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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I can see the logic to what the Minister of State and Deputy McAuliffe said. The issue I have with that is that it could be several years until the lobbying legislation is updated. This is live now in terms of what is going to happen in this area and, if we did make this change to this legislation, it would be very much in the public interest. It then means that when the lobbying...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who currently live in cost-rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the €246 million housing capital carryover is broken down; the programmes that had an underspend; the amount of each underspend; the number of housing units that were not built as a result of this underspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50923/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the process of when buildings are gifted to her Department to provide schools; the reason such gifts are not always accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Testing (19 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 789. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the availability of drug testing of legally prohibited drugs as part of an overall strategy of harm reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50854/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: My question is about the audit of Ballymore Eustace plant. When Irish Water representatives came before this committee, they made the point that there are 800 water treatment plants around the country and that they could not know exactly what was happening in each plant. Ballymore Eustace is the largest water treatment plant in Ireland and serves 750,000 people in the greater Dublin area,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Just for clarity, as far as the EPA is aware, was Irish Water unaware of the data or was Irish Water unaware that it should be monitoring the data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Irish Water was not aware it should have had a role in monitoring or assessing the data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Dr. Minihan.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the immediate actions that have been taken to alleviate the student housing shortage for this academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of neurology nurse specialists across Ireland including five extra nurses for Beaumont Hospital to bring Ireland in line with national and international guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49936/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I refer to the sum of €246 million, which can be found in a footnote on page 116 of the expenditure report. That is the amount of capital funding which was supposed to be spent on housing in 2021 but is being carried over to next year. That tells one everything one needs to know about how this Government treats the housing crisis, despite the urgency it requires. Think of what could...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State knows well that the sites are up and running and he also knows there were exemptions for social housing construction this year.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The fact is that if one looks at the number of affordable homes that were promised for this year in the last budget only eight homes were delivered. It was not the Minister of State's party but Fianna Fáil that promised 10,000 affordable homes per year in its election manifesto. It delivered eight. I appreciate there was a pandemic, but it is not excusable to have that amount of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 5 October 2021, the part the absence of non-denominational and coeducational schools play in planning the provision of school places in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 5 October 2021, if the development of a new school is only dependant on the number of school-age children in an area; if not, the other factors that such a development is dependent on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49719/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 5 October 2021, the process for taking account of the children from non-religious backgrounds, children of minority religions or children who wish to attend a co-educational school in assessing the need for a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a policy or guidelines in relation to when An Garda Síochána are investigating credible allegations of sexual assault relating to passing this information onto relevant organisations in which the alleged perpetrators are working or volunteering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49266/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); if the passport of the person submitted as part of the application will be returned given that the person will be traveling soon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49407/21]