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Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I always find the Bills digest very useful. It is just that they did not have time to do a comprehensive one.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The stated intention of the Bill to provide a more efficient and robust planning system is a good idea. A consolidated and streamlined Bill is necessary and welcome, and I acknowledge that a great deal of work has gone into it. However, it falls short of its stated goals. For example, it does nothing to ensure meaningful and early engagement in the planning process with communities, which...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: We certainly did not receive any correspondence from him. This is not the first time the Government has claimed to have engaged with the Opposition only for it to turn out that it had just engaged with one Opposition party. This poor practice needs to change. We would welcome any engagement. The Bill runs to more than 700 pages, making it one of the largest ever produced in the history of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Tánaiste about the record number of people who are homeless. There are now 13,179 people living in homeless emergency accommodation. This is the highest number ever recorded in the history of the State. This includes 190 pensioners and almost 4,000 children who are growing up without a home and will spend Christmas in homeless emergency accommodation. At the same time,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an overview of the report published by his Department on 14 November 2023 on how budget 2024 dealt with child poverty and child well-being. [52316/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to be clear on that point. This may well not be up and running for the election cycles into which we are going. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Mr. Ryan cannot say. He does not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay, thanks. I will move to the review of the Electoral Act 1997. I notice that the language being used around it has changed a little. It was referred to as an immediate priority for the commission and the published research programme states it will commission a review. Will Mr. Ryan give us a timeline for the review of the Electoral Act 1997? Will spending limits be considered? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If a review of the Electoral Act 1997 is started early in the new year, the hope would be that it comes to completion during the year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Mr. Ryan talked about work to reach groups that do not have as high a level of participation in the democratic processes as others. Is the hope that work will be completed during the year and some of that work will impact the work the commission does during the upcoming electoral cycles, or at least the general election?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will announce the completion of the public consultation on the review of Part B (fire safety) of the Building Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reverse the funding cuts that an organisation (details supplied) have received; if he will ensure that they are adequately resourced to continue their vital work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of small, independent pre-schools that are struggling to meet the chart of accounts requirement in their core funding application due to high accountancy costs and limited time to complete their application by February 2024; the reason these accounts are needed; if late submissions will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a problem that some psychotherapists and psychologists are facing whereby they cannot get appropriate rooms or space to run their services to meet the demand (details supplied); if he will address this issue to aid the reduction of waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52290/23]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: This is a very important and serious area. I know it has caused many issues and concerns for people who have run for public office and who have considered running for public office and decided against it on safety grounds. All sorts of things have happened, such as people being stalked, as a result of information being publicly available. It is a particular issue in terms of trying to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I seek a clarification. Deputy Bacik's amendment talks about the abolition of constituencies returning three Members. The commission's hands are tied in that sense, in terms of the existing legislation. Is it the Minister's understanding of the research the commission is doing that the commission is not tied by the existing legislation and that everything is on the table or is it otherwise?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes. The commission is not tied to what is in the electoral Bill-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----in terms of the number of constituencies. That is the Minister's view and it is fair for us to say that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Sometimes, when people are researching areas, they feel they have to research within the bounds of existing legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister, in his view, believes they do not have to operate under constraints.