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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?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I will focus on the gap between what the Government is saying about the tenant in situscheme and how the practice is evolving on the ground. This is not a criticism of anyone. We are just trying to figure out how to close the gap. Notwithstanding the excellent work of the staff of the local authorities with whom I, as a public representative, deal, I have been contacted by a number of...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate the logic for it but I can also understand why a formal statement, where a person says he or she is going to sell and will have to issue an eviction notice unless he or she can get approval for this scheme or whatever, would have the same effect. It would be a formal written statement. Our guests can hear from the contributions today the amount public representatives have been...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: It is about the tenants and the landlords; either or both.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be implemented to eliminate unacceptable delays in applicants receiving appointments for driving tests across the country; if his attention has been drawn to applicants who have been waiting almost a full year for their test date; whether the emergency test booking feature can be extended to all frontline workers...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Defibrillators Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Government grants are currently in place for the provision of a community defibrillator; when the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme will open again for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for families that are experiencing overcrowding in the family home and that are in need of essential maintenance or building work for additional facilities such as bathrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 540. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will discuss the safety and protection of Irish citizens and students living or visiting the United States in relation to anti-LGBT legislation that has been proposed in the US when he meets US counterparts [13363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Mar 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 888. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he will take to tackle the waiting lists for necessary children's disability services for example, psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy in the north Dublin area CHO9; the length of the waiting lists for the services; his advice for parents who may be waiting upwards of three...