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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank those who have come in and presented to us. I know from talking to landlords in my constituency that issues around the registration with the RTB have caused a huge amount of stress and distress, and have certainly been cited to me as a reason for people exiting, as well as failures around the RTB in terms of enforcement and so forth. I am constantly meeting younger people in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a follow-up question. The IPOA listed the amount of change in the private rented sector since 2009. For any sector to have faced such a huge amount of change in regulations means it is very difficult for people to navigate and manage that, and I do not think that is the way to do things. It should be about whatever fundamental reforms are needed on an agreed basis and with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I strongly agree in terms of cost rental being available to people in receipt of HAP. On a question for Threshold, its opening statement referred to rent increases outside of rent pressure zones being as high as 60% or even double, and this is something I have come across. Needless to say, no one can sustain those sorts of rent increases. Does Threshold think there is an issue with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a final question for Mr. Davitt. He spoke about the RTB and the frustrations around the registration process. Will he explain this with regard to dispute resolution and the view of his organisation with regard to how the RTB is performing? Does that cause issues?

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am disappointed with two aspects of the Minister of State's opening remarks on this legislation. One is relatively minor and it concerns saying that the majority of the joint committee's recommendations are reflected in this Bill. We only made three recommendations, which I think was quite modest of us. Out of those three recommendations, one has been adopted. Therefore, that is by no...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: At the outset, with reference to the 2016 report that was ordered by the then Minister, Deputy Kelly, I wish to state that some of the recommendations in that report, if implemented, would be a disaster. If that is not clear to people after recent events, I do not know when it will be clear. One of those recommendations was that some decisions would be made, in some cases, by a sole or one...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (14 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: My question was about the Government missing its own targets.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (14 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In recent weeks we have seen queues of hundreds of people, renters, who have been going for viewings. We have had reports of a student being asked for intimate photographs from a landlord. We have had students who cannot find anywhere to live who are sleeping rough. We have had a homeless woman who is sleeping in her car on a beach and having to wash in the sea as she has nowhere else to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (14 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [36170/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (14 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to provide a comprehensive policy for the Irish language from pre-primary education to teacher education for all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (14 Sep 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding will be renewed for a programme (details supplied) in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the national coastal change management strategy steering group; the number of times that the group has met since its formation; the current membership of the group; the issues that it has considered; when the group’s findings will be presented to Government and published; if coastal communities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new affordable purchase units that have been delivered in quarter 1 of 2022; the number of affordable purchase units currently in delivery; the projected total delivery of affordable purchase units in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the details of the new affordable purchase units that have been delivered in quarter 1 of 2022 including the location of delivery; the number of affordable purchase units provided at each location; the average purchase price; and the delivery provider in tabular form. [38889/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the details of the new affordable purchase units provided in quarter 1 of 2022; the number of new builds, acquisitions, turnkeys and other delivery mechanisms in tabular form. [38890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the new affordable purchase units that have been delivered in the four Dublin local authority areas in quarter 1 of 2022, in tabular form. [38891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have a full-time vacant homes officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38892/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in fines that has been paid to the European Commission for planning failures at the Derrybrien wind farm to date; when the daily fines will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of departmental reports that are pending publication; the titles of these reports; the expected publication dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of serviced sites fund, affordable housing funding and affordable purchase homes that have been completed and offered for sale since January 2022; the details of their location, unit size and sale price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38895/22]