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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the fees paid by his Department for consultation services provided by the firm (details supplied), broken down by the amount paid and purpose of consultation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the fees paid by his Department for consultation services provided by the firm (details supplied), broken down by the amount paid and purpose of consultation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53327/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the terms of reference for the consultancy firm (details supplied) for their work on the National Planning Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an updated timeline for the production of the draft National Planning Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53522/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s position on issuing social welfare payments, for example, illness benefit, to public sector workers who are over the age of 66 years (pension age) but who are not due to retire until 70 years of age (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53741/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to explore the issue of vacant possession a bit. From IPAV's experience, would landlords generally be advised that if they are renting to a tenant in order to achieve the best possible price they need to get vacant possession to sell? Is that generally what happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: In most cases when landlords are selling are they generally advised vacant possession is how they will get the best price or is there a practice of properties being sold with the tenant in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is Mr. Davitt telling us that before rent regulation was introduced in Ireland most rental properties were sold with the tenants in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Was that the standard practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, so is Mr. Davitt telling the committee it is his view that before there was rent regulation in Ireland most rental properties were sold with the renters in situand vacant possession was not achieved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Mr. Davitt answered that it could have happened, but from his experience of before rent regulation is this what usually happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, and it does happen, but was it on a large scale that vacant possession was not achieved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does Threshold have a view on that? Before there was rent regulation in Ireland, was it normal for renters to stay in place when the properties were being sold?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: We just heard from IPAV that it was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: From my experience as a public representative and my personal life, I can only think of one situation where the renter remained in place out of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is the norm in most European countries, which do not actually have the same regulation systems. The UK would have better rights for renters and so on. I am asking this because vacant possession is disruptive. We have been told here it is inefficient. It would be a much better rental sector if more renters were able to stay in the property. It would ultimately save hassle for renters...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I might conclude on a comment. In my experience, many of the landlords in the constituency would absolutely prefer to sell to their existing tenant. Sometimes they feel they cannot because they feel they may not be able to get the best price. They might be advised they need to get vacant possession to get the best possible price, which might end the relationship with the tenant. The...

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...