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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State gave a short explanation of amendment No. 171. It has caused much concern outside this room. Many people have read it and come up with different views on it. They are concerned about the effect of it and I and I am going to talk through some of those. Some have taken the view it is trying to prevent the capacity to take a judicial review in part on the grounds that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I request a written note on the questions I have put.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is no problem. It would be useful.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 192: In page 90, to delete lines 17 to 21.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 193: In page 91, lines 24 and 25, to delete “in so far as may be practicable” and substitute “in so far as possible”. This is about the maintenance and presentation of national monuments. The wording in the Bill about the duty placed on the local authority in terms of the maintenance of national monuments is set at a low level. This is a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 213: In page 101, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(2) The Minister, the Commissioners or a local authority, as appropriate, may enforce an easement where the easement relates to, or has the effect of, whether in whole or in part, providing access to a Registered Monument.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 214: In page 101, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(2) The Minister or the Commissioners may request the relevant local authority to initiate the process of establishing a public right of way to ensure public access to a monument of significant historic or archaeological interest. (3) A local authority which receives a request under...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The amendments I have tabled are very similar. They relate to sections 184 to 186, inclusive, and are about a reasonable person. My first concern is with regard to what is reasonable person. What is the definition of a "reasonable person"? I may think the Minister of State is a reasonable person and he may not think I am a reasonable person. Who knows? This type of language seems very...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will withdraw those amendments when we reach them, and reserve the right to resubmit them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 279: In page 155, lines 31 and 32, to delete “a reasonable person would not, in all the circumstances,” and substitute “a personally notified or informed person, which they were not, would”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 280: In page 156, line 7, to delete “a reasonable person would not, in all the circumstances,” and substitute “a personally notified or informed person, which they were not, would”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 281: In page 156, lines 16 and 17, to delete “a reasonable person would not, in all the circumstances,” and substitute “a personally notified or informed person, which they were not, would”

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I, likewise, would like to know why those key words, "restoration potential and re-wetting potential" do not seem to have been translated over. The Minister of State gave his rationale for the changes but he did not explain that. In the context of where we are as a country with regard to our biodiversity and climate challenges, surely that wording is significant and important. For example,...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will the Minister of State clarify that point? It is a significant difference. I heard the rationale that the Minister of State gave. He said there is a difference between individual household use and what may otherwise be collected. However, the outcome of the wording is different because it seems this is just an exercise in collecting data. What happens then? What happens as a result?...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Minister of State to clarify subsections d(i)(II) and d(i)(III) as inserted by amendment No. 3c. The terms used are very wide. The reference to "national, regional and local economic, social and cultural needs" covers almost everything. Who in a community decides which facilities and projects "can be of significant benefit to a community"? My neighbour and I might have different...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [32558/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On social development, I want to ask the Taoiseach about a lack of adult day services for students who have finished school this year. For example, students leaving school in St. Michael's House, Baldoyle, have received a letter stating that there are no placements available for them in adult day services. This letter explains that St. Michael's House is not in a position to offer these...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Taoiseach about young people leaving State care and what the Government is doing to prevent them from becoming homeless. When this Government took office, 8,699 people were living in emergency homeless accommodation. That figure is now 12,441, an increase of 43% and the highest number ever on record. It does not include people who are sleeping rough in cars and tents and on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32557/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: When the Government took office, there were 8,699 people living homeless in emergency accommodation, which is far too high a number. There are now 12,441 people living in emergency homeless accommodation. That includes more than 600 families who have been there for more than a year. The Government seems to think people are coming and going from emergency accommodation. This is a huge...