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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If a clear case cannot be established that it is not performing, can it also be changed or not? If there was a change in Government or if a different Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage felt that this was not the best way to do it, can it be changed? Is this set in policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but without legislative change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Therefore, you would have to establish that in order to make the chance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is there a timetable in terms of periodic review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: To have this clear, it is my understanding that if the body is performing as per the Act, then the body will be in place indefinitely. Is that the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It will be recorded that we have said that we do not agree with the appointment.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are local authorities saying they will not do any more tenant in situpurchases without proper guidance issuing from the Government on it. I ask the Taoiseach about district heating systems and communal heating systems. I have raised them with him before. The Government has said no one should be cut off this winter. Figures I have been given show 20% of tenants on prepay meters with...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: What about those with district heating systems?

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Based on what she said, there is a lack of a sense of urgency on this. There is a sense of complacency. I will talk about the housing aspect of this issue and how this is affecting the shortage and the crisis we have in teaching staff. It is not just affecting those in the education sector but key workers in healthcare and across our...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of change of use planning applications for short-term lets received by each local authority since the beginning of 2019; and the number of these that were granted permission in tabular form. [61237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (7 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s position on the ongoing pandemic treaty negotiations; if he will ensure that Ireland advocates for an equitable distribution of life-saving medicine across the world; his views on the fact that the current international healthcare architecture is broken and puts the lives of the poor at risk; and if he will make a statement on the...

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I join with others in welcoming everyone in the Gallery and everyone watching these proceedings. I wish to make several points, the first following on from where Deputy Ó Ríordáin finished in respect of ensuring this never happens again. This afternoon, we had representatives from the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office, NBCMSO, the National Standards...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in view of action 22.5 in the Housing for All Updated Action Plan published in November 2022 the action that he will take to address the ongoing ESB utilities delays for new builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60245/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the means test for housing aid for older people, which is calculated through total household income, will be reviewed with regards to adult children moving home with elderly parents to care for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update from the Courts Service on the progress of the e-probate project under the Courts Modernisation Programme. [60633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when the financial supports for student nurses and midwives recommended in the McHugh report will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60798/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 699. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy 2019-2021; the progress of the implementation of the strategy in CHO9; the action that he will take to ensure the effective roll-out of the strategy in the remaining seven CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60979/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome the witnesses. I will follow on from some of the previous questions. The representatives from the NBCMSO indicated that the technical compliance of products is high. What percentage of the quarries inspected were found not to meet the standards? I refer to significant instances of technical and product non-compliance rather than paperwork issues.