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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of financial return for private operators planned as part of his cost rental proposals in the Affordable Housing Bill 2020; and the regulatory, governance and due diligence arrangements he has planned for private operators to ensure viability and transparency of cost-rental housing in cases in which they are not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 388. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure that routine dental services are kept going and not stopped or delayed due to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25185/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I support the proposal by Deputy Duncan Smith on aviation. I wrote to the Business Committee this week looking for time for the Minister for Finance to come to the Dáil to answer questions on the hundreds of millions of euro in State funds that are being used to invest in investment funds that are buying up houses, pushing up rents and driving out first-time buyers. The Minister for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The State has provided €500 million to Activate Capital, among the investments of which is housing at Blackhall Place that was built by a private developer and is being leased to Dublin City Council for approximately €2,000 per month per home. Why is the State providing funding to developers to build homes that will be leased to the State at such rents? Effectively, the State...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Following on from what Deputy Smith said, there is significant anger and it is not just from young people. People in their 30s and 40s who would have aspired to own a home and in previous generations, working hard, saving and putting their shoulder to a wheel, would have been able to afford a home, are increasingly angry about this and about being locked out of home ownership. Older...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Grant Payments (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 287. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the criteria for receiving a car adaptation grant is that a person must not have the function of two limbs, either both arms or both legs and that this excludes persons such as those with cerebral palsy that often have one side of their body effected and do not have the full use of an arm and a leg; the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 306. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of relief that has been granted to date under section 604A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 introduced in the Finance Act 2012 which provides capital gains tax relief on property bought between 7 December 2011 and 31 December 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Records (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 307. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the briefing note from his Department on 5 May 2021 in relation to institutional investors developing new apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26169/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will take steps to begin systemically testing the bathing waters of Dublin Bay at ten different locations daily for the next 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a planning application is made for a build to rent scheme, if the applicant is required to flag this in their application; if so, the way it is flagged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26424/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland's delegation at the United Nations attended a human rights briefing on the persecution of Uyghurs in China on 12 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 5 May 2021, the reason Irish Sign Language has not yet been included as a curricular subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funded recreation programmes such as community youth groups, youth led projects, sports and art that will be available for young persons in summer 2021 in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Examinations (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level students will be provided with an option to sit all summer 2021 examinations online due to the current Covid-19 pandemic; the additional safety measures that have been put in place for third level students who will sit examinations in person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26416/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for the comments he has made. I am very supportive of a directly elected mayor. Democratic accountability is a key function. The Minister of State and the other members are correct to say that it is very important to get this right. What happens will be watched by people in other parts of the State. What is the thinking on the timing of holding a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for the reply.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Has the Taoiseach raised at European Union level the need for support for the International Criminal Court to investigate potential war crimes in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem? If he has not raised that, will he?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [26500/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 27. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [26689/21]