Results 4,241-4,260 of 6,908 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the offices of the Revenue Commissioners are reopened to the public for in-person consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Sector Staff (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the option of flexitime will be returned to all local authority workers who had flexitime before the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she proposes to make any adjustments to the leaving certificate 2023 given the interference caused by the pandemic to those students sitting the leaving certificate in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25726/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional funding for specific learning disability classes at a school (details supplied) in order to meet the demand there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25898/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be brought forward to allow for the payment of members of the jury at the Stardust Inquest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25452/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that he will take to address the severe shortage of speech and language therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to ensure the long-term sustainability of the public medical science sector which is dealing with alarming staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26138/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for their contributions. The opening statement of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland cites numerous anecdotal examples of housing projects being paused due to the increased costs. I have certainly heard many of those stories as well. What is the Irish Home Builders Association's assessment of that? Have its members heard anecdotally of projects being paused?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have heard of builders finishing what they are working on now and saying that they will not start the next part because of the pressures they are under due to price inflation. On labour shortages and the training model mentioned, while there has been an increase in the number of apprenticeships in recent years, we are way off 2006 levels especially in wet trades, such as bricklaying,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: One of the issues I have heard about from people who moved abroad is job security, there is insecurity in the sector here compared with other countries. That is a huge concern for them and is an area that needs to be addressed. The Irish Home Builders Association in its report highlighted the issues around service tier 1 and service tier 2 lands and the lack of assessments being done on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is a list of projects in 2015, many of which from what I can see are completed yet the number has not changed. Does the IHBA have any comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: As a committee, we should look at how there has been a certain amount of investment but we are not seeing movement in those critical areas in terms of infrastructure and supply. It would be useful if we could get to the bottom of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a few comments and questions. First, with regard to apprenticeships, I welcome what was said about broadening the demographics. What I have heard from many people is that it is the same families and the same regions in Ireland, and, indeed, the same regions around Europe, that are feeding into the same skills sets, and that it is not broadening out enough. In the UK over a short...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: We have to look at what recommendations the committee can make. Among the ones that were made there was a suggestion of the planning process having the economic viability assessment as part of an outline planning permission. I am concerned that this would just become another exercise in paperwork. In other words, another report and an additional cost, and that once people got that report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: My concern is that if it simply becomes another report and is not done properly, then it does not necessarily help the process and is just an additional cost. Of course, the point that it could be done properly is a valid one. On the suggestions about the compact open space guidelines and particular changes there, my understanding is that what CIF is suggesting is that there will be even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I think many people would welcome the mix to which Mr. Benson referred. Originally, a lot of compact growth was sold on the basis that while there would be less open space, it would be higher quality space. Several years on, there is a level of disappointment that some of the high-quality open space has not been delivered on. There are also issues around who manages the space and who pays...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the Government's plan to give €450 million in subsidies to developers to build apartments. Analysis from the Business Postshows that these apartments will be sold at prices that only people on the top 14% of incomes would be able to afford. They will be sold at full market prices; they will not be affordable. Yesterday, I put three questions to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: We know that two separate investigations are now under way into allegations of conflict of interest in decision-making of the deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála, Paul Hyde. One of the investigations is being carried out by Remy Farrell, senior counsel, while the other is an internal audit. The terms of reference for Mr. Farrell's inquiry were published by the Government exactly one week...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I will narrow it down to two fairly general questions that I think he will be able to answer. First, will the scope of the investigation be widened so that all the allegations that are in the public domain will be investigated? What is his view on that? Should it be widened so that all allegations that are in the public domain will be investigated?...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (19 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households that did not complete the self-reporting local property tax survey on vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25608/22]