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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated timeframe for building works to commence at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans for a review of the legal requirements for mothers registering the birth of her child with a new partner, where the mother is still married to a previous partner due to delays in divorce proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8524/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccination centres that are currently available in the Dublin north central area for the MMR vaccine programme; if additional and alternative test centres will be provided in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 658. To ask the Minister for Health given that the paid leave for the Public Health Service employees unfit for work post Covid infection is due to finish in the coming months, if Covid-19 will be deemed as an occupational illness as recommended by the EU Advisory Committee; what is the proposed long-term solution for healthcare workers who are still unable to return to work due to long...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Central Statistics Office, CSO, estimates that approximately 30,000 homes were completed last year. However, independent analysis of the number of homes completed and certified by the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office shows that less than 24,000 homes were built. Is the Taoiseach aware that, according to the methodology used by the CSO, its calculations on the...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank my colleague Deputy Whitmore for bringing forward this motion. I want to respond to the Minister's comments. There were two things lacking in his comments and responses. As Deputy Gannon foretold, the Minister gave us a list of the different measures the Government is taking but what we did not get was a timeline for the implementation of a windfall tax. We have no timeline on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (15 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the two-year grace period afforded to taxi drivers during Covid-19 for car replacement can be extended to all taxi drivers due to the delays in ordering electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (15 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 170. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the delays experienced by those in need of the National Ambulance Service; the average wait time for an ambulance; what additional staffing is required to shorten these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7501/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the number of homes that were completed in 2022. Significant data were published on this today. In his previous remarks, the Taoiseach repeated the claim that almost 30,000 new homes were completed last year. However, figures published today by Construction Information Services show that fewer than 24,000 homes were actually built. This figure is based on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [6028/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [7239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Pensions (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate at which the State pension (contributory) is taxable alongside other sources of income; the method used for calculating that tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7329/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sufficient school places available for children with additional needs at both a primary and post-primary level, in north Dublin for the academic year 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6797/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the number of reading schools and available places in existing reading schools for children with dyslexia in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7195/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new international education strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the current process for women accessing cariban; the standard practice within the European Union for treating hyperemesis; if the number of prescriptions for cariban that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme can be provided in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6668/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: On a question for the Construction Industry Federation, head 83 of the bail is about planning conditions and subhead (2)(g) concerns conditions requiring bonds. I want to get the view of the Construction Industry Federation. I am aware of a number of cases where the bonds end up being insufficient, the development is not completed to a full standard, it is not then taken in charge by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, and that scenario does not work for anyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: This section of the Bill does not address it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It does not have the kinds of timelines Mr. O'Connell mentioned. There is a lot of talk about timelines in the Bill but we do not have them. Is the IIP happy with the changes made with regard to judicial reviews, in terms of what it lobbied for?