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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 792. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 1 March 2022, the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Teaching Council membership renewal application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will receive back pay for the time their application has been processing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19704/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers will be compensated for working during the Easter break on the oral and practical examinations under the proposed changes to the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20024/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to ensure objectivity when teachers will be correcting their own students' work under the proposed changes to the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20025/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 968. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19245/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action that he will take to ensure that incoming Ukrainian refugees can be accommodated in the homes offered up by the Irish public without delay in order to avoid the use of emergency shelters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he will take to ensure that additional childcare places are made available in the Coolock area of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all of the staff at the International Protection Accommodation Services have been provided with trauma-informed care training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the languages in which the resources provided by the International Protection Accommodation Services are available in; and if all of the languages are widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18987/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask that, in future, if any members miss their speaking slots, which can happen for very good reasons, we stick to the speaking order to be fair to everyone. I thank the witnesses for attending and for their contributions. I am taking three key points from this. First, we have a huge challenge on our hands and we are very far off where we need to be, while there is some good work going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Members of this committee are keenly aware of how under-resourced are local authorities. In a range of different subject areas, we need to grapple with the fact that local authorities are under-resourced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: A key issue for local authorities is the areas to prioritise. We cannot simply wait until local authorities are better resourced; they need to be. We also need to have structures in place to ensure this is something they prioritise. That means there needs to be an accountability mechanism whereby if a local authority is not up to scratch, concerned members of the public are able to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Burgess for that very useful response. I also ask the representatives of An Taisce and SWAN for their views on that.

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this motion, which I broadly support. The motion addresses the relevant issue of vacant properties. I will make one comment on the motion that I mean in a constructive sense. The motion proposes a long list of incentives and measures but it omits other measures that we know from international experience are effective in dealing with vacancy,...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: President Zelenskyy spoke powerfully to the Oireachtas this morning about the effect the ongoing war is having on the civilian population in the Ukraine and about how civilians fleeing war are being killed in cars on roadways as they attempt to leave the besieged city of Mariupol. We must all condemn in the strongest possible terms the treatment of the civilian population in Ukraine by the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Last week, I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of long queues in Dublin Airport leading to some passengers missing their flights. After that, I was contacted by staff at Dublin Airport who stated that despite several years' service on the security team, they are still waiting for full-time contracts and are currently on rosters that give them little more than 20 hours' work per week. They...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Apr 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: With no disrespect to the Minister of State, I am disappointed not only that the Minister has left the Chamber but also that we do not have present a Minister of State from the Department that is handling this legislation. I question how, at a political level, the comments I propose to make will feed into the process. I very much welcome the Bill and the establishment of a permanent...