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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (15 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to prevent persons from being evicted into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38764/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the housing for all plan officially relates to the Rebuilding Ireland plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38765/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated amount spent in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021 on the inspection and enforcement of private rental standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38766/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (15 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the publicly available information on land prices and land transaction in Ireland compares to that in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38767/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections that will be put in place to ensure that the purchase of open market homes by housing authorities does not increase house prices in a local market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of new affordable homes that will be built directly by housing authorities; the percentage that will be bought from the open market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38769/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when English languages schools are permitted to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38824/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (15 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 453. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment process for leading positions in Safefood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33137/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Government has committed to spending at least €1 billion to lease 2,400 homes from investment funds. It would be much more cost-effective to build new homes. This would also create new supply that would mean the State would not be competing with first-time buyers and pushing up prices by doing these deals with investment funds. The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (14 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount being raised from stamp duty on rents greater than €30,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (14 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of the current waiver of commercial rates; the estimated cost of extending the commercial rates waiver until the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that exchange students who will be studying in the coming academic year in the USA cannot sit visa interviews due to Covid-19 restrictions; the steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31114/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 402. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug zolgensma will become available through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31390/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is additional guidance been given in respect of road opening licences? I am aware that up until recent years mistakes have been made and that, ultimately, the public has borne the cost. This is a matter for local authorities in terms of the operation and granting of licences. At this level, can additional guidance be provided to try to reinforce those points?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for coming before the committee. I am very supportive of everything that can be done to support the roll-out of broadband. I want to focus on a few of the points that have been brought up. There have been issues over the years with road-opening licences or ducting for cables that are overground where they should not be. We have seen mistakes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent attack on the offices of the organisers of Tbilisi Pride; if the safety and security of LGBTQ+ persons in Georgia has been discussed by the EU Council of Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37574/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that child benefit for children over the age of 16 will not be available to some persons from July until September 2021 and that there was no prior warning given about this to parents and guardians; the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the...