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Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: We want to tackle vacancy and dereliction. There is also the environmental waste of building new buildings. They contain all that embodied carbon and then for them to sit empty and not be put to use is hugely wasteful from an environmental point of view. Is addressing this something the Government is committed to? Are the Valuations Office and Tailte Éireann, when it is set up, going...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “Timeframe for valuation of commercial property 9. Tailte Éireann shall, within 4 months of the substantial completion of a commercial unit, assess the Net Annual Value of the property and set a valuation in line with rental values at the specified valuation so that commercial rates may...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for that reply. I can understand why section 28(5) has not been commenced given the serious backlog. This is not a backlog; this is ten years late and it has not been done. I accept this is only part of the solution and not the entire solution, but it would help move things along. Communities are left with a sense of incompletion and with vacancy, which...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is great that the Government supports and is committed to data and to the evidence-based policymaking that we can engage in thanks to data, but given that this amendment would not create a land price register and would only create a situation in which there would be a report on the matter, why not commit to that now? The Minister of State...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his comments, but "consideration" is no good, so I will be pressing the amendment.

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 2: “In page 7, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “Report on the establishment of a Land Price Register 8.The Minister shall, not later than 3 months after the passing of this Act, commission and publish a report on the establishment of a Land Price Register to be operated by Tailte Éireann which would— (a) expand the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yesterday, I asked the Taoiseach about the Government making incorrect claims about housing delivery. He was not able to give a full answer, so I wish to ask him about it again. The Government claims 1,765 new-build social homes were delivered in the first half of this year. Analysis by Laoise Neylon of the Dublin InQuirershows that the majority of social homes in Dublin city that were...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Government is telling us that homes are finished when they are not.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56872/22]

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Deputy John Brady for bringing this motion before the House. I recognise his very long track record in this area, highlighting the issues that affect the fire services. On behalf of the Social Democrats, I strongly support the motion and support the retained firefighters who are campaigning for a basic level of decency in the way they are treated. It is a pity the Government has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: To follow up on that, I want to ask the Taoiseach about claims the Government is making on housing delivery. Is he aware that some of the information that he and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage provide on housing delivery is simply not correct? For example, the Taoiseach claimed in the Dáil last week that the number of housing commencements is up when in fact it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Except that they are not all built or finished.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The ones-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [54612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue guidance to local authorities requesting that they facilitate housing assistance payment tenants who wish to move from one local authority's transfer list to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56377/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for attending and fully support the comments of the importance of the independence of the board. The panel system is a mechanism to try to ensure some collective mix of skills and expertise and some balance. It that is going to be abolished, what is going to be in the legislation to ensure those elements? What mechanisms are going to be in the legislation? What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Minister not given huge power in terms of that committee and how it is set up and regulated? If the Minster has a lot of power in terms of that committee, how is that a safeguard against a lopsided Minister having too much-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Regulation by the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It seems to be a huge concentration of power to the Minister when, as I believe we all agree, it is really important that the board is as independent as possible and is seen to be such. In terms of the list of experience and knowledge that is drawn up, was there consultation on that? How was the list arrived at? Why does it not include areas like ecology, marine environment, climate change...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Great. Head 9 uses the phrase, "It has come to light". Can the witnesses explain more about that and the rationale for the change? What came to light and what is the issue the Department is trying to solve? Is there not a risk of unintended consequences? Certainly we have had submissions from wide-ranging groups on this proposal. They are very concerned how this could have huge...