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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Before coming to the meeting, Mr. Rowe was aware there were issues with access to water at Castleknock lock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Sure, but Mr. Rowe is aware of the general issue that there is a lack of access to water at that lock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Given that Mr. Rowe is now aware that Uisce Éireann has said it will fix the water tap and it just needs written permission from Waterways Ireland to do that, will he give us a commitment that he will give that written permission so that water tap can be fixed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The current situation is that 35 people are living there, including seven children, there is a tap that could be fixed, and Uisce Éireann has agreed to take that cost. It is just awaiting written permission from Waterways Ireland so those families can access water, which is a human right. Does Mr. Rowe not think that needs urgent action? This has been going on for years. Will he give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is Mr. Rowe saying that if Waterways Ireland owns the land the tap is on, it will go ahead and give permission for it to be fixed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Of course, but this is not just any community. This is the second largest liveaboard community after Sallins. It is a significant one. Given that there is simply a water tap that needs to be fixed, Uisce Éireann is going to fix it, will pay for it and all it wants is permission from Waterways Ireland to do it, will Waterways Ireland give that permission or are we going to have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Did Waterways Ireland ask An Post not to deliver post to the people living on the boats in Castleknock?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Mr. Rowe is not aware of any complaints to ComReg about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That was related to the delivery of post.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That included delivery of post.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Has Waterways Ireland met with the community in Castleknock to discuss these issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will Waterways Ireland meet with them to resolve the issues I have raised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is still no access to water. Will Waterways Ireland meet with them to get that resolved? Do the witnesses think access to water is important to people? These are human beings. What is Waterways Ireland going to do about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Rowe agree it is a human right for people to access water?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: This is not even in my constituency. I have no skin in the game on this, as such. I have to say, however, that I am appalled that people wanting to access water are facing this kind of delay and obstruction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will leave it there.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I commend Ms Bláthnaid Raleigh, the Women of Honour and the women in the FAI for speaking out, which they should not have felt the need to do. I commend, in particular, Ms Natasha O'Brien for challenging homophobic abuse. I and many others like me enjoy a degree of freedom in our public spaces because people like Ms O'Brien defend us. It is a diminishing degree of freedom in our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Which the Government is sitting on.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to ask about the Housing Commission report. As my colleague said earlier, Dr. Aoibhinn Walsh, a leading paediatrician, is seeing children growing up in emergency accommodation presenting with rickets, skin conditions, including scabies, anaemia, faltering growth and extreme tooth decay. This is incredibly serious. The landmark report from the Housing Commission provides a number...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have.