Results 4,341-4,360 of 6,908 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: My question-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: Will the Minister answer my question?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: Can the Minister answer my question?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: It is not scheduling.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister is responsible for transport. He should be aware of this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with the point that it is far too easy to demolish and build from scratch. One of the difficulties with Housing for All is its commitment to exempt construction demolition from landfill waste levies. From an environmental point of view and in terms of the embodied carbon, that is a major mistake. It is hugely problematic. I thank the witnesses for being here and for their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: Is there an inspection of all buildings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: A study of a wider sample would be really important in terms of the need for us to get this right and the huge investment that is going into it as well. My next question is for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage representatives. I appreciate that they are from the climate action policy unit and, as such, building control may not be their main area. All of this relates...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: Can Mr. Armstrong provide us with a timeline in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: Is the model of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland being looked at in regard to the national building control authority?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Armstrong.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: It is risk-based inspection, which makes sense. In terms of the contribution from Dr. Oliver Kinnane from the school of architecture, planning and environmental policy in University College Dublin, UCD, to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action this week and those findings, when one looks at what has happened in Ireland in terms of building control, building defects and the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination last met and will next meet. [20036/22]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: Serious allegations have been made about a conflict of interest on the part of a member of An Bord Pleanála. Minutes from a meeting of the board show that, on 9 March, the deputy chairman of the board presided over a three-person board meeting that rejected a strategic housing development planning application. Both the Irish Examinerand The Ditch website have reported that this member...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (27 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: On information from the Government, the latest figures from the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, show rents have increased by an average of 9% across the country. The increase is much higher in some areas. The average rent in Dublin is now almost €2,000 per month, or almost €24,000 per year. As the Taoiseach knows, a significant number of people renting are in low-paid or...
- One Ocean Summit Declaration: Motion (27 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: I move: That Dáil Éireann, on foot of the One Ocean Summit held in Brest, France, from 9-11 February 2022, hereby acknowledges— — the role of the world's oceans as weather and climate regulators, providers of oxygen and food, a source of renewable energy and natural resources, and as conduits for trade, and connecting societies and people, — the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: There has been recent dialogue with the Irish Refugee Council in the context of meeting the housing challenges of Ukrainian refugees. It is also important that we continue to meet the challenges we face in respect of the existing housing crisis and homelessness emergency. As a part of doing that, it is important that we look at solutions to find additional housing not already in demand or...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination of his Department. [14171/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (26 Apr 2022)
Cian O'Callaghan: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider bringing forward legislation to regulate light pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19235/22]