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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the new model of local area employment service has been effective (details supplied); whether the method of referral from the Department, meaning the service cannot work with walk-in clients, has been effective; the duration of employment for the service to obtain funding; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 564. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6131/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 566. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the situation at a health centre (details supplied) whereby children’s developmental screenings cannot proceed in the community due to a lack of nurses at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6148/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I acknowledge the considerable work the officials in the Department have put into this Bill. It is important that we get it right. As a public representative, I see communities paying the price all the time for the deficits in our planning legislation. That applies, in particular, to newer communities in newer developments that have been built out through existing planning legislation...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 25, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “ “accessibility impact assessment” means an assessment to ensure that development must comply with Article 4 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;”. If these amendments are accepted, it would effectively mean that where, under...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his response. This amendment goes beyond housing, although housing is a key part of it. The Minister quoted section 46(2)(a), which deals with the preservation of amenities, facilities and services to meet social community, recreational and cultural requirements. There is a mention of persons with disabilities on page 106 of the legislation. I am sure they are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It would be useful to get some clarity on this. Is a review of Part M taking place or is there going to be a review of Part M? The Minister said there has been some engagement on Part M but is there actually a formal review taking place, and if not, will there be? With regard to building control regulation, the Minister said that if this were to be looked at, further regulation would be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to respond because the Minister was asking about what I am proposing here with reference to the principle of the accessibility impact statement and the threshold for that. Obviously, with these amendments there is a threshold of linking that to the threshold for an environmental impact assessment. I would have no issue if the Minister was proposing a different threshold or set of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the wording of section 46(2)(a) new? Is the Minister saying it is not in the existing legislation?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: So it is just a repeat of what is in the existing legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: According to the HSE, we have 1,128 disabled people under the age of 65 years who living in nursing homes and whose housing needs are not being met. These amendments are seeking to address this in terms of planning. Effectively, the response is that we have some wording in the Bill, which has been in legislation since 2000, regarding objectives relating to public places. That is the level...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: So that I am clear on this, this is not a new form of exemption. They are currently exempted under the existing Act.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is nothing new in this provision. It is simply transitional.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are the same obligations in terms of any derogation required in terms of impact on habitats or nesting birds or the birds directive.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is no change in any of that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: All of the obligations-----