Results 5,021-5,040 of 7,163 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

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]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of technical and administrative staff, respectively in the housing department of each local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63545/21]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish details of the quality standards that are being applied to privately-run emergency accommodation; the way these standards differ to the National Quality Standards Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63574/21]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff that have been assigned to the new vacancy unit; the amount that has been allocated to the unit; the full role and remit of the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1586/22]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was provided to each local authority in 2021 to support compulsory purchase orders of houses or buildings suitable for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1952/22]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the social housing passport reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1584/22]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or in part ownership of or under the control of each Department and agencies under the remit of same; the county in which each unit is located; the length of time each unit has been vacant in tabular form; and if...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been spent on rent subsidies including rent supplement, the housing assistance payment, the rental accommodation scheme and long-term leasing each year over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1867/22]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State expenditure on housing assistance payment in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1938/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 625. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will provide every possible support to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63165/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vaccination Programme (19 Jan 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 637. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Covid-19 TRIPS waiver and the World Health Organisation COVID-19 Technology Access Pool in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63569/21]