Results 1,961-1,980 of 7,173 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a wording for charging orders will be put in place to facilitate mortgage applicants who wish to buy affordable homes through affordable housing schemes such as at Dun Emer, Lusk, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (30 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the liquidation of a company (details supplied) that has left a significant number of persons without their deposits being refunded; the steps he will take in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58326/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the minimum essential qualification for special needs assistants, SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 72-hour obligation and June working will be abolished in relation to special needs assistants, SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure there are enough substitute teachers in place to provide cover to ensure that the mock leaving certificate examinations take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58686/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (30 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands Examination of Employment Services November 2021 will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the death certificate for a person (details supplied) which their widow has been awaiting for four months since first applying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58687/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Property Prices Register (30 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 588 of 13 July 2021, the steps that have been taken to address the errors that have been occurring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the HSE funding required for the plans submitted by Children’s Health Ireland to help alleviate the pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin Hospitals in order that children living with scoliosis and in need of urgent operations can get the help that they need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58312/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the public conversation on the well-being framework for Ireland. [58661/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the well-being of people living in emergency accommodation. Over the past year, I have been raising with him and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the conditions in privately run emergency accommodation. There is a complete lack of Garda vetting of staff, a lack of proper policies and procedures, a lack of safeguarding procedures and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I can provide the Taoiseach with the details. This is utterly unacceptable behaviour and complaints have gone in on this. People living in emergency accommodation deserve a proper response on this and that proper standards are implemented.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [58321/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: To follow up on the previous question, the issue around private emergency accommodation is that, taking Dublin as an example, approximately half of the accommodation is provided by tried and trusted not-for-profit partners of the local authorities, with the other half, in recent years, provided by privately run operators, some of which have no experience or qualifications whatsoever in this...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: First, I wish to say that there was very good engagement at committee level on this legislation. During that process we sought a number of written clarifications on a number of matters, which we were looking for in advance of Report Stage. It is regrettable that the commitments in written clarifications never came forward and we did not receive them. The previous speakers made some very...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Taking up Deputy Boyd Barrett's point, that is what is so important about this amendment. Our marine environment has huge value for the people working in it, huge economic potential and huge value in terms of its biodiversity, but its role in carbon capture and as a carbon sink also has an incredible value. It does not make any sense to do something to tackle climate change that will...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: To follow up on that, I am particularly concerned that the sensitivity mapping will not be completed until the end of 2022 and about the difficulties that poses. Can that be completed faster? If it is not going to be completed faster, what interim protections and measures can be put in place? When we were engaged on this on Committee Stage, one of the first issues we discussed was the need...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Although it is not necessarily just from the Minister of State, there is almost a narrative that we should not worry because there are other protections and ways of assessing these areas. If that was the case, of course, why would we have marine protected areas, this planning framework, sensitivity mapping or all this work? I am not confident, from what is being said, that these areas will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process by which persons who do not use the internet and who are isolating due to high risk to Covid-19 can apply for a driving licence through the use of phone and post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 23 November 2021, if the report has been completed; and if so, if it will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59319/21]