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

Cian O'Callaghan: What redress is 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? There is a significant issue of the RTB being ineffective in dealing with cases in which the tenant does not have proof of his or her landlord's address....

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I wrote to the Minister about this recently. Indeed, the Minister has been cc'd in correspondence on this since April. I detailed one instance, an example of hundreds of instances, in which the RTB is unwilling to progress a case against a landlord who is not registered. In that instance the problems began in November 2021, when the hot water in the building stopped working. Following a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ukraine War (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that are being taken to ensure that there is adequate housing for Ukrainian refugees in the medium-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31796/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he was first informed about allegations of wrongdoing at An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31795/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition concluded its investigation into the Croí Cónaithe cities scheme following the pre-notification; if so, the outcome of the investigation; if not, when the outcome is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31794/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I was first elected as a councillor in 2009 in an area of Dublin where a lot of pyrite was emerging in housing estates. It is terrible to see that, more than ten years on, a lot of the issues that residents in those areas were raising - the same issues of access to core testing and so on - are still not being addressed properly. As for the general scheme and head 24, which is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The first question was whether the witnesses have an opinion on section 24 of the scheme, which affects class actions and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will start where the Chairman left off. In the absence of testing of foundations taking place, how can Mr. O'Connell be relatively confident there will not be problems with foundations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is it not the case, however, that the vast majority of the remediations done to date related to infill? They relate particularly to the infill and the material that was going to the infill and that is why the other parts of the structure were not affected. Is that not the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the SCSI for the work it has done. The pricing it has done is based on standards and products from 15 years ago, many of which are not available now. How did it calculate the pricing on that basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Based on the terms of reference pricing off which the SCSI has been working, is 100% redress possible when rebuilding a home?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If the witnesses do not have a view on that issue, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is why we have not heard of any.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: To follow from that, the market surveillance office, for example, only has six staff. It is hugely under resourced. Clearly, there is an issue here. We have been told in the previous session from a highly qualified and experienced engineer with expertise in this area that he is aware of at least one quarry that is still producing substandard material that is going into homes and leading to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is important. It is really needed. I would make the observation that given the massive trauma and stress this has caused families and communities across Ireland and the massive cost to the public, it is not enough for us to be reliant on stating that people should make complaints if they have knowledge. If they do not, nothing will be done about that. I have a question in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Representatives of homeowners earlier today stated that they felt that this part of the legislation was designed to put the frighteners on them to stop people pursuing a claim against anyone. They felt that homeowners are being targeted in this legislation, and not quarries or anyone else with responsibility, on this. The Minister has been vocal on the issue of recovering costs. Some Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: To confirm, a senior counsel has not been appointed yet.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister is due to receive that report six weeks after it was initiated, which is tomorrow. Is it on course to be delivered to him tomorrow? How long will it take for him to review it and to inform us what actions he will take on foot of the report? What will the Government do to ensure that all the allegations in the public domain will be properly investigated?