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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's strategy statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [8630/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 33. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [8631/23]

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Sinn Féin and Deputy Ó Broin for bringing forward this motion, which the Social Democrats are happy to support. On the eviction ban and the current situation with record homelessness and rents, we simply do not know from the Government what its plan is or what it is going to do. We have not heard from the Government. In fact, we have heard elements of the Government...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank People Before Profit for bringing forward this Bill and for the work it has done on it. The Social Democrats will certainly be supporting it. It is notable that, when the Minister was speaking, he gave a long list of what has been done, while admitting that it is not sufficient, and a long list of criticisms of the Opposition but that a list of exactly what he and his Government are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take to improve the charging infrastructure available for electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current situation regarding the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied) in Iran; if further contact has been made with the Iranian Foreign Minister for the citizen’s release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8296/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated timeframe for building works to commence at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans for a review of the legal requirements for mothers registering the birth of her child with a new partner, where the mother is still married to a previous partner due to delays in divorce proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8524/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccination centres that are currently available in the Dublin north central area for the MMR vaccine programme; if additional and alternative test centres will be provided in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 658. To ask the Minister for Health given that the paid leave for the Public Health Service employees unfit for work post Covid infection is due to finish in the coming months, if Covid-19 will be deemed as an occupational illness as recommended by the EU Advisory Committee; what is the proposed long-term solution for healthcare workers who are still unable to return to work due to long...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (22 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to the increase in applications for a multi-denominational school (details supplied); the action she plans to take to secure additional places in multi-denominational schools in this area should school admission policies aim to allocate places to older pupils first who have not started school; and if she will...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have raised the plight of people who are reliant on district heating with the Tánaiste several times. They are paying utterly exorbitant prices for their bills. In one development in my constituency, renters tied into a district heating system by their landlord, Greystar, were blocked from getting any independent access to their meter readings. After more than a year, they have now...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: But they are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank everyone for coming in. I want to ask more about section 5 and the new section 8 and the declaration on exempted development. Exempted development is a very important part of the planning process. Without it, everything has to go through the planning system, which is more resource intensive. It is, therefore, very important that people have confidence in exempted development and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I think the point the local authority was making to us was that people can still go to the local authority and seek enforcement action. What is the significance of getting a declaration as opposed to requesting enforcement action from the local authority? Why might a declaration be sought?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is Mr. Jones aware of cases of people who might have got a declaration from a local authority, been unhappy with it, contested it and appealed it to the An Bord Pleanála, where the board came up with a different outcome?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: This would potentially remove all that and remove the accountability for local authorities such that what they say is or is not exempted development will be taken as fact, whereby there will be no ability for anyone but the landowner to challenge that question, get a view from An Bord Pleanála and appeal it. That level of oversight and accountability will all be gone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: As for what may or may not fall into whether something is an exempted development on which people want to see declarations, it includes the typical kind of house extensions Mr. Jones was talking about and developments such as quarries. What else could be a grey area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is clear, objective and transparent and, over time, the process will help build up clear, objective and transparent information and decisions that can inform all the practice around planning enforcement.