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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1361. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to provide adequate resources for genetic services in CHI Crumlin; the steps he will take to reduce waiting lists for genetic testing in CHI Crumlin; when the National Testing Directory for genetics and genomics will begin its development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1709. To ask the Minister for Health if the new income threshold for GP visit cards announced in budget 2023 has been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17879/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1612. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are in place to combat the shortages of Ozempic, a medication for type-2 diabetes; the reason for the ongoing shortages; what long-term solutions are in place to prevent these shortages recurring in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (19 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether recent flight path changes are resulting in an increase in aircraft passing over a location (details supplied); the regulations for aircraft turning over Dublin Bay; the permitted noise levels from aircraft flying over residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to tackle the waiting lists in the primary care service for children's disability services for example, psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy in the north Dublin area CHO9; the length of the waiting lists for these services in the primary care service; his advice for parents who may be waiting upwards of three...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the fees for the State examinations, both Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate, will continue to be waived in 2024; when she will announce any provisions or changes to the Leaving Certificate in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18721/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [16726/23]

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: First, I welcome this Bill. There are good parts in it. The Minister of State has a tendency to come into the Chamber and reference the pre-legislative report and process, which I think is very good. I want to acknowledge the input into the pre-legislative process, especially by An Taisce, Archaeology Ireland, the Local Authority Archaeologist Network, LAAN, and others. We have a habit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Chair. I also thank the Ministers and officials for coming in. I have a number of questions so I will give the Minister plenty of time to respond but I will want to come in for more questions. If I am cutting the Minister off at some point, that is why am doing that. First, on the issue of the development levies, the Minister states that he wants the savings to be passed on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his reply. On the cost-rental scheme, and I appreciate the Minister’s previous answer where the detailed design is yet to happen so the Minister may not have the full details on this, but at this stage, does the Minister know when the subsidy is given, will all of these cost-rental apartments and homes be transferred to a not-for-profit housing association or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: At least all of these properties, therefore, will be a minimum 50-year tenure cost-rental property.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The LDA will own them or will transfer them to a not-for-profit organisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the Housing for All strategy, there is a commitment for the second quarter of this year that there be an examination of the creation of a holding system for rental deposits. As the Minister knows there has been legislation since 2015 for a deposit retention scheme for renters. This can cause huge issues for some people regarding putting them at risk of homelessness. If they do not get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the Minister appreciate that the legislation has been in place since 2015, though?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Minister going to introduce a deposit protection scheme during his tenure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Over a year ago the Minister gave a commitment on legislation banning sex for rent practices. When is the legislation going to be introduced by Government?

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats will certainly support this Bill proceeding to Committee Stage. The idea of Committee Stage is for Bills like this to be teased out and scrutinised. It is disappointing that while the Government criticises the Opposition for not tabling proposals, when the Opposition brings forward proposals and Bills such as this, the Government does not even want them to be discussed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Great. In that case, when is a deposit protection scheme going to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will ask the Minister just the one question, because he is without his Ministers of State on the flank. Following on from what Deputy McAuliffe was asking about earlier, the target in Housing for All last year was 4,100 affordable homes. It was not met. Only 1,757 homes were delivered and out of that, only 323 were affordable purchase homes. In two thirds of local authority areas, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Are there enough measures in place to ensure there will be enough delivery by local authorities and AHBs on cost rental and affordable purchase? Is the Minister confident we will get all these local authorities, or the vast majority of them, delivering cost-rental and affordable purchase homes this year?