Results 1,201-1,220 of 7,163 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the resource efficiency action plan for 2021 of his Department. [28338/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his latest engagement with the social partners. [28339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will await the outcome of the High Court application before engaging in further discussions in relation to the 1951 CIÉ pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Functions (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department and the Department of Defence approved the landing and presence of a US Navy helicopter at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel on 13 May 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29146/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Today a very sad report was published showing that in 2020 the number of people experiencing homelessness who died on our streets or in homeless services increased by 80% compared with the previous year. I extend my sympathies to the friends, families and loved ones of all those who have died in homeless services and on our streets. The interim report on mortality among the single homeless...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (2 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has the capacity for an additional first year class of between 30 and 40 students; the steps she is taking to facilitate the school in getting these additional school places which is in a catchment area that does not have enough school places at present; and if she...

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The report published last week has a number of quotes from children that I want to read into the record. A 12-year-old girl said, “Walking up to school you see all the rats ... they would be running up and down the walls of the trailer”. A 14-year-old girl said, “People ask why I’m dirty, but I’d be ashamed to say. I don’t want to say it was from...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with Deputy Canney's comments about the importance of local authorities and that it is nearly impossible for them to get approval for housing. If the Government is serious about building social housing, the very long process the authorities have to go through, which makes it very difficult, needs to be tackled. Anyone watching this debate who is in a housing crisis, and there are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has had their driver theory test postponed by nearly a year; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30352/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way a person can access the chat function on the Rebuilding Ireland website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if renters will be protected from potential rent increases of 8% in some instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30372/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to support agreements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30353/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department declined an application for an extra reading class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30371/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Active land management is key and this is missing from the Irish context in housing delivery. It is the pipeline of land for the delivery of homes of different tenures and including affordable, cost rental and social units. I am sure the Minister and others are engaging with approved housing bodies and many of them are having difficulty accessing land and the issue is not necessarily on the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to raise one matter first, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: If a division is called, can sufficient time be given for all of us to get back to our offices to be able to participate in the discussion? I need about five minutes to get to Agriculture House. I have booked a room in the Leinster House 2000 building to avoid the problem but I do not have a working Internet connection from there. I hope it will be working from next week. I am requesting...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: This is the bit I do not understand. The case has not been made, and no rationale has been offered, as to the reason we would want to build homes at full market price on public land, or what the advantage is of doing that. We have a huge demand and crisis in terms of housing affordability. We need to be using public land to deliver affordable and social housing. That is abundantly clear,...