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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (6 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to the RTB for inspections and enforcement in each year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the November 2019 recommendations prepared by the HSE relating to hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to bring the cost of xalacom eyedrops here in line with other countries, such as Spain in which the over-the-counter cost is between a quarter and a third of the cost in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48527/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Almost 40,000 people have signed an Uplift.ie petition organised by Dr. Rory Hearne that was delivered to the Dáil this week. It calls on the Government to end favourable tax treatment for investment funds and to restrict the sale of new homes to individuals and not-for-profit organisations. Investment funds have driven up rents and house prices in Ireland to unsustainable and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for their presentation and for coming in. My concern relates to the points the Chairman made. This legislation may be creating an easier path for retention and by doing so, could be undermining the EU directives that are there to protect the public interest and the environment. The legislation could be making the situation worse than it is. I accept that it does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: That would mean a total of approximately €15 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the expectation that those fines will cease soon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is no proposal in the heads to extend the timeframes for the public participation elements despite the fact that substitute applications, by their very nature, are much more complex than an ordinary planning application. To assess them and make an informed submission, from a full participation point of view, would take a great deal of time. Will Mr. Kelly consider extending those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate that. Finally, the test for exceptional circumstances is a core issue here. Perhaps Mr. Kelly will explain the Department's thinking on it, particularly regarding how it accords with paragraph 57 of C-215/06 and the definition of the Act in terms of meeting the three conditions set out by the Court of Justice of the European Union. Effectively, there are three conditions -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: If section 177B is repealed, how will a local authority or any other body direct a party to apply for substitute consent? I have a few other questions, but Mr. Kelly might take that one now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: It does. Ultimately, the developer does not have to enter the process, in which case enforcement proceedings will come to a conclusion and the developer might-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: If the developer does not apply for regularisation, he or she may have to take down what was put up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is there a reason for he timeframes for public participation being set out in the regulations instead of in this legislation?