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Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask about the commitment in the programme for Government regarding the divestment of schools. The programme for Government commits to ensuring plurality in regard to choice in education and progress on this has been extremely slow. Survey after survey shows the majority of parents want to send their children to secular, co-educational schools but the places are not there to meet...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach the mechanism by which his Department will review progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [24809/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of the programme for Government. [26646/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Programmes (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 58. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [26649/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in relation to the move by a school (details supplied) to its permanent location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: House Sales (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider outlawing price on application property advertisements to ensure that perspective purchasers pay the actual price rather than the maximum of their mortgage approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the deadline of the immigration and international protection permissions beyond the 31 May 2022, in order to facilitate the many applicants who are waiting on a decision to continue working and living in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place within the health system to treat persons with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28319/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 65: In page 90, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 22 of Electoral Act 1997 105.Section 22 of the Electoral Act 1997 is amended, in subsection (2)(aa), by the substitution of the following for the definition of “political purposes”: “ ‘political purposes’ means any of the following...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome that there is an independent process for resolving this. The points made by Deputy McAuliffe are very fair. This is an area that requires careful consideration. Any activity that impacts on the political system must be subject to boundaries and limits. We need to bear in mind that a lot of corporate money and resources, which are not necessarily subject to restrictions, go into...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: This is an area that needs a lot more attention and I welcome that the amendment has been brought forward in that spirit. With online political activity, an audience is built up over time. A lot of that is done by the parties with resources and that includes anyone who is elected, such as a Deputy or another office holder. They have the resources to be able to build up followers and...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: First, I welcome this Bill. It is important legislation. Establishing an electoral commission is long overdue. It is an important measure, and the main thrust of the Bill is one I welcome. As I outlined on Second Stage, I have a slightly different take on this from that of other parties. While I welcome the legislation as very good, it is weak in some places and must be strengthened,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask about the Government's plans to give €450 million in subsidies to developers. These subsidies will be used to build apartments that, according to an analysis by the Business Post, will only be affordable for people on the top 15% of incomes. In the Dáil and the national media, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Croí Cónaithe Cities fund has received an exemption from the European Commission with regard to state aid rules, as outlined in Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27367/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional funding for autism spectrum disorder units in mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27558/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 37: In page 40, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “Voting rights review 55.(1) The Commission shall conduct a review of voting rights and entitlements. This shall include, but not be limited to: (a) lowering the voting age to 16; (b) extending voting rights to all residents; (c) extending voting rights to citizens living in Northern...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank all members who came in on this and the Minister of State for his comments. I welcome the commitment from the Minister of State that the commission will be tasked early on with looking at this and at the Scottish example in terms of the lower voting age. My point that we are approaching ten years from the constitutional convention and that many of its recommendations still have not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 39: "In page 41, line 24, to delete “3, 4 or 5 members” and substitute “4, 5 or 6 members”." This amendment seeks to change and delete the terms around the constituency sizes and the number of Members per constituency. It would delete "3, 4 or 5 members" and substitute it with "4, 5 or 6 members". To give some background, there was a very...