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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Just so that I am clear, did Ms Graham mean that it was the building regulation section of the Department that held that view? Do I have that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: What about the view that it would put an extra risk on the State? Is that view coming from that section?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Did the Department have any kind of evidence to arrive at that view? Is it the Department's view that, in the UK, this approach has transferred more risk to the state?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is an important point. Could we get a written clarification on it from the Department? We need to get to the bottom of whether it is absolutely the case that this cannot be done because it transfers more risk or whether more can be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Fire safety regulations are incredibly important. I have been strong on that issue over the years and I would not want to see any diminution of them at all. My clear understanding, however, from the people making this proposal is that they do not have a view that there would be any such diminution in the fire safety regulations. They would remain strong but this proposal would create a...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: While I agree with the sentiment of Deputy Lahart on this having to be the final say, it is critical that it is not the final say because the legislation does not go far enough on building control. The other legislation the Minister has committed to for an independent building regulator authority is crucial. The Bill on its own, which is very flawed and I will table amendments to improve...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take steps to ensure that tackling gender-based violence is under the remit of a single Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2762/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I confirm I am in the Leinster House complex. I wish Mr. O'Rourke well in his new role. In regard to the experience in other countries in terms of compulsory purchase orders, it is very much that it facilitates a speedy negotiation of a fair price. It is an extra tool to do that. I would encourage Mr. O'Rourke to keep that under review and to come back to us on that. On Project...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask for clarification here. The general assumption is that the other 25% would be 10% social housing in respect of the Part V obligations and then 15% affordable purchase except where it is a local authority site and the local authority requires higher than 10% social housing. Is that the general approach?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination last met and will next meet. [63547/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about an issue of Government co-ordination with regard to what it is doing to tackle vacancy and dereliction. In Ireland right now, more than 9,000 people are homeless and at least 90,000 homes are vacant. That is a conservative estimate as the census put the figure for empty homes at more than 180,000. That figure excludes holiday homes and homes that were...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome and support the Taoiseach's earlier comments on the need to work together to tackle violence against women and misogyny, in addition to the importance of men listening to women on this issue. I will ask about the lack of places for women and children seeking refuge from violence. While presenting to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice last November, Mary McDermott from Safe...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [61736/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes or dwellings that were completed by NAMA debtors in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the local authority areas in which they have been completed; the sale price; the number that have been sold to funds as private rented sector units, that is, non-household entities including homes that were pre-funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 7 December 2021, if he will examine and reform the timelines within the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 to provide greater protections for consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 351. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the section 604A relief in each of the years 2014 to 2021; the number that were residential landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is an offence to offer reduced rent in exchange for sex, as reported by a newspaper (details supplied); if not, the steps he will take to stop this from occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by each local authority on the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its introduction in 2015; the number of properties those payments relate to by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63543/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by each approved housing body on the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its introduction in 2015; the number of properties those payments relate to by approved housing body in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63544/21]