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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce financial supports for residents reliant on district energy systems in the form of one-off energy credits or a direct subsidy covering the difference between the average domestic rate and the commercial rate of gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if retrospective energy credit will be paid to those Traveller families who were eligible for the first round of payments but missed out because they pay their bills directly to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62273/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the energy credit will be paid to the 1,054 Travellers living on official local authority halting sites, who are in basic service bays/transient halting site bays, sharing permanent halting site bays, and sharing basic service bays/transient halting site bays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the energy credit will be paid to the 330 families in unauthorised provision who are actively seeking accommodation from their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of cost rental and affordable purchase homes that have been delivered to date via Croí Cónaithe cities, affordable housing fund, Project Tosaigh, IDA new builds, cost-rental equity loan and, the serviced sites fund, broken down by cost of rent or buy and location in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; the date by which each study, review and research project is scheduled to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on RAS, HAP, and long term-leasing to date in 2022, broken down by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing capital underspend to date in 2022; the amount that he expects will be carried forward into 2023; if this will exceed the 10% cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant sites identified in each local authority area to date in 2022; the amounts levied in each area under the vacant sites levy; the amounts collected under the levy; the amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total spend on rent supplement to date in 2022, broken down by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61685/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Too be clear, is it that while it was shown this would work out cheaper and better, it did not proceed because leasing had a bad reputation, even though this was leasing to own?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the four approved housing bodies for their contributions and opening statements and for all the very good work they do. The previous discussion on numbers gives some idea of the scale of the operations, and the significant growth there has been in scaling up over the last number of years, which also presents particular challenges. I have a few questions, the first of which is for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The issue was in the investment side feeling it was not ethical enough or something along those lines. Is that it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The point we should be taking from this is it certainly shows there is huge potential here and if we could get it right, it could get provide sustainable, cost-effective and ethical funding. Is that the conclusion the committee should be taking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. O'Connor. That is very helpful. Is Circle's proposal for a cap on the level of profits by builders and developers based on a particular model? Is it in place in other countries? Is Circle aware if it is grounded on other experience? I would like its representatives to tell us more about that. It was one of the many proposals it made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Hannigan, and I will leave it there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is not so much that we want the detail of the modelling. Even a summary would be very useful. If this committee is going to advance that proposal, we need something. The explanation given was helpful but we would like something more than that.

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The way the Government is handling this legislation confuses me as it is unclear to me what it has absolute contempt for. Is it absolute contempt for the legislative process, democracy and the idea of pre-legislative scrutiny by the Oireachtas committee and scrutiny by the Dáil? Is it absolute contempt for the environment, water and biodiversity? Is it absolute contempt for compliance...

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is 45 minutes.