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Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have some detailed comments to make about this Bill but first I must say that I find it alarming that there are calls from the Government backbenches to sell off and privatise the ESB. Given the issues we face in terms of energy security, our climate change challenges and the cost of living, which we are now discussing, any proposals to sell off or privatise the ESB need to be strongly...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Tánaiste about the increase in house prices and collapse in homeownership levels. House prices have increased by 14% in the past year and homeownership levels have collapsed among people of prime working age. In the early 1990s, two thirds of people were homeowners by the age of 28. Now at that age, people are lucky to have managed to move from their parents' homes....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 269. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if documents required as part of a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be urgently returned to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that naturalisation applications are not delayed and that applicants receive confirmation of receipt and status updates throughout the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5618/22]

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Two things struck me from reading An Taisce's submission. The first is the survey showing that 34% of the State's archaeological monuments have been destroyed since 1840. That is very stark. The destruction is continuing at an alarming rate. Since 2007, only nine prosecutions have been taken by the DPP on the recommendations of An Garda Síochána for alleged offences under the...

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Sorry to interrupt. What is Dr. Clinton's view on ignorance as a defence?

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: At last week's session, when I raised the Valletta Convention, I was told there was no need to put it into the Bill, we did not have to put it into legislation because all our legislation was compliant with it anyway and we could name it in the Long Title of the Bill and this would be more than sufficient. What is An Taisce's view on that?

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It was suggested last week that for checks and balances or to get outside expertise, we would not need an advisory council but that the Heritage Council could be used instead. What is An Taisce's view on that? Would the Heritage Council be sufficient to get the expertise referred to by Dr. Clinton? It is a very valid point. If people have expertise, they should use it. Is the Heritage...

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is Dr. Clinton's view that without an advisory council specifically on this, we would not get that expertise. Is that the point?

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Departmental Meetings (2 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 18. To ask the Taoiseach the groups chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [4706/22]

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Departmental Meetings (2 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will ask the Taoiseach about the Stardust inquest. The families who lost their loved ones in the Stardust have been waiting almost 41 years for truth and justice. It is completely unacceptable that their grief and trauma has been compounded by uncertainties and delays around the inquest. No venue is confirmed for when the inquest will take place and no arrangements are in place to ensure...

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank my colleagues for bringing forward this motion. I also thank the Irish Cancer Society for all the work it has done advocating on and highlighting this issue. It is welcome that the Government is not tabling a counter-motion and will support our motion. However, simply supporting it and not tabling a counter-motion is not enough. There must be action on the motion, and I have not...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: For more than a year, I have been raising with the Taoiseach the issue of standards in privately run emergency accommodation for people who are homeless. I have also raised this with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. While these are privately run homeless shelters, they are in receipt of public funds. I want to read a quote from one young woman about what she found...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Illegal Dumping (1 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will legislate to make illegal littering and dumping an offence under the Road Traffic Acts in order to allow gardaí impose penalty points on individuals who use their vehicles for such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide quality learning opportunities to non-religious students in schools with a religious ethos when they opt not to participate in religious education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that workers on the front line providing essential services to persons with disabilities and their carers in section 39 organisations under the Health Act 2009 will receive the proposed once-off, tax free €1,000 bonus payment for front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5089/22]