 or 6 members”." This amendment seeks to change and delete the terms around the constituency sizes and the number of Members per constituency. It would delete "3, 4 or 5 members" and substitute it with "4, 5 or 6 members". To give some background, there was a very...