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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 (27 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Head 16(3) provides for the proposed demolition of a registered monument. Can Mr. Carpenter explain who is the decision-maker in the case of a demolition? Is it that the person applies for a licence or is it through the planning process? Does it require approval from the Minister or from the National Museum? What is the process?

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister can decide if special protection can be awarded. Can a subsequent Minister then remove that special protection status? Once it is given, is that permanently locked in? Can it be rescinded?

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: What are the checks and balances on that because it is a lot of power to confer on the Minister? Does all that power reside with him or her without checks and balances?

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome that head 30 in Part 3 makes reference to the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. I do not see any mention of the 1992 Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage of Europe, which was adopted by Ireland in 1997. Should that also be mentioned? There seems to be no reference to archaeological landscapes, including...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to ask about Housing for All and the delivery of affordable purchase homes. According to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office, homeownership among adults of prime working age has collapsed. Since 2012, house prices have grown by a staggering 77%. During the same period, wages only grew by 23%. On an international scale, housing in Ireland is rated as severely unaffordable....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: How many?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (26 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next call for applications under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3944/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase homes that were delivered in 2021; the target for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3555/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the very subject of delivery of affordable purchase homes, how many affordable purchase homes were delivered in 2021? What was the target? How many affordable purchase homes will be delivered in 2022? Is the Minister confident that we will meet that target?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister might clarify the following. He said that Ó Cualann delivered affordable purchase homes in 2021. How many of those were occupied in 2021? As the Minister knows, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office, home ownership among adults of prime working age has collapsed since 2012. House prices grew by a staggering 77% up to 2020, while during the same period wages only...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will ask the Minister for a third time how many affordable purchase homes were actually occupied in 2021. He has not answered that question. He might give me an answer. The Minister knows well why I did not support the Affordable Housing Bill. I do not support the Government's definition of affordability as not being related to incomes but instead being based on market prices. For the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: They should all be affordable and social.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: They are some of the biggest land hoarders in the country.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister has not answered my question.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: How many last year?

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the new German Chancellor. [63549/21]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the national risk assessment published by his Department. [63548/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing the number of electric charging points for electric vehicles in an area of Dublin (details supplied); the location and installation date of each scheduled charging point in the area over the next 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new staff provided to each local authority to deliver affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3453/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new staff requested by each local authority to deliver affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3454/22]