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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I endorse Senator Boyhan's comments on the Dublin Democratic Planning Alliance. They have a lot of experience, expertise and knowledge. A lot of the alliance members have professional experience of many years. Engagement with them would be very useful. In the overall area of planning, complex planning law is bad law. I completely agree that it leads to confusion, delay and litigation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In a way these documents, including the one today, are headline overview consultation documents. Will the officials be coming back to the committee on the conclusion of the process when they have more concrete detail? Will we be able to input at that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The concern I have is that while today's document contains nothing I would disagree with and is really good, I may well end up disagreeing with someone about how it is interpreted and implemented, or I may not. The detail is the important bit. I am just wondering about the concrete detail on process. On the whole planning review including today's, are the officials looking at good practice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: To date, has anything stood out from that? Is there anything of particular interest that Ms Graham has come across?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, that does not serve anybody's interests who is involved in the process at all. The point about intent in legislation is a very interesting idea and could be very useful.

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 49: In page 14, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(1) The Minister shall request an updated Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland report on construction costs for the Defective Concrete Block Grant Scheme in advance of the opening of the scheme, based on appropriate regional or county-based costings. The Minister may also amend the terms...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The list of people on the NSAI review group of industry standard 465 reads like a who's who of the industry. I question whether there is sufficient independence in that. What measures are in place to ensure they are sufficiently independent and not tied in with many of those industry representatives in the group? Where are the measures to ensure sufficient international experience and...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will first make some comments on the additional parts the Minister has announced today. I completely understand that this work must be done. It is very difficult, however, in terms of the legislative process and the scrutiny process, for us to engage with that in detail when all we have at this point are the introductory comments made by the Minister. We do not have the detail. I...

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (6 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome the motion and thank my colleague, Deputy Cairns, for bringing it forward. I welcome everyone watching today in the Gallery and elsewhere. This is a very important motion highlighting the huge inequalities, injustices and exclusion faced by people with disabilities. All of us as Deputies are hugely aware of the impact of this on people with disabilities. We hear from people with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (6 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of actions contained in the National LGBT Strategy that remain incomplete; if he will provide a list of the incomplete actions; the reason that each action is incomplete; the expected timeline for their full completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36360/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In some parts of the country renters have been hit with staggering rent increases of up to 75%. This is utterly unacceptable and no renter can afford those kinds of increases. The way in which the rent pressure zones rules have been written means that those parts of the country will never be declared a rent pressure zone. Is the Tánaiste aware of this problem, what is the Government...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There has been no explanation from the Government as it seeks to rush through this legislation, and no explanation as to why quarries are still operating in Ireland producing substandard materials that are going into homes leaving families, communities and the entire State vulnerable. There has been no explanation from the Government regarding why the quarries that have produced substandard...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that customers who remain with their current energy suppliers are penalised; the reason constant switching is required in order to avail of the cheapest energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35685/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for not allowing displaced Ukrainians resident in Ireland under the temporary protection directive to access the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35558/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when voter.ie will be expanded to cover areas outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35663/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the upcoming changes that will allow the provision whereby single housing assistance payment tenants can access the couples rate will also apply for single persons in receipt of homeless HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grant funding to cover the costs of staff redundancies in jobs clubs will be provided to prevent costly wind-up processing involving insolvency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients awaiting initial assessment for a sleep disorder screening appointment in either a respiratory clinic or specific sleep disorder clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting an inpatient or domiciliary sleep disorder test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35676/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting initiation of continuous positive airway pressure therapy. [35677/22]