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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming in and join the others who have commended the great work done by firefighters in Dublin Fire Brigade and all across the country on behalf of all of us. Following up on the 42 m ladder the brigade has and the other one being ordered and high-rise and taller buildings, is it now the case that all personnel have been trained in how to deal with fires in taller...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I referred to training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: But are all personnel trained in high-rise firefighting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am talking about the existing officers, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If I may ask something specific about the Part B guidelines and the issue of smoke toxicity levels in building materials, that was one of several issues that came out of the Grenfell Tower fire. One of the main issues was the smoke toxicity levels in some of the insulation materials. The majority of the insulation materials in Grenfell consisted of polyisocyanurate. A 2019 study showed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the submission Mr. Keeley made is there anything about smoke toxicity levels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is useful that Mr. Keeley is on the record as saying that that would be beneficial. It is very concerning that in our building regulations we are an outlier in not covering smoke toxicity, which poses a huge danger to residents in the context of fires and to personnel in fire brigade units. It is an unnecessary risk we are taking in this country compared with other countries. A lot of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to a number of schools and principals who are advocating for increased services in DEIS schools; if she will consider expanding the North East Inner City Multidisciplinary Teams Model and the Support Teacher Service to include all of the schools in this cluster; if she will consider the establishment of fully...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (23 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on how the capital carryover from the 2022 housing budget has been allocated for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24244/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The solution being suggested is a very good and practical one that needs to be looked at. Is it ideal or a substitute for building more housing? Absolutely not, but there are families where there is a lot of overcrowding at present. There are situations in my constituency where three families are in a regular house, all using one bathroom and one toilet. They have space to extend and put...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Since the Minister took office, almost €1 billion allocated to the housing budget has not been spent. This was money that could, and should, have been used to build social and affordable homes. The measures that he announced recently, involving the spending of €1 billion, included more subsidies and handing over of public money to private developers, including the waiving of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is the crucial question. In the years since the Minister took office, public subsidies to developers have increased, as have their profits. Here is another measure that we do not know will be passed on to people buying homes. There is no transparency around developers' profits. The largest developers are publicly listed, so we can see how their profits have increased in recent years,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If there was transparency around profits, we would know.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: And no transparency around their profits.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be put in place to ensure the waiving of development levies results in more affordable homes for people rather than an increased profit margin for developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23446/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of flexibility that local authorities have when considering a tenant in situ purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23444/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: When the eviction ban was lifted, the Government promised that a range of measures would be put in place to prevent people from becoming homeless. It is important to acknowledge that good work has been done by local authorities with the tenant in situscheme. However, many renters are still falling through the cracks and are still being evicted. Dublin City Council have said that they are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am going to read a short extract from an email that a mother of two children who is facing eviction into homelessness has sent to me. She has given me her full permission to use this. She says: 5 years ago, I fled domestic violence. In the 6-month period that we were homeless the effect on my son's mental health was devastating. At 7 years old he was suicidal and permanently suspended...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for that answer, which I appreciate. This is another extract from the email that a mother of two children, who is facing homelessness, has sent to me. She wrote: My daughter has been diagnosed with severe dyslexia and is getting the help she needs in a new school. At 4th class this is her 4th school to attend. [...She needs] the stability and routine of staying in...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 - 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23447/23]