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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On behalf of the Social Democrats, I send our best wishes to Noel Murphy and thank him for all his years of public service, The Taoiseach has put very misleading information into the public domain about the courts and eviction notices. He stated that it is "very, very rare" that a judge would evict an individual family into homelessness. However, solicitors specialising in housing law...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourist Accommodation (30 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 144. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will invoke Article 6(7) of EU Directive 2015/1535 (details supplied) to ensure the register of short-term lets comes into effect without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15841/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: He never was.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Could we extend the time in order to get answers?

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: A stay is different.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Taoiseach said it is very rare that a judge would evict a family into homelessness. However, solicitors specialising in housing law have said they do not know of a single case in Ireland where a judge sided with renters facing homelessness and did not grant an eviction order. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that solicitors working to support renters at the coalface in the Mercy Law...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [12946/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be additional staff allocated to the Residential Tenancies Board when the ban on evictions is lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time it takes for an overholding case to make its way from the initial report to the Residential Tenancies Board through to the tribunal determination order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15597/23]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The temporary ban on no-fault evictions is simply a sticking plaster on the open wound of the housing disaster. Instead of treating that wound, the Government is abruptly ripping that plaster off, leaving thousands of people exposed to eviction and the threat of becoming homeless. I welcome the Bill and the Social Democrats will be supporting it. We would like to see a later date and,...

Tenancy Protection Bill 2023: First Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Tenancy Protection Bill 2023: First Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend section 35A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (as amended) so as to protect tenants of multi-unit developments from large-scale evictions. I am introducing my Tenancy Protection Bill 2023. The aim of this Bill is to put an end to the practice of mass evictions of renters. This is a real issue affecting...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On several occasions it was agreed at the Business Committee that there would be discussion and statements on lifting the eviction ban and homelessness. The Chief Whip agreed to that. In fact, on several occasions we did not oppose the Order of Business because that commitment had been given. It was on the schedule for this week. Why, given the gravity of the situation, has the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether an assessment is underway to assess the impact that aircraft noise is having on communities and residential areas around Dublin Airport; if he can provide the number of flights that have passed over the Baldoyle, Clongriffin, Belmayne areas since January 2023, along with their flight paths; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision that is being made within the tenant-in-situ scheme for tenants who are renting a HAP property in one local authority area but receive HAP from and are therefore on the social housing transfer list with a different local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15205/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing first tenancies delivered and sustained in 2022; and the target number of housing first tenancies for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State expenditure on housing assistance payment and rent supplement in each of the years 2015 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State expenditure on long-term leasing in each of the years 2015 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15315/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings leased by each local authority, broken down by new and second-hand dwellings in each of the years from 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15316/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions that are in place for women who are rejected for maternity benefit due to insufficient PRSI contributions, when they have been required to travel abroad for mandatory high-level training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14674/23]