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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority has the power to add additional criteria to the definition of homelessness as expressed in sections 2 and 10 of the Housing Act 1988; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority has the power to refuse to provide emergency accommodation to a person who cannot provide proof of exhausting all other accommodation options, including family mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34879/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority has the power to refuse to provide emergency accommodation to a person who has been made homeless because of rent arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34880/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority has the power to refuse to provide emergency accommodation to a person who has been made homeless because of anti-social behaviour in a previous tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34881/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grounds, if any, on which a local authority can refuse to provide emergency accommodation to someone who presents as homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34882/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that is being taken to address quarries that are producing substandard building materials that give rise to serious structural defects in homes, given the statement by an expert witness at the Oireachtas housing committee in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34963/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The community and voluntary sector play a very significant role in the well-being of our communities. Due to changes in the tendering process for employment services, community-run job clubs are closing in several areas. These have provided invaluable support over many decades. These projects were funded 100% by grants and have no surplus of funds built up. They cannot pay out redundancy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [29503/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with both Deputies. There is an issue that councils are turning people who are homeless away from emergency accommodation now in different parts of the country. We have been asking for several weeks now for statements on An Bord Pleanála. The Remy Farrell report that has been ordered has been extended, but there is not clarity as to why it has been extended or exactly what...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [26647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will refuse to grant licenses for live hare coursing for the upcoming season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33628/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a few questions for Ms Hegarty and one for Mr. Doyle. He referred to 204 vacant units identified in Monasterevin and said that only 24 owners were interested in development. Regarding breaking down the other vacant units in terms of fair deal, disputed and, in particular, those who are not interested, can he expand on the non-interested cohort?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It would be useful to get those data to have insight into what the position is. I thank Ms Hegarty and the Irish Council for Social Housing for coming before the committee. In her statement, she identified the land value trap as a major issue in terms of why construction often stops and we have a stop-start approach. That approach involves huge costs and major skills losses. What measures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Hegarty. I can take from that that the weakness of the public sector side of delivery as a counterbalance and counter-cyclical part of housing delivery is a key issue. The access, or lack thereof, of small builders to finance for land is a key structural weakness that needs to be addressed, as well as other ways to support smaller builders, and that is a key part of delivery. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The points on timber frames and fire safety are valid. Unfortunately, there are examples where it has not been done properly. I would not have full confidence that all of the lessons have been learned yet. Ms Hegarty referred to six storeys being cost optimal. With regard to reasonable density, a very strong argument has been put forward by others, including Lorcan Sirr and the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Ms Hegarty's view is that we are not taking a sensible approach in terms of density. We have two extremes. We are still doing a lot of low-density, unsustainable development, as well as poor-quality, high-density developments with which there are numerous problems. We should be landing generally on three to six storeys in most areas. That would make sense in terms of having a good-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: You would have good standards plus a good level of density for providing infrastructure and access to public transport to meet our climate change objectives. We could achieve a huge amount in that range in most areas. That is Ms Hegarty's view.

LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome that these statements are taking place. It is more than 25 years since I attended my first Pride march. It was 26 years ago, which is hard for me to believe in many ways. Much has changed in Irish society since then and much has changed for LGBTQI+ people. That said, while some things have changed massively for us, some things have remained quite the same. The Pride march has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for that response. I want to be very clear that this is just one example of hundreds. If one talks to Threshold or to anyone working in this area, there are hundreds of renters where the RTB will not help progress a case and will refuse point blank to do so if the landlord is not registered or if the renter cannot provide proof of the landlord’s address....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the redress available to tenants who make a complaint to the Residential Tenancies Board about breaches of their tenancy rights when they relate to a tenancy with an unregistered landlord or a landlord who fails to provide an address; the action being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....