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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...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: To follow up on that, I am particularly concerned that the sensitivity mapping will not be completed until the end of 2022 and about the difficulties that poses. Can that be completed faster? If it is not going to be completed faster, what interim protections and measures can be put in place? When we were engaged on this on Committee Stage, one of the first issues we discussed was the need...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Taking up Deputy Boyd Barrett's point, that is what is so important about this amendment. Our marine environment has huge value for the people working in it, huge economic potential and huge value in terms of its biodiversity, but its role in carbon capture and as a carbon sink also has an incredible value. It does not make any sense to do something to tackle climate change that will...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: First, I wish to say that there was very good engagement at committee level on this legislation. During that process we sought a number of written clarifications on a number of matters, which we were looking for in advance of Report Stage. It is regrettable that the commitments in written clarifications never came forward and we did not receive them. The previous speakers made some very...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [58321/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: To follow up on the previous question, the issue around private emergency accommodation is that, taking Dublin as an example, approximately half of the accommodation is provided by tried and trusted not-for-profit partners of the local authorities, with the other half, in recent years, provided by privately run operators, some of which have no experience or qualifications whatsoever in this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the well-being of people living in emergency accommodation. Over the past year, I have been raising with him and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the conditions in privately run emergency accommodation. There is a complete lack of Garda vetting of staff, a lack of proper policies and procedures, a lack of safeguarding procedures and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I can provide the Taoiseach with the details. This is utterly unacceptable behaviour and complaints have gone in on this. People living in emergency accommodation deserve a proper response on this and that proper standards are implemented.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the public conversation on the well-being framework for Ireland. [58661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process by which persons who do not use the internet and who are isolating due to high risk to Covid-19 can apply for a driving licence through the use of phone and post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 23 November 2021, if the report has been completed; and if so, if it will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59319/21]