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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the contribution provided for final-year trainee educational psychologists this year will be put on a permanent footing for all final-year students; and if it is her Department's intention to make State contributions to trainee educational psychologists contingent on said students committing to working for a fixed term for her Department or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to any scheme or funding available to assist a family whose home has been extensively damaged by fire and requires substantial restoration work, who are unable to fund this work and who do not have house insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54012/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for not being here for all of the presentations but I did get a chance to read some of the submissions. With the indulgence of the Chair, I am going to concentrate on my own constituency in term of the questions. The team from South Dublin County Council can take a break for a few minutes. In relation to leasing, of which there is some in Balbriggan, how much will the council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The council must have a ballpark figure. If it is a good scheme and is good value for money, Ms Farrelly must have an idea of how much it costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: How many people who are on a notice to quit are currently engaging with Fingal and how many of them are overholding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: So every person with whom the council is engaging on a notice to quit is also overholding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, but how many are on a notice to quit? I mean the 180 overholding does not surprise me but I seek the other number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask Mr. Burns to get that figure and send it on to me. How many whole-time equivalents are working in the vacant homes unit full time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That was the purpose of my question, to clarify that those staff will come on stream.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Excellent. Does Mr. Burns know how many tenant in situpurchases the council is currently progressing and how many landlords have been approached? This is something that has become the stuff of rumours and I would like to get this nailed. When we talk to the Minister, he will say that money is not an object when it comes to the tenant in situscheme, that it is being progressed and that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: How many landlords has Fingal County Council approached? How many tenantin situpurchases are being progressed currently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The county council can approach the landlord.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I would appreciate it if Mr. Burns could get those figures. On above-the-shop living, has Fingal County Council done any research into what is available? Does it have any idea of what the above-the-shop vacancy level is within Fingal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Has Fingal County Council done any specific research on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Does it intend to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: What is the current turnaround time for voids or casual lets, or whatever one wants to call them? It is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string. I understand they are all different, but there must be an average figure. Is Fingal County Council concerned about the impact of construction inflation on the potential to turn around at the same speed this year and in future years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Sorry Acting Chair, that figure there-----

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be shocked if I take 15 minutes, as will everybody else in the Chamber. I promise I will not try to do so. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. The Bill is short and fairly technical but, as the Minister of State outlined, it will, when passed, have significant ramifications for business. Its purpose is to make certain amendments to the Credit Guarantee Act 2012 to...

Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It is 15 years since I first engaged with politicians in relation to the issue of home carers and home helps. I was representing them at the time and we warned politicians that there was a crisis coming in home care because of the terms and conditions of employment and because of the privatisation which, as the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, will be aware, fired the starting gun for the...