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Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will address the housing aspects of this budget. It is very disappointing that both senior Ministers, when talking about the housing measures contained in the budget, said that they feel the Government's housing plan is working. This shows that they are massively out of touch with the reality of people's lives when it comes to housing. They seem to be oblivious to the huge pain there is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (27 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 385 and 398 of 14 September 2022, if funding is available for this programme in 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (27 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 470. To ask the Minister for Health if action will be taken to ensure that orthodontic treatment is provided for a child (details supplied) with cerebral palsy who has been assessed as category 5A; if he will facilitate access to the waiting list initiative established to transfer those in need of orthodontic treatment to a private provider in order to expedite treatment given the additional...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current capital underspend on housing; the way that the underspend will be addressed in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46837/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: According to the August fiscal monitor, capital spending on housing is 31.7% lower than expected. This means it is running 21% lower than this time last year, when we compare August 2022 to August 2021. How is this affecting the delivery of Housing for All targets and the delivery of social, affordable and cost rental homes? What is the Minister doing to address and tackle the current...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Dublin Housing Delivery Group issued a stark warning on housing delivery stating that the pipeline of land local authorities have for meeting their housing targets is running out. Memos given to the Cabinet sub-committee on housing confirm the targets set for the delivery of affordable and social homes will fall significantly short this year. Under last year's budget, more than 4,000...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the past year, new rents have increased by 9%, house prices have increased by 8%, homelessness by 30%, and child homelessness by 47%. Rents, house prices and homelessness have never been so high. Is the Minister confident that the capital underspend in housing will be tackled? Why did the Government publish in its budget forecast documents yesterday that there will be a capital...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes that have been built to date in 2022; the target by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46838/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis or cost evaluation that has been carried out on the Croí Cónaithe cities scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46839/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have to ask what part of the term "affordability crisis" the Government does not understand. Earlier this month, we learned that house prices had surpassed their Celtic tiger peak. Never before in the history of the State have they been so high. Workers and families are locked out of homeownership, stuck in a never-ending loop of paying extortionate rents but never being able to buy a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I asked three specific questions. They were not addressed at all in the Tánaiste's answer. I ask that he address them in his final response. There is no shortage of independent analysis which shows that Government policies in respect of housing are continuing to push up and fuel house price and rent inflation through myriad schemes that provide subsidies for developers. Every week I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (28 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current total capacity of emergency accommodation for persons who are homeless; the number of persons who have been turned away in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector, by type, to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47501/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It appears from the Taoiseach's comments earlier that he is now okay with family homes being traded by investment funds as a financial asset. Let us be very clear about what is happening. Investment funds bought up homes at inflated prices, reducing the supply for individuals and families trying to buy homes and increasing prices at the same time. They then secured long-term leases...

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The contributions we heard recently from Government backbenchers on this subject have been meaningful and considered. They have made some valid comments on vacancy, dereliction, the problem of local authorities not using the one-stage approval process for social housing projects worth under €6 million, and the contrast between what local authorities are saying and what the Department...

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: "The introduction of the 10% levy on all concrete products is the actions [sic] of a 'rogue' Government." These are not my words, but the words of the chairperson of the International and Small Business Alliance, ISBA, Mr. Seamus Maye, who says that there is no excuse for quarries and concrete producers not being held to account for the mica building block crisis. The Government is gung-ho...