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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with Deputy Haughey about that report and how important it is. The average deposit a first-time buyer needs to buy a home stands at €52,500. This has doubled in less than a decade. The average age of a first-time buyer is rising steeply and rents have almost doubled in the last decade. According to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, "The construction of new...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [60354/21]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: First Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Homelessness causes trauma. It uproots families from their communities, friends and support networks. All of us in this House, whether in opposition or in government, have a responsibility to work together to try to tackle homelessness. This is a very practical Bill which puts the focus exactly where it should be: on preventing homelessness. Whatever we can do to tackle homelessness is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that companies honour warranties on their products; if so, if this will be unaffected by independent repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when and the form that the promised consultation with retired workers’ representative bodies will take place in relation to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to consumers being excluded from the protections offered by the Financial Services Ombudsman due to a strict and narrow interpretation of a rule that cases must commence within three years; if this will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59972/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if guidance has been given to the Land Development Agency to ensure that existing individual homes in public ownership are not displayed on the interactive WebMap State lands database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 23 November 2021, if the Expert Advisory Group considered Howth Castle during any of their deliberations; if so, the context of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60306/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he will take to try to get persons (details supplied) home for Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the lack of substitute teachers at secondary level; the measures being taken to ensure students do not miss out on teaching due to a shortage of substitute teachers; the way in which this will be evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 23 November 2021, if her response refers to the lands located immediately adjacent to Clongriffin train station, block 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide guidelines for the cost of foot treatment for persons with a chiropody treatment card for a home visit and a visit to a practitioner's clinic; if guidelines already exist; if so, if he will publish them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59847/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly persons and persons with disabilities were left waiting outdoors for up to three and a half hours while queuing for their Covid-19 booster vaccine at the Citywest walk-in centre; the steps he will take to ensure this does not reoccur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59966/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have two questions for the Minister of State, on biodiversity and electoral reform. First, on electoral reform, is the regulation of election posters still on the Minister of State's radar? Will he be considering the Electoral Act 1992, specifically section 111, which under certain circumstances requires people in the polling station to take an oath or make an affirmation under a...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I was worried, coming in here, about the Government's entire approach to this and how out of touch it is with the problems faced by renters and the problems in the private rented sector. Having heard the self-congratulatory comments from the Government, as if this Bill is the answer to all the problems in the private rented sector, overselling a technical change in respect of the provisions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Regarding the point made about having biodiversity officers and conservation officers and the range of different skills and expertise that are so valuable in local authorities, when those roles and skills are missing the cost incurred from their absence is evident. Conversely, when they are in place it is possible to see the great value brought to bear by a small number of individuals with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: In terms of not being able to roll out biodiversity officers to every local authority straightaway, for some of the smaller local authorities, has consideration been given to perhaps providing them on a shared basis until we can get to the point of having a biodiversity officer in every local authority? Similarly, for the other competencies and disciplines, where that cannot be done for the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have four follow-up questions. First, the Minister commented on mica, the industry levy and the measures there. It is important that the Minister has announced that a national building control regulator will be brought in. It is long overdue, it is important and it is needed to supplement the work of local authorities in enforcement. I ask the Minister to give us a timeline on that. Is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to quickly clarify one point. The Minister mentioned 1,200 Housing First tenancies. Is that 1,200 new and additional Housing First tenancies over and above the almost 700 in place now? Is the Minister talking about accelerated delivery so that we will get them between now and 2026?

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Although it is not necessarily just from the Minister of State, there is almost a narrative that we should not worry because there are other protections and ways of assessing these areas. If that was the case, of course, why would we have marine protected areas, this planning framework, sensitivity mapping or all this work? I am not confident, from what is being said, that these areas will...