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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the pathways in place for adults to access an assessment for autism spectrum disorder through the HSE; his plans to increase capacity for adults seeking an ASD assessment through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the National Clinical Programme for ADHD in adults; how many ADHD clinics have been opened; when the Programme is set to be fully implemented; the length of the waiting lists in the operational clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14672/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 725. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to access an appointment in a long-Covid clinic; how many people are currently waiting for an appointment; the current staffing in these clinics; the action will he take to reduce these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Records (28 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to provide public access to the Land Commission records that are held in storage in Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15223/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [12945/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have been contacted by several landlords who want to sell their rental properties and do not wish to evict their tenants. They are finding it extremely challenging to access the tenant in situscheme. There is no clear point of contact in each local authority for landlords and tenants who want to avail of the scheme. Some local authorities are not engaging properly with landlords on it....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: But they are implemented differently.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is not true.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (22 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings leased by local authorities in each year since 2016, broken down by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14167/23]

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for tabling this motion. The Social Democrats will be supporting it. At this stage, I want to appeal to Government backbenchers. It is not too late for them to change their mind on this, do the right thing and vote in favour of this motion. In particular, the Green Deputies should show some backbone on this matter. I know there are no Green Deputies in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The well-being framework specifically recognises the importance of housing to well-being. There can be nothing more important for a person's well-being than having a secure home. Renters from all over Ireland have posted their harrowing stories on uplift.ie of how the lifting of the eviction ban will affect them. Has the Taoiseach read these testimonies, and if not, will he read them?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework. [12944/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for attending. In terms of regional co-operation where there is a HAP tenant whose application is not necessarily to the local authority whose area he or she is residing in, the CCMA is working on resolving this issue. How quickly can it be resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Farrelly. Of the target of 1,500 acquisitions for 2023, how many will be under the tenant in situscheme and how many will be made to meet Housing First or other priority needs, for example, people with disabilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the CCMA about the different level of discretion between local authorities. The issue of moral hazard was mentioned. I ask that this be explained further. Where is the moral hazard? Where is the difficulty if someone who is newer on the list is prevented from becoming homeless? How does that cost a person who is higher up the list? In fact, it is not of slightly wider...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does that not make sense? It certainly makes sense in terms of existing stock allocations. It also makes sense if there are a limited number of tenant in situapplications that would be progressed. We have heard it will be a limited number. The landlord who is selling the house and wants to sell with the tenants in situonly applies to those tenants in situ. The landlord is not saying, "I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If everyone is on a housing waiting list, they are not jumping a queue to get on to the housing waiting list. They are on it because they have a housing need that is not being met. Moral hazard is about if they were jumping a queue for an allocation that was there and taking it from someone else. That would absolutely be a moral hazard. However, when it is the home in which they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate Ms Farrelly's answer but I would definitely have a different view on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is a more structured approach planned or will it be kept on a case-by-case basis?