Results 321-340 of 6,904 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Nov 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what support is given to occupants after an armed Garda raid where there was no illegal activity found; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Nov 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether occupants are given financial compensation for property damage caused by a Garda raid where no illegal activity was found; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44342/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of additional funding, if any, allocated for the capital assistance scheme, in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43665/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of additional funding allocated for the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability; the amount of additional funding allocated for implementation of the recommendations of the adaptation grant review, in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43666/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of additional funding allocated to support adaptation works on local authority social homes in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43667/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail additional funding allocated to support the implementation of the Housing Strategy for Disabled People, 2022-2027 in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43668/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will align the reckonable income for social housing and the local authority home loan to ensure that no family is unfairly excluded from both due to different income sources being considered for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43796/24]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats certainly will not be opposing these amendments. On the Land Development Agency, there is a massive gap between the initial promise put forward by Fine Gael's then Minister for housing, Eoghan Murphy, for what the Land Development Agency would deliver in terms of housing and what has transpired in the six years since then. I invite the Minister of State to speak about...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [43254/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [39723/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (23 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the considerations made since on the measures to consider whether exemptions can be made to the leashing and muzzling requirements for dogs that have been provided with appropriate levels of accredited training, as referred to in the April 2022 report on the control of dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43484/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Policy (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the immediate and urgent actions that will be taken to address the high levels of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42665/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats will support the motion even though our affordable housing plan, Homes Within Reach, has a number of key differences from what Sinn Féin is putting forward. Every day I campaign in my constituency, I meet people who are directly affected by the housing crisis, people who have been homeless and are afraid of becoming homeless again, renters afraid of becoming...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is their motion. I did not interrupt the Minister, but he is interrupting me.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: There was not a word about what else will be done or needs to be done on affordable housing. There was a 90-second, or thereabouts, defence of the Minister's record on it. Disappointingly, there was no discussion of the challenges we face in delivering more affordable housing, as is needed. Before I was elected to this House and when I was first elected, I imagined in my naivety that in...

Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The fundamental tenet of this Bill, which is to continue the exclusion of people who do not have degrees in terms of electing the Seanad, is completely and utterly wrong and indefensible. It is outstanding really that this Government feels comfortable bringing forward such a Bill. It is antidemocratic, elitist and archaic. There was nothing in the Minister of State's speech that defended...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I join with the comments of other speakers about Michael Reade. I very much enjoyed any of the times I appeared on his show. He was a very fair broadcaster and will be sadly missed. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the DART+ Coastal North project. On 21 May 2024, at Cabinet, the Taoiseach gave approval to this project, which could result in the loss of DART direct services for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [39725/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Taoiseach about the well-being of students in Gaelcholáiste Reachrann. As I am sure he would agree, the staff in this great coláiste are very dedicated. The students have been left in prefabs for more than 20 years, however, having been promised permanent school buildings. That is more than 20 years of waiting. There are students in prefab classrooms every day without...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (22 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [39726/24]