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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]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet subcommittee to oversee the State response to the Ukraine crisis last met. [24810/22]

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Deputies from different parties and groups who have spoken on the motion. During the debate we witnessed something I had not seen before. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, who is not shy for words, was utterly silent when we put three questions to him, questions the public have a right to know the answers to given that he wants to gift €450 million of...

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister has not answered any of the questions I put to him.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: He did not answer a single question.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the cost of housing is having a significant impact on people's standard of living; — according to the Central Statistics Office, house prices have increased by 15 per cent in the last year and will soon surpass the Celtic Tiger peak; — rents have doubled in a decade; — rates of home ownership are...

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: We were told he was dealing with it.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Apologies for that. It is good the Minister has arrived.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is good. Now if the Minister will stop interrupting while I am speaking, I will thank him.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: To put the figure of €144,000 in context, last year an investment fund bought in Limerick city a number of apartments for less than €168,000 each. Despite the large subsidy the Government is giving to developers, these apartments will be sold at full market price. There will be no discount or affordability built in. According to analysis by Killian Woods in the Business Post,...