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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Earlier this year, during questions, I raised with the Minister of State the problem of the RTB failing to assist tenants in terrible situations, and with some very genuine complaints about landlords, when it cites a lack of proof of a landlord's address as a reason not to take action. The Minister of State promised that if I followed up and sent him details, he would pursue the matter with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans to implement a redress scheme for homes affected by fire safety and other building defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58837/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent record levels of persons accessing emergency accommodation; the action that he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of local authority-leased homes, broken down by local authority between new first tenancies and existing properties, including leases by bodies such as the Dublin region homeless executive, for the period 2017 to Q2 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of part V lease agreements that have been agreed to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59998/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Risk Assessment (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the very serious risk of energy poverty faced by those who rely on district heating and who pay exorbitant prices for it. In one area of my constituency, residents estimate it now costs €12 to take a shower. Households are no longer taking showers as a result; they are washing with basins of hot water. They have no alternatives and cannot opt for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Risk Assessment (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment 2021-2022. [59007/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. There is a lot of useful information in that and that I had not received to date, so I am grateful for it and it is helpful. I understand that in a normal situation things take time and go through processes, and before the current crisis this would have made sense. The issue I have is that the current crisis around how commercial...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Government aware that people who are reliant on district heating systems are paying exorbitant prices, well above the high prices being paid by everyone else? While district heating systems are sustainable and should be encouraged and promoted, they are placing a major financial burden on residents. This is not acceptable. I will give an example of the exorbitant costs. In one area...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [59006/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will take action to ensure that apartment renters in district energy complexes can pay residential gas rates instead of more expensive commercial gas rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislation that governs district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPSN application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58701/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I very much welcome Mr. Byrne's comments. That is very important. The reality at the moment is that not only does the RTB not assist with finding an address, all of that burden is also put on the tenant or renter. Then, when they find the address, they can still encounter problems with the RTB maybe not accepting that address and the threshold of proof it is looking for. For example, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It would be useful if, after the meeting, Mr. Byrne could provide in writing more information about those thresholds of proof and what the differences are that the RTB has to operate under. If that is a reality, it is important that people at least understand it and then we can see whether there are measures that can be taken to improve or address it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If someone has made a complaint and the investigations unit has taken it up and findings have been made, then surely this is the same complaint at the point it is passed over to enforcement unit, which should accept the same threshold of proof. If the Garda accepts something as proof of address, for example, why is the enforcement section of the RTB not accepting it as proof of address? Why...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am referring to enforcement proceedings after determinations are made. People will have gone through that entire process and are then told by the RTB that it will close the process in the following number of weeks if it is not satisfied with the address side of things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the representatives from the RTB for appearing before the committee and for the information they provided. I want to ask about the cohort of landlords who are not registered with the RTB and who may be in breach of legislation or standards or may have complaints made against them. When a complaint is made against them, the RTB will not investigate if the tenant or renter does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have one final question. How far do these authorised officers go to establish this proof of address which has already been established in previous proceedings? Why do they then tell the renter who has made a complaint that if he or she does not sort out this issue around the address, which as far as the renter is concerned is already sorted out, they are going to close the case and the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It appears from the Tánaiste's comments that he is not aware of how seriously the housing disaster is affecting people. Is he not aware that Dublin is the most expensive capital city in the European Union in which to rent according to the OECD and EUROSTAT? Since this Government took office, rents and house prices have reached record levels, as have the number of people living in...