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Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: What we have said is that the private sector on its own is not delivering, that there is a large affordability gap and that there is a greater role for the State and the not-for-profit sectors. If it does not see that and thinks its housing policy is working, that shows how deluded the Government is. It is disingenuous to say that 100% stamp duty on bulk purchase of homes would prevent...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Growing numbers of children and their families across Ireland are being left waiting for assessments of need well in excess of the legal timeframes permitted. According to the Disability Act 2005, an assessment of need must be completed within six months of the date the application is received. I have received new figures from the HSE which show that, at the end of 2024, there were 14,221...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: A total of 90% of assessment of needs are being done outside of the legal timeframe. This is the law. It is not an optional extra for the Taoiseach or the Government. I am not clear from the Taoiseach's answer if the Government is going to meet the legal requirements of the Disability Act. Is it going to take action so that 90% turns to 0% so the Taoiseach and his Government are compliant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what third level fee supports exist for non-EU nationals who have attended secondary school in Ireland where their parents are awaiting a decision on their citizenship application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5484/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are now 14,864 people living in emergency homeless accommodation. This includes 4,510 children who are growing up without a home. Almost every month the numbers climb higher, but record levels of homelessness are now so commonplace that these numbers no longer seem to shock. They rarely appear on the front pages of newspapers. This is because the numbers do not tell the stories of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate that the Taoiseach did not see the programme. If he had, he would have seen the family in question applied for medical priority and had been refused. That decision is under appeal. They are in the same situation that thousands of other families with real medical needs who are not able to have their housing needs met and who are not prioritised. The Taoiseach dismissed a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats are strongly opposed to the proposals the Government is bringing forward. It is very important that the Opposition can hold the Government to account. The Dáil is already one of the comparatively weaker parliaments in terms of its ability to hold the Government to account.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It absolutely is. We have one of the strongest executives. In other parliaments, the executives do not always get everything passed by virtue of the majority they have. We have one of the strongest Whip systems in western democracy, which makes it one of the strongest executives. We need to have more accountability, not less.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: We need more Government accountability rather than creating new slots where only Government TDs can ask questions of the Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [6308/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [7944/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: As the Taoiseach knows, section 39 workers do incredibly important work in home care, disability care, elder care and support services in our communities. Despite their Trojan work, they receive poor levels of pay. There is also the very serious issue of a lack of sustainable funding for this sector with increased costs, such as for auto-enrolment, coming down the line. SIPTU is now...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Radie Peat of Lankum and Dan Lambert, manager of Kneecap, recently spoke about their experiences as parents of a child with additional needs. Speaking with Oliver Callan on RTÉ radio, they described the challenges that they, and thousands of families like them, face in battling to get supports for their child. Since their child was 17 months old, Radie and Dan realised she was autistic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: There continues to be a huge level of vacancies that need to be filled. The Taoiseach keeps on blaming the 2022 High Court judgment which found the Government to be in breach of legislation. When will the Government get children the access to what they urgently require rather than blaming that judgment? This Friday, a group of 50 parents will hold a sleep-out outside the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 106. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the legislative programme. [2959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 316. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 20 March 2024, if recommendations were made to his Department in the review referred to; if so, if his Department plans to enact these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7665/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 317. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 20 March 2024, if he plans to publish the now finished review referred to in the response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7666/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider the proposal put forward by the board of management a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7131/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on when the affordable housing units in the Oscar Traynor Woods development will be ready to be moved into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8082/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the position of League of Ireland stadiums under new alcohol licence laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8089/25]