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

Cian O'Callaghan: Returning to Deputy McAuliffe's point, my issue with these provisions is that they will lead to a more expensive private sector delivery, more expensive rents and more expensive purchase costs. While we will nominally get affordable housing, it will not be at the affordable prices it should be. This point has not been addressed by the Minister. In fact, the legislation allows for and...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I also do not agree with moving the debate on the Covid-19 vaccination programme to later in the week. I also object in the strongest possible terms to the use of the guillotine on the Land Development Agency Bill 2021. Considerable time has already been devoted to that Bill on Committee Stage, so it really is very disappointing that the Government is seeking to guillotine it now. With...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yesterday, Professor John FitzGerald said the Government's plan to inflate house prices through the shared equity scheme was a bad idea for Ireland and a case of politicians doing stupid things. He pointed out that property owners and landowners would benefit from the scheme, not potential buyers. In the UK, a similar scheme led to a boom in profits for large developers. The Central Bank,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: If they are watching and listening, I do not intend to use the full 20 minutes. I intend to be significantly short of that but we will see how that goes. Someone in this Chamber saying he or she will be quicker than he or she thinks are famous last words. I have issues with any planning legislation being rushed. I understand the rationale for it in this situation but you can have...

Affordable Homes in the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone: Motion (29 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for bringing this motion and it is positive the Minister is not opposing it. That is welcome. Unfortunately, the failure to acquire the Irish Glass Bottle site is a scandal and an example of a massive missed opportunity to ensure all the homes which would be built would be genuinely affordable or social and it is short-sighted. Reading through some of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) was in receipt of the Covid restrictions support scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34575/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to improve the track and trace operation in relation to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 520. To ask the Minister for Health if rapid antigen testing will become more widely available in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27229/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will speak in support of the amendments. I start with the point on the delivery of homes on public lands, who does it and whether private builders are involved. There is a key distinction that needs to be made and Deputy Ó Broin has made it. In terms of delivering homes, there is a huge difference between contracting tradesmen and private builders and having a private developer...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with Deputy Mattie McGrath about the use of the guillotine. It is not an acceptable practice. It is a pity because a considerable amount of time was spent on the Bill in committee and it was a good process with good engagement. It is a pity the time is not being allocated to finish the process properly because I believe legislation benefits from discussion and scrutiny. There...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with Deputy Smith on the guillotine. To be fair, I acknowledge that a small number of amendments are being addressed by the Minister. Many of the substantive issues we have raised are not being addressed and this is of significant concern to us. One of the areas in which the Minister was very strong on Committee Stage, and in his comments in public and in the media, is that he gave...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the support that his Department has given to local authorities to replenish their landbanks to provide a pipeline of suitable land for the provision of social housing; the local authorities that have received funding; the amount of funding that has been allocated to each local authority; the amount of land...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the public health grounds on which drive-in cinemas are not being allowed to operate; if this will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the steps is he taking to ensure that persons who have not yet received general practitioner visit cards due to Covid-19 delays are reimbursed for the fees they are charged while their applications are being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28254/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the employment wage subsidy scheme for aviation workers until the return of widespread air travel and incomes of workers in the sector recover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (1 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive a PPS number for their newborn daughter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35508/21]

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will start where Deputy Duncan Smith finished. He made a very good point about the impact on children whose parents are renting. It is what I have heard from parents who are renting and are subject to rent increases that they cannot afford or are given a notice to quit, an eviction notice. It is exactly as Deputy Smith described. Their children do not know if they are going to see their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Pensions (6 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that spouses of retired ESB workers are not entitled to pensions under the Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act 1942; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36395/21]