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Property Services (Land Price Register) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will I get the right to respond, if necessary?

Property Services (Land Price Register) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Perfect.

Property Services (Land Price Register) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister, Deputy McEntee, for attending this debate. I may not use the full 15 minutes afforded to me. I have heard people say that before and not necessarily stick to it, but I will do my best. I thank the people who contributed to the huge amount of work that went into drawing up this Bill. Paul Cassidy did the initial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the persons or bodies that were the 31 industry experts that attended a workshop held with the Housing Agency in December 2021 to discuss the structure and criteria of the Croí Cónaithe cities fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27030/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank everyone who has come in. I first want to respond to some comments that were made suggesting that land value sharing is a modern form of the Kenny report. I have a very different view on that. Land value sharing, as it has been explained, is about collecting some of the uplift in land values and then using it for infrastructure. That is very different from the Kenny report, whose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Earlier this week, we discussed the issue of viability with other organisations. A suggestion made by one of the groups that was involved in building homes - not at the speculative end - was that it would be a good idea to include an economic viability assessment as part of the planning process to ensure a project was viable and not just being pursued for speculative or other reasons. I do...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I refer to the Government's plans to give €450 million in State subsidies to private developers to build apartments. The scheme is designed to cater for people in the highest income brackets - the top 15%, according to analysis by the Business Post. Will the Minister tell us whether the provision of €450 million in State subsidies for developers complies with European Union...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will the Minister answer my question about EU state aid rules?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: You will not answer the question.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister has not answered the question about EU state aid rules.

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome this Bill. The Social Democrats will support it. I thank an Teachta Ó Broin for tabling it. The general thrust and approach is to place responsibility on the platforms that advertise short-term lets. They clearly have a key responsibility to ensure that in order to advertise, or accept an advertisement, they should have proof that it is planning compliant. That should have...

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,...