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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: House Prices (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will there be targets for price levels in housing for all or does the Minister and Government have a view on that? There are only 7,000 or 8,000 new build homes available on the open market each year. The rest are bought by institutions or for one-off houses or social housing. In the context of some of the highest house prices in the eurozone, the warnings that prices could reach Celtic...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless services that are operating to the national quality standards framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: This question is about quality standards for homeless accommodation. It is important that national quality standards are applied by all providers of accommodation for people experiencing homelessness. How many providers are applying these standards? Why are the private for-profit providers not applying these standards? When will they be applying them?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his reply. Much work and consultation went into the creation of these standards and they are good. It is an issue that they are not being applied to the private providers. These services are funded by the local authorities and are in receipt of funding through the Minister's Department to provide accommodation. We have some serious issues. Hostels that were shut...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: These standards were drawn up to apply to all providers of services, be they funded by the local authorities or private, for-profit or not-for-profit entities. The standards are not being applied to the private providers. There is talk of parallel standards but when it comes to the inspection forms, the NQSF is a detailed inspection form of 12 pages that touches on many issues and contains...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: My amendment No. 143 seeks to achieve the same outcome as the Minister's amendment. I am glad he has clarified that this part of the Bill was not aimed at the elected members of local authorities. I am concerned that the Minister's amendment will not achieve that explicitly. While it takes out the reference to "a member of a relevant public body", section 49(1) is then left ambiguous in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: On that basis, I am happy to withdraw my amendment No. 143.

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will start by following up on some of the points made by Deputy Duncan Smith about investment funds and the issue of buying homes and second-hand homes. Last weekend, there was coverage in the Business Post, by Killian Woods, of a new-build home in Malahide, in the Minister's constituency. It is in a great development with great amenities in a highly sought-after area. It has been vacant...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Deputy Boyd Barrett missed it so he will never know and I will never tell. It is true that the hopes and dreams of an entire generation of people who are locked into renting are resting on this Bill, on the measures therein and on the investment that will hopefully be brought forward. I was very struck during the election campaign by the number of people I met in my constituency in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 164: In page 37, line 30, to delete “market value” and substitute “existing use value”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 166: In page 37, line 32, to delete “market value” and substitute “existing use value”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 170: In page 37, line 36, to delete “market value” and substitute “existing use value”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 175: In page 38, line 8, to delete "market value" and substitute "existing use value".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 179: In page 38, line 17, to delete “market value” and substitute “existing use value”.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to stop the 8% rent increases within rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the resources which have been provided for the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33811/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (24 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that local authorities collect the full vacant site levy that is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33463/21]