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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified educational psychologists that currently work within children and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53481/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 699. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to ensure that nursing homes are able to afford rising energy costs this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53482/22]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Social Democrats are supporting this Bill and the amendments in this group. I have said to the Minister before that we really need to move away from these kinds of temporary and reactive measures in order to bring in long-term permanent reform into the private rental sector to give it stability. There have been 21 legislative changes...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will speak to my amendments Nos. 18, 22 and 23. Amendment No. 23 covers the main issues Deputy Ó Broin spoke about with regard to removing the ground of a dwelling no longer being suitable to tenants' needs. Having this as a ground for eviction, when in fact the worst thing that could probably happen in terms of the tenants' and renters' needs is for them to be evicted and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homeowners availing of the rent-a-room relief scheme each year since its introduction in 2001, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53761/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay. Many of these are SHDs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank representatives from both councils for the information they have given. I have a question for Cork City Council first, following what was said about the 8,000 planning permissions that have not been activated in Cork city. How does this compare with a few years ago? Is there a growing number of unactivated planning permissions? Could the witnesses give us a sense of those figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: A few owners hold the bulk of these 8,000 unactivated planning applications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If we could get some of these sites activated, that could lead to 220 or 230 cost rental homes a year being delivered. What measures would help to activate them? What measures at local or national level could be taken to help local authorities activate some of these unused planning permissions? This is a key issue across the country, with approximately 80,000 unactivated planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Should penalties or disincentives be considered for people who have planning permissions but are not activating them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If there are no apartments being built by private developers who have all these planning applications, we cannot get less than zero if penalties are put in place to encourage people to stop sitting on planning permissions or to release the land to people who can make it viable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses from Cork City Council for their replies. As regards Galway city, lower delivery is anticipated this year in terms of the build of social houses. It will be coming in at about 154 or 158 homes. The reasons cited by the witnesses are the number of delays on a local authority site, a turnkey site and an AHB site. Is there anything that could be done to reduce or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: A certain level of delays in construction projects is not unusual. In order to meet targets, does there need to be headroom so that one would be planning to deliver a larger number of builds than the target and, as such, if there is a delay on a project or two, one would still come in at the target? Is that a realistic approach that should be taken? Has the council just been very unlucky...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If the targets were to be set higher and the council was going to be delivering more, what would it need as a local authority to do that? What support would it need? What challenges would it need help to address?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Staffing resources, including technical staffing resources, is a key challenge.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (27 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP recipients who have received the increased discretionary rate since the change to the HAP discretion rate from 20% to 35% came into effect on 11 July 2022, in each local authority area in tabular form; the up-to-date average percentage amount of discretionary top-up in each local authority area in tabular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank both the local authorities for their opening statements, and as has already been said, for all of the work that has been done by the witnesses and their teams at local authority level. It is very much appreciated. I want to ask both local authorities a general question. What is the biggest challenge in terms of maximising delivery of social, affordable and cost-rental homes,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In terms of the expertise needed, it is very much on the environmental side?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are just not enough people with the skills available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. McLoughlin. I address the same question to Fingal County Council.