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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Our wording states: "Areas subject to Special Amenity Area Orders and the identification of areas where such orders would be beneficial for the community or biodiversity objectives." I fail to see how that is a rationale for not accepting the amendment.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5296/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [5295/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will push for an extension of the flexible EU fiscal rules introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to allow for greater investment in the construction of new social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6110/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the dwellings purchased where the 10% stamp duty was paid, broken down by month of payment since the increased stamp duty was introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6134/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date in implementing the National Landscape Strategy 2015-2025, broken down by the six stated objectives and 18 stated actions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6130/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Sector Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new local authority planners sanctioned by his Department since 2020, broken down by year and local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6328/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new planners sanctioned by his Department for An Bord Pleanála since 2020, broken down by year and local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6329/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (13 Feb 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed referendum on the right to housing; if the referendum will take place in the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6330/24]

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...