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Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Deputy Ó Broin is dead right in that modern methods of construction have been around for longer than most, if not all, of us in this Chamber. There has absolutely been success with modern methods of construction but there have also been some issues and problems with them, so it is important we learn from that. I want to see off-site construction work and I do not want it to be...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, to delete lines 22 to 32 and substitute the following: “(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) The Minister in appointing ordinary members of the Board at all times under this Part, shall ensure, in so far as is practicable, that— (a) the ordinary members of the Board are persons who, have...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 43: After subsection (1) to insert the following: “(1A) This section shall not apply to a housing development which may have a significant effect on the environment and any such determination needs to be made publicly available at least 12 weeks prior to the notification of the commencement for the development provided for under subsection...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 46: In page 10, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Provisions in respect of foreshore licensing requirements for certain surveying activities 14.The Act of 1933 is amended by the insertion of the following after section 3A: “Obligations 3AA.Notwithstanding anything in the definition of the foreshore in section 1, and the powers of the...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I think that might have been my error to have withdrawn amendment No. 45, so if I am-----

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce financial supports for residents reliant on district energy systems in the form of one-off energy credits or a direct subsidy covering the difference between the average domestic rate and the commercial rate of gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if retrospective energy credit will be paid to those Traveller families who were eligible for the first round of payments but missed out because they pay their bills directly to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62273/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the energy credit will be paid to the 1,054 Travellers living on official local authority halting sites, who are in basic service bays/transient halting site bays, sharing permanent halting site bays, and sharing basic service bays/transient halting site bays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the energy credit will be paid to the 330 families in unauthorised provision who are actively seeking accommodation from their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of cost rental and affordable purchase homes that have been delivered to date via Croí Cónaithe cities, affordable housing fund, Project Tosaigh, IDA new builds, cost-rental equity loan and, the serviced sites fund, broken down by cost of rent or buy and location in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; the date by which each study, review and research project is scheduled to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on RAS, HAP, and long term-leasing to date in 2022, broken down by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing capital underspend to date in 2022; the amount that he expects will be carried forward into 2023; if this will exceed the 10% cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant sites identified in each local authority area to date in 2022; the amounts levied in each area under the vacant sites levy; the amounts collected under the levy; the amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total spend on rent supplement to date in 2022, broken down by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61685/22]

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do not think this is the way to do legislation. This Bill arises from the water framework directive that the European Commission adopted 22 years ago. It signalled in 1996 that it would bring forward such a directive. It does not make any sense for it to have taken this long for the State to bring forward this much-needed legislation, for us to have concluded our pre-legislative scrutiny...

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Bill briefing was produced by the Oireachtas. I certainly never said that all the recommendations from the pre-legislative scrutiny report were not implemented. I said only two of the 13 were. That was confirmed by the Bill briefing we got. That briefing provides much of the rationale and feedback from the Department. That should already be available to Members. I welcome that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome the witnesses. I will follow on from some of the previous questions. The representatives from the NBCMSO indicated that the technical compliance of products is high. What percentage of the quarries inspected were found not to meet the standards? I refer to significant instances of technical and product non-compliance rather than paperwork issues.