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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will ask about conditions in privately run homeless emergency accommodation. On 2 August, a woman named Mairéad was physically assaulted by a member of staff in a privately run hostel for homeless people. While this hostel is run by a private company, it is funded with public money. The incident was recorded on video, which clearly shows the male staff member telling Mairéad...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have raised the issue of conditions in privately run emergency accommodation with the Minister multiple times before. He needs to act on it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Am I to take it from what the Minister has said that it is his view that it is appropriate to have increases, as long they comply with the RPZ legislation? As I am sure the Minister is aware, there is huge stress on students, as well as mental health and well-being issues for students who cannot find affordable accommodation. There are ever-longer commutes. This has impacted...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for that response. This has been well documented. There is evidence of student accommodation providers clearly circumventing the RPZ rules with additional costs. It is not for discretionary items they can choose to opt into or opt out of.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: They cannot rent their accommodation without paying those additional charges that have been increasingly introduced. They are a way for large providers to get around these rules. It has been brought to the attention of Government Ministers before. This urgently needs action. I welcome that the Minister says he will look into it-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----but it urgently needs to be addressed, because this is going against the spirit of the law, if not the actual law. The Government needs to take a view on this and act on it. It must either change the legislation or, if the legislation is robust enough in this area, it must enforce it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Given the cost-of-living crisis we are in, and the very real financial hardship and stress that many students and their families are in, does the Minister think it is appropriate for universities and colleges to increase the cost of student accommodation for this academic year?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to introduce a system whereby all girls schools have a uniform choice between skirts or trousers; whether she is aware of the barriers that students face in schools where their only option is to wear a skirt, specifically related to the encouragement of physical activity (details supplied), and in the interests of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I would be grateful if Mr. Rowe could answer Senator Moynihan's question about licences.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I know we do not have houseboat permits, but does Mr. Rowe know what numbers we are talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I now come to my own questions. Does Mr. Rowe accept there is a lack of fairness for current users, including residential boat owners and businesses, in that they are facing massive increases in fees? Part of the rationale being offered is that the fees have not been increased since the 1980s. Current users are not responsible for the fact that fees have not been increased since the 1980s....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Did Waterways Ireland commission independent research?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I totally accept the sector needs to be regulated but I would like to see that done in a way where key stakeholders are on board with changes. Clearly, we have a situation where that is not the case at the moment. On the Shannon, and the very significant resource it is where it has multiple uses ranging from leisure, biodiversity, and water resources, does Mr. Rowe believe there needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to allow the other guests to make contributions also. That is the tourism plan but I am asking if there needs to be a wider strategic plan encompassing all aspects of uses? I invite any of the other two groups to make a response, if they so wish, to any of these points?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Whelan for that response. Can the Irish Residential Boat Owners Association make a contribution now, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have two questions for the Minister. This has been highly successful at preventing homelessness. There are almost 10,000 homeless people in Dublin. In the first half of this year 4,309 notices to quit were issued in Dublin. The target for the four Dublin local authorities is 725. For Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council it is only 50, which is the lowest of the four Dublin local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: When will the Minister come to a decision? Focus Ireland made that proposal months ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: What about Dún Laoghaire?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The figure for Dún Laoghaire is too low.