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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If there was transparency around profits, we would know.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: And no transparency around their profits.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The solution being suggested is a very good and practical one that needs to be looked at. Is it ideal or a substitute for building more housing? Absolutely not, but there are families where there is a lot of overcrowding at present. There are situations in my constituency where three families are in a regular house, all using one bathroom and one toilet. They have space to extend and put...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Taoiseach about staffing levels in the National Building Control Office. Building and fire safety defects, mica and pyrite have cost the State billions. The human cost of building defects has been devastating in terms of the trauma it causes for people who are living in homes that are not safe while the developers responsible got away and evade any meaningful accountability....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It has never been properly staffed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The local authority will not even advertise the positions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22854/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 6. 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. [22855/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of caretakers employed in schools across Ireland under the TUS and broken down by county; the cost of this to the Exchequer per annum; if these schools are also receiving the ancillary grant from her Department for the employment of caretaking staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a jobseekers application for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22976/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming in and join the others who have commended the great work done by firefighters in Dublin Fire Brigade and all across the country on behalf of all of us. Following up on the 42 m ladder the brigade has and the other one being ordered and high-rise and taller buildings, is it now the case that all personnel have been trained in how to deal with fires in taller...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I referred to training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: But are all personnel trained in high-rise firefighting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am talking about the existing officers, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If I may ask something specific about the Part B guidelines and the issue of smoke toxicity levels in building materials, that was one of several issues that came out of the Grenfell Tower fire. One of the main issues was the smoke toxicity levels in some of the insulation materials. The majority of the insulation materials in Grenfell consisted of polyisocyanurate. A 2019 study showed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the submission Mr. Keeley made is there anything about smoke toxicity levels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is useful that Mr. Keeley is on the record as saying that that would be beneficial. It is very concerning that in our building regulations we are an outlier in not covering smoke toxicity, which poses a huge danger to residents in the context of fires and to personnel in fire brigade units. It is an unnecessary risk we are taking in this country compared with other countries. A lot of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 - 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take action to ensure that the Residential Tenancies Board has the legislative power to investigate illegal evictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23448/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Cathaoirleach can go ahead on that point.