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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Offices (22 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons, including many older people, have been forced to queue outside in the cold at a social welfare office (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9980/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken to facilitate speedy visa applications for Ukrainian citizens including those with family members resident in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8979/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses. I have two questions. The first is for the delegates from the Heritage Council. There is a key point in their opening statement that they did not reach: However, the spaces between monuments and the area surrounding monuments or their 'setting' has proven more difficult to protect. In some cases, the setting of a monument, whether it be a visual connection with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is very helpful. One of the key points of the Valletta convention is around the importance of archaeological landscapes. Is that something that should be referenced in the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The matter relating to landscapes is important and needs to be addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It has been a difficult area to address and it is quite complex. Will Mr. Doyle elaborate on why that is and what the issues are around that? A monument is quite defined whereas the landscape is less defined. As a result, it is always going to be difficult to address the matter. However, it is important to address it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In terms of the general scheme at this point, without referencing the Heritage Council in terms of the advisory role which has been highlighted, I think it is very important there is some oversight and potential counterbalance of the ministerial power on this. Ministers and public representatives can come under a lot of pressure for infrastructure to be delivered within a particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [8109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (16 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 10 February 2021, if her Department has completed the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model; if so, if her Department will carry out a review of a school (details supplied) to ascertain if DEIS status can be given to the school; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the free general practitioner card to six- and seven-year-olds; if so, when this will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the community mental health team servicing north Dublin cannot take referrals for adult ADHD assessments due to not having the capacity and expertise and is advising persons to wait for the commencement of the National Clinical Programme or to seek private healthcare; the steps he is taking to resolve the...

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to address a point the Minister for Finance made in his remarks. I do not think I need to explain this to him. I am sure he understands how social housing is costed in budget 2022, which he introduced in the House, in Housing for All and, in fact, in all the budgets he has introduced. I would say he knows full well that the total capital cost of each social housing unit is not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask about standards in emergency shelters for homeless people. I have raised with the Taoiseach before issues around people sleeping in rooms without windows, not being issued with blankets or duvets or, in other instances, being issued with bloodstained sheets, and, in some cases, residents complaining of theft of personal belongings, including allegedly by staff who are not Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [8108/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will ask the Taoiseach about the Stardust inquests. It is 41 years since 48 young people never came home from a night out at the Stardust. In addition, 214 people were seriously injured that night. The fire had a devastating impact on the families and surrounding communities in Artane, Coolock, Kilmore and surrounding areas. The State response to the fire, and the total failure to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi drivers that have already qualified for the current National Transport Authority scheme to purchase more environmentally friendly vehicles but have not been able to receive the grant due to vehicle supply shortages will automatically qualify for the new version of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7659/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the number of places in reading schools for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7656/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements that have been made for trainee teachers who due to Covid-19 are not comfortable with being in shared accommodation to complete their Gaeltacht placement in summer 2022; if consideration has been given to providing an online alternative as was the case in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8339/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector by type in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 842. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact a child (details supplied) has been on the early intervention waiting list for 33 months; when the child be seen by the team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8183/22]