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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am happy to withdraw the amendment then.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 29: In page 36, line 8, after “section 43” to insert “including latent defects insurance”. This amendment is concerned with the registration process and what the applicant needs to furnish to the board as part of the application for registration. There is a list of different items that applicants have to furnish and this amendment seeks to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The first part of the response is fair enough but I have a different view of the latter part. I do not think people who are looking to buy a home at the moment are necessarily aware of these issues. I know the Minister of State is saying we need to create an awareness but if those looking to buy a home, particularly now, manage to get...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 30: In page 36, lines 16 and 17, to delete “, within the last 10 years or since the establishment of the register whichever is the shorter period,”. Amendments Nos. 30 to 32, inclusive, relate to the application for registration and the information that an applicant has to provide. I have two issues with the wording of the Bill as it stands. I am not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: On retrospectivity, the current wording in the Bill means that from day one of the establishment of the register, a person can apply and in regard to a conviction imposed a year beforehand, that person is not obliged to provide that information. Is the legal advice that this would not be acceptable in terms of retrospectivity?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate it is advice from the Attorney General's office but I cannot grasp how that would not be relevant information for a registration board to seek. I find that very difficult-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Minister of State saying that he will look at it and may be able to-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate that. Notwithstanding that advice, I have a very serious objection to this part of the Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 31: In page 36, lines 26 and 27, to delete ", within the last 10 years or since the establishment of the register whichever is the shorter period,".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 32: In page 36, lines 35 and 36, to delete ", within the last 10 years or since the establishment of the register whichever is the shorter period,".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I support what Deputy Ó Broin is proposing. This would be very effective and would have knock-on effects. This morning in the Dáil, we raised a different issue on exploitative practices that affect some renters with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Minister indicated that he would bring in measures whereby landlords engaged in such abhorrent behaviour...

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Tá áthas orm Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh inniu agus don choicís amach romhainn. Tacaíonn na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta le stádas na Gaeilge sa tír seo. Tá leagan Gaeilge againn dár suíomh Idirlín agus tá polasaí againn chun stádas na Gaeilge a threisiú. Tá na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta thar a bheith...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [11572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration that has been given to the proposals from the collaborative town centre health check and other new methods of locating vacant properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11854/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 22 February 2022, if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) which had an allocation of two SNAs for four children during the 2021-2022 academic year will have its allocation increased for the next academic year to reflect the fact that there will be seven children in need of support from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship applications that are outstanding; the number of apprenticeship applications in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11855/22]

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate that. We would like to hear more about it as and when the Minister is able to provide the information. It is welcome that the European Union will trigger the temporary protection directive and that Ireland will, from what the Government has said, participate fully in it. That is important. The visa waiver is another important move. It was deeply frustrating to members of...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: On behalf of the Social Democrats, I condemn in the strongest possible terms the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Putin regime. The attacks on civilians, the use of rockets and bombs on civilian targets, the brutal murder of children, the use of cluster bombs and the war crimes that are happening need to be condemned by all of us in the strongest possible terms. It is important that we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [9764/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [11571/22]