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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The representatives of Meath County Council talked about needing to acquire 10 ha to meet the targets that it has. How many homes could be delivered on that 10 ha, give or take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the opening statement, reference was made to the fact that a much greater scale of land acquisition will be required to fully eliminate existing net need and pent-up demand. How much land is required to meet that need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the local authority have the resources to meet the cost for the acquisition of that land, or does it need support from central government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is a need to concentrate on what can be done in the next couple of years, but is it a particular challenge to engage in strategic land acquisition?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: When was the loan scheme to forward purchase land discontinued?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do not agree with the decision that was made, but the era in which the decision was made was very different from the one we are in now. It is important that the Department examines the issue. While we need to concentrate most of our efforts on delivery on the next few years, we also have keep an eye on how we can deliver in the years after that to ensure good value for money. Other...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [59006/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Government aware that people who are reliant on district heating systems are paying exorbitant prices, well above the high prices being paid by everyone else? While district heating systems are sustainable and should be encouraged and promoted, they are placing a major financial burden on residents. This is not acceptable. I will give an example of the exorbitant costs. In one area...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. There is a lot of useful information in that and that I had not received to date, so I am grateful for it and it is helpful. I understand that in a normal situation things take time and go through processes, and before the current crisis this would have made sense. The issue I have is that the current crisis around how commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will take action to ensure that apartment renters in district energy complexes can pay residential gas rates instead of more expensive commercial gas rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislation that governs district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPSN application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58701/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Risk Assessment (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment 2021-2022. [59007/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Risk Assessment (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the very serious risk of energy poverty faced by those who rely on district heating and who pay exorbitant prices for it. In one area of my constituency, residents estimate it now costs €12 to take a shower. Households are no longer taking showers as a result; they are washing with basins of hot water. They have no alternatives and cannot opt for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the redress available to tenants who make a complaint to the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, regarding breaches of their tenancy rights when a breach relates to a tenancy with a landlord who fails to engage with the adjudication process; the action that is being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Earlier this year, during questions, I raised with the Minister of State the problem of the RTB failing to assist tenants in terrible situations, and with some very genuine complaints about landlords, when it cites a lack of proof of a landlord's address as a reason not to take action. The Minister of State promised that if I followed up and sent him details, he would pursue the matter with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate the answer outlining what the RTB can do in these situations but the issue is what it is not doing in these situations. I want to raise one specific example with the Minister of State, which was documented by Laoise Neylon in the Dublin Inquirerthis week, about a landlord who, at times, has been operating under the fake name of John White. In 2010 the Irish Independentreported...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for that answer. That offer was made about 6 months ago and I followed up and wrote to the Minister and I did not get any response on it. There is no point in saying that repeatedly if there will not be a follow up. I do not want the Minister of State to comment on a specific case but I want him to say if he thinks there is an issue with the RTB failing to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: What about when they do not do so?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in. It would be useful if the Minister came before the committee more often in order to give updates on Housing for All. I ask him to consider doing so. We do not see him at this committee very often. Such engagement would be positive. How many local authority new-build homes were meant to be delivered this year?