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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45805/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: How is it possible that staff working in treatment plans would not know how to respond to alarm systems going off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The alarm system was working, it is just that the staff did not know how to respond to it. Is that the understanding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: As things currently stand, Irish Water does not know what went wrong in terms of equipment or processes. Is that the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: How often are the alarm systems checked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: To be clear, are the alarm systems checked daily in our water treatment plants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: How often is periodically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: These alarm systems are of critical importance in terms of our public water. Do we know how often they are checked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is just that periodically does not mean much. Periodically could be anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay. Will the audits on the 20 plants that are being done now be published? If so, when?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses.

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: First, I thank Deputy Bacik for bringing forward this Bill. The Social Democrats will support this Bill's passage to Committee Stage as there are many positive measures in the Bill. That is, of course, if the Government majority on the committee actually allow time for this to be scrutinised on Committee Stage. No time to date has been allocated and given to Opposition or Government...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is taking action to ensure that persons suffering from chronic illnesses which put their health at serious risk can access prioritisation for social housing as part of the Housing for All plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45514/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome the Bill, which the Social Democrats will support, and thank Deputy Ó Broin for introducing it. People who are struggling to pay rents and looking to buy an affordable home are wondering why on earth the Government has granted this exemption when we need more affordable homes now. That we will miss out on thousands more affordable homes due to this exemption is not...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is completely incorrect.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: More than 40 years ago, 48 young people went for a night out to the Stardust and they never came home. The families and loved ones have been waiting more than 40 years for the truth and justice for their loved ones. The latest delay in the Stardust inquest, because the Legal Aid Board has refused to release funding to the legal team for the families, is completely unacceptable. Funding has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage needs to attend the House and we should debate Housing for All. On the Order of Business last week, I raised the comments made by the Minister on 24 June in which he incorrectly stated that the Central Bank had given approval to the shared equity scheme as part of what was then the Affordable Housing Bill. I asked that those comments...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----than he spent on Committee Stage in the Dáil. We need him to come to the House, explain why he made that statement and gave incorrect information, and update the record.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I would be happy for us to extend our time to facilitate our request. The Tánaiste has not responded to the points I made about the record of 24 June when the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage incorrectly stated that his shared equity scheme had received approval from the Central Bank. We cannot allow that statement to go uncorrected.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the requirement to hire construction apprentices been included in any of the State’s large construction procurement contracts; if this is under consideration for future public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44498/21]