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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister. On the LPT, as the Minister will be aware, there is a specific issue in some local authorities concerning their funding model and the baselines. Households that have paid a lot more in property tax expect to see better services. People are not necessarily seeing those better services being provided by their local authorities because while the funding available to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Minister confident that issue should be resolved for 2024 and the local authorities that are disadvantaged in terms of subvention will no longer be?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: From that comment, I wonder is the Minister not aware of the issue of local authorities that generate revenue from local property tax but have had funding from central government moved from them, putting them at a disadvantage compared to other local authorities.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In particular, some of the local authorities in the Dublin area are disadvantaged in that way. That needs to be addressed.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (23 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The programme for Government talks about energy poverty and fuel poverty. Is the Taoiseach aware that people who are reliant on district heating systems are paying exorbitant prices, well above the very high prices everyone else is currently paying? While district heating systems are sustainable, they are placing a considerable financial burden on residents. I will give just one example of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (23 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Households have cut down sharply on the use of hot water and are washing in a basin instead of taking showers. People are seeing considerable increases in their charges and report they have tripled in the course of just one month. District heating systems are being charged commercial rates for gas rather than the residential rates other households pay, because the Government has not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (23 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [57648/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available to students who do not have a local school in their catchment area but subsequently face a selection process in schools outside their catchment area; if this process is discriminatory to those without a local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58307/22]

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Before I get into the substance of what I want to say, I will make two points about people objecting to housing. Of course, in a democratic system people have a right to put in planning submissions if they wish. For absolute clarity, the vast bulk of political representatives who submit objections to housing in my constituency are in Fianna Fáil. It is an absolute objective fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of expenditure by his Department on public relations advice since he assumed office, broken down by the amount paid to each company or external agency in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57294/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that she will take to accelerate the provision of mixed-gender and non-denominational schooling in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that she will take to expand the provision of special reading schools and or reading units in schools for children with significant dyslexia in north Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57685/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a timeline for when the students who are in receipt of the disability support grant that missed the 14 November 2022 payment will receive their next payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57253/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the spouses of migrant workers on general work permits are able to access a work permit in the way that spouses of migrant workers on the critical skills list can do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reform the recruitment processes for the National Ambulance Service to give greater recognition to prior learning and or prior experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 649. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of appointments to the National Ambulance Service that are held by graduates of the BSc in paramedic studies from the University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57688/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank both local authorities for coming in and for the work done by their staff, which all of us very much appreciate. I will start with Kildare County Council on the issue of land, which Ms Aspell was talking about. That is a key issue in trying to acquire more land. I think Ms Aspell said that the council would focus on acquiring brownfield sites and that greenfield would not be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In terms of not being able to afford or compete on greenfield sites, are we talking about sites that are pretty much ready to go and are zoned for residential use? Is that where local authorities would look? What about more long-term land banking? Is that something that the Department will not fund because it is long term? What is the position on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the local authority not have the ability or the resources for the long term land banking pipeline for social or affordable homes that would be desirable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The representatives of Meath County Council talked about needing to acquire 10 ha to meet the targets that it has. How many homes could be delivered on that 10 ha, give or take?