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Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank People Before Profit for its work on tabling this motion. It is very important that this is highlighted. As was just said, there is no excuse for delays or stalling on this issue. It is an urgent area. It is cynical for this to be passed through Second Stage but for it not to be progressed as urgently as it needs to be thereafter. The position of the Social Democrats is that we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Census of Population (27 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of the populations of each division in the Garda Dublin metropolitan region as of the 2022 census; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41739/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is a ticking timebomb when it comes to multi-unit developments and their sinking funds. As apartments built during the Celtic tiger era reach 20 years of age, sinking funds will increasingly be needed to fund repairs to leaking roofs and lifts that need to be replaced. When those sinking funds are insufficient, repairs cannot take place and apartment owners may be levied sums they...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will meet next. [36121/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The programme for Government makes a number of commitments in the areas of climate change and public transport. It is essential that, when there is investment in public transport, it is accessible to everyone. In Baldoyle, where thousands of homes have been built over the last 20 years, people still do not have safe universal access to Clongriffin DART Station. Temporary access, provided...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government. [36120/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Since this Government took office, it has not come remotely close to meeting its targets on affordable housing. This year, the Government promised to deliver 5,500 affordable homes. In the first half of the year, just 22 cost-rental and 101 affordable purchase homes were completed. The Land Development Agency, LDA, did not complete a single affordable home. More than 500,000 adults are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Just to follow up on that point, last night, I was at a community meeting in a newer part of my constituency where there are higher densities. The whole area was planned on the idea that the quid pro quofor higher densities would be better facilities. Despite this, 15 or 20 years since the communities were originally built, the area still does not have proper community facilities. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On that, are we not at a huge disadvantage compared to somewhere like the Netherlands, for example, where there is active land management by the local or municipal authority? Dutch authorities assemble land banks, put in some of the infrastructure up front, and then use the sale of the land back to builders for housing to fund that. The way we do it effectively means there is no active land...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a question for the Office of the Planning Regulator. In her opening statement, Ms O'Connor spoke about district heating systems and said they can only happen at scale if they are planned for in development plans. I ask her to expand on that, explain why that is the case and why it is necessary to do it via the development plans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a progress update on the various school projects (both primary and secondary level) that are either in planning or construction stage in Dublin bay north; to provide a provisional timeline for when these projects are due to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41163/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the commitments made in the Programme for Government around education policy for the Irish language; what has been done to date to honour those commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has launched an investigation into the incident (details supplied) that took place in a homeless hostel on 2 August 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41407/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Section 28 planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas will be published; for an update on the interdepartmental group's progress on these guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41443/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will consider expanding the working group on planning and housing in Gaeltacht areas, to include representatives from the Irish-language community which has not yet been given this opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41444/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Irish Language (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in the interests of promoting the Irish language and boosting employment opportunities, she will consider introducing a new Irish-language training course for people in receipt of social welfare payments, as no such course currently exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41445/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the numbers of naíonraí being forced to close due to increasing costs and lack of supports; what support his Department offers specifically for naíonraí that are struggling to stay open; what his Department will do to reduce the numbers of naíonraí closing; and if...

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank all Deputies who have contributed to this important discussion. I want to respond to something the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, said when he was articulating Government policy. He said the Government's position is that a reinstatement of the winter eviction ban would not work because it would deter investment in the rental sector and supply. We are not looking for...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the cost of buying a home has increased by more than 25 per cent since this Government came into office; — it now costs almost €330,000 on average to buy a home, an increase of more than €66,000 since 2020 and €90,000 since 2017; — the median income for first-time buyers of new homes is now...