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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: So some of the vacancy was arising from those sorts of issues.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about investment funds and the tax they pay. In 2021, the effective tax rate paid by Irish real estate funds fell from almost 18% to less than 6%. This is an incredible drop in the amount of tax they contribute. The Government has not done anything to tackle this. Why is the Government letting investment funds get away with paying so little tax?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive its new permanent school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3160/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to tackle the barriers in place that prevent QQI and FETAC graduates in nursing, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and so on from accessing university level education and progressing into their chosen field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2975/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3003/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the Control of Dogs Act review group, the persons or bodies that are the members of the group; the terms of reference of the group; the persons or bodies that are the stakeholders involved; if academic research will be consulted during the process; the estimated timeline of completion of the review group; and if he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: People do not want to move to those areas because of those kinds of serious issues. Mayo County Council's opening statement referred to land banks and the difficulty it finds in acquiring additional land for social housing at a reasonable price. Could the witnesses tell us more about that and the challenges in acquiring land? Is there anything that could be done to assist local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: As for the derelict and vacant sites Mayo County Council is seeking to acquire, is it the case that it gets a site where there might be a derelict or vacant building and then it hopes, through infill, to be able to increase the density and get a number of homes there? Is that what the council is trying to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: When Mr. Kelly talks about the types of constraints that could be on land that could cause issues, could he give us just a general idea as to what he is talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It would be fair to summarise Mr. Kelly's comments as indicating there are a lot of things to consider. It is not just a question of acquiring a few fields and there you go; you have to look at all those different things.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government why his Department failed to spend its 2022 capital allocation for new build housing; the action he will take to ensure this does not happen in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3828/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Close to €1 billion was allocated for capital spending to the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage was not spent as originally allocated in 2022. How much of the unspent capital housing budget was surrendered back to central Government by the end of 2022?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is quite incredible that this Government is using cost inflation to justify an underspend of almost €1 billion on the original allocations. I asked the Minister how much of the unspent capital housing budget was surrendered back to central government at the end of 2022. He did not answer that at all in his reply so let me help him. A total of €337 million that was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do not need to tell the Minister that, in the real world, under his position and tenure, rents, house prices, the number of people in their 20s and 30s still living in their childhood bedrooms, and homelessness are at record levels. Under his tenure, we now also have a record level of the housing budget's capital spend not being spent and being reallocated, sent back to the Exchequer or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It was a flawed Bill.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will you answer my question about capital underspend?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Government did not accept our amendments.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: You mean compulsory purchase order powers.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourist Accommodation (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on her plans to regulate short-term letting providers; the reason for the delay for the implementation of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58835/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable purchase and cost rental housing; if the targets set out in 2022 for Housing for All were met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3576/23]