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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Would that be like taking some of the responsibility from the Department of Education and some of the responsibility that currently sits with local authorities and meeting that midway? How does something like that work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Effectively, the budget and oversight for school delivery could be with a mayor's office rather than with the Department of Education?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On other aspects of infrastructure, where people feel it can be delayed or slowed in dealing with a national or centralised bureaucracy, having some of those devolved to a Dublin mayor's office could work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay, I thank Ms. Farrelly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is the lowest percentage for 50 years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about recent analysis on housing affordability and how this impacts on the economy and investment. According to analysis published by the Parliamentary Budget Office recently, since Fine Gael has taken office house prices have increased by 76% and rents have increased by 90%, while wages have increased by only 27%. Since the Taoiseach entered the Government,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [42510/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [42509/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On disability, developmental disability and delays in opening autism units in schools, a new autism unit was meant to be opened for students in Scoil Íde, Kilmore, this September, but this has been delayed, causing great stress among the pupils and families, who are left without any school places. The lack of planning and lack of delivery on promises made are completely unacceptable and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 36. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [42511/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with GPs who will be negatively affected by the recent guidelines issued by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to tax treatment; the steps he will take to support small GP practices and partnerships who are at risk of closing due to these guidelines; if he will work with the Department of Health to resolve this; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 531 of 19 January 2022, and 192 of 4 May 2022, the current status of the social housing passport reforms; the reason for the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45436/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 255. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been made aware of GPs who will be negatively affected by the recent guidelines issued by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to tax treatment; if his Department will examine these guidelines with a contractual lens to prevent small practices and GP partnerships from closing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45438/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (18 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his attention has been drawn to SUSI guidelines for proof of independent residency (details supplied), whereby they do not account for people renting under the rent-a-room scheme; if he will amend these guidelines to allow students living independently to avail of SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45449/23]

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The serious financial difficulties at the Peter McVerry Trust raise questions about the way the State outsources the provision of homeless services and accommodation to charities and private companies. Research published by Dr. Mary Murphy and others found that Housing First contracts were awarded to the lowest bidder at levels well below the cost of providing the service. Awarding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the transport options that are available for older people in Dublin Bay North who wish to attend events specifically organised for older people in the area where they are unable to use public transport; whether she will address the lack of transport options available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (17 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 576. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will engage with the unions and workers involved in the Section 39 community and voluntary sector organisations who are engaging in strike action from 17 October 2023; if he will recognise the vital work carried out by these organisations and the need to remove the pay disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45085/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (12 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many panels were formed in relation to the higher executive officer roles within his Department to review HEO applications; what criteria and guidelines were used when choosing candidates for interview; how many candidates were chosen from each panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44531/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Government's disastrous approach to housing has meant record rents, record numbers of adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s stuck living in box rooms and childhood bedrooms, record numbers of people living in homeless emergency accommodation and now, shamefully, record numbers of children growing up without a home. At the same time there has never been such an opportunity to solve the housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am, and I thank the Chair. I want to ask the RTB a question. I have met different landlords who are very upset around the registration process. They are really distraught and doing their absolute level best to get themselves registered. They feel they are facing brick walls. Some of them who have multiple interactions with the RTB. They send their form in and it gets sent back. This...