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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a quarterly breakdown of commencement notices and completion certificates as recorded by the Building Control Management System for 2020, 2021 and 2022, broken down by local authority and unit type, in tabular form. [9519/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full breakdown on tenants in-situ purchases for 2022, in tabular form; if he will include a new category to log tenant in-situ purchases when publishing social housing data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict buildings have been purchased through compulsory purchase orders in each year since 2018, broken down by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10005/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a breakdown by gender of the pupils entering or leaving the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10006/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if financial compensation will be offered to those who were forced into private nursing home care with no assistance from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10011/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (1 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [10248/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: My first question is for the IEN. In their opening statement, which is strongly worded, the witnesses spoke about the Bill failing to ensure compliance with environmental assessments and effective participation. We have touched on many of the issues that relate to participation. Will they expand specifically on the failure to ensure compliance with environmental assessments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The RIAI has not been able to find anything specific in the Bill that points towards it. It does not stop it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On Ms Sheridan's point, at the weekend I was talking to residents of an area who said when they bought their home they were promised by the developer there would not be apartments going onto the site next to them. They felt very let down when the application for planning permission went in regarding apartments going up. I frequently have this experience with people who have not been able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is that not a massive overreach in terms of the legislation? Surely it is up to the NGO, such as An Taisce or whatever the organisation, to decide its own policies and procedures concerning how it decides whether to submit appeals to An Bord Pleanála. Is it not a massive potential overreach for us, as legislators, to seek to insert measures in legislation that effectively prohibit...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask about a recent report into mental health in Traveller communities. According to a report published by Traveller organisations in Clondalkin, Ballyfermot and Tallaght more than two thirds of Travellers have lost a loved one to suicide. Racism and discrimination are the primary cause of suicide among Travellers. Structural racism in areas such as healthcare and housing was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: My next question is for the RIAI. Ms Sheridan mentioned that Freiburg is a good example of long-term planning and of a city that reflects environmental sustainability, walkability, permeability, cycling, reduced car use and the safety of public spaces that goes with that. Is there anything in this Bill that indicates that is the direction we are moving towards or that it could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask Ms Uí Bhroin to respond briefly on this point because I wish to turn to another section of the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Moving to Parts 12 and 18 of the Bill, do the witnesses have any comments on these sections dealing with the OPR?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Finally, before I run out of time, mention was made in the opening statement of the issue of the extension of the duration of planning permissions. What is the concern there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: To follow up on that, am I correct in saying that what is being said is that this section of the Bill could potentially lead to ten to 15 years of litigation and uncertainty simply to get us back to the point we are at or to the levels of certainty we have now? That is a possibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a question for the representatives from the RIAI in terms of the discussion earlier about the public realm, medium-density and low-rise and how it is very important to get a high-quality public realm as part of that. In my constituency, there are areas that were built 15 years ago that would have been built on a low-rise, medium-density type of a model with a promise of high-quality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: We are all agreed that, if local authorities were better resourced, this would be more likely to happen. Does the legislation need to be explicit in talking about the goals of good planning, high-quality public realm and multidisciplinary approach? Is that potentially a weakness in the draft Bill that it is not explicit that this is the aim? If the legislation does not explicitly state...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are also the issues are around taking in charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but it is not just about the aims. It is about the resources and the detail around-----