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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Some people can live very well in those circumstances. We would not want them getting caught-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I would not want anything in the Bill to be used vexatiously by some neighbour who is not happy that there is this slightly alternative house in the neighbourhood.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes. These are real-world situations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I know people who live in those situations who use rainwater, get water from springs up the mountain and all the rest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It may not be within settlements, but what if they are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is my only reservation with the Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Perhaps that section could have slightly different wording such as a site that has been disconnected from electricity or water services for a period of two or more years and is not self-generating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: This is an excellent Bill. Great work has been done on it. It is good that it covers the different aspects. I would love to see this Bill progressed and done in this Oireachtas term, if we can, with us working together to get it through the system or progress it as far as we possibly can. On section 6, if we do a report - which we should soon - we could then make our recommendations on...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "arguments from opposition parties": "calls on the Government to: — introduce legislation to impose a stamp duty surcharge on the bulk purchase of homes by investment funds at a minimum rate of 100 per cent". In 2022, as the figures released today show, 395 homes were bulk-purchased and last year 623...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is not true. The Minister is misleading the Dáil. We wanted them all to be affordable homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is not true. We wanted them all to be affordable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Building private homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Government opposed our amendments to improve it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: We supported 1,200 affordable homes in Donabate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: You do not listen.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to ask the Minister about rogue landlords. Salvador Chavez Morales, a computer engineer, was left short of food and at risk of becoming homeless after he was evicted by landlord Marc Godart. What had Salvador done to prompt this eviction? He had made a complaint about being recorded in his home live on CCTV cameras and was evicted as a result. Marc Godart is renting out 208 beds...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (18 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what protections are in place for consumers against dynamic pricing from large ticketers (details supplied); if consumers are entitled to transparency around dynamic pricing, specifically in relation to VIP packages, and increased ticket prices at peak times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2266/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Oil Specifications (17 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to run an information campaign for motorists who may be able to use hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in their vehicles, given that it is now available at some petrol stations; if the Government will encourage and incentivise the roll-out of HVO across the country in view of its ability to reduce fossil fuels; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (17 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the toll increases that are due to be implemented in July 2024; if he will postpone these increases given the recent toll increases that have already taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1775/24]