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Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, lines 9 to 23, to delete all words from and including “(1) Notwithstanding” in line 9 down to and including line 23. Rushing through this legislation and using the guillotine has consequences. This has been done previously with planning legislation and has resulted in a Bill being rushed through before Christmas with changes to substitute...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays faced by cohort 7 in getting the Covid-19 vaccines; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons on national panels for psychologist staff grade posts have not been made aware of the new recruitment campaign and change in the panel process; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30453/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (7 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place to protect patients from adverse effects including stress in cases in which their debts for hospital charges are passed on to debt collectors; if he will consider removing these charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30461/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parking Provision (7 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 153. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the 2018 Hospital Car Parking Review will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30462/21]

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will start where Deputy Duncan Smith finished. He made a very good point about the impact on children whose parents are renting. It is what I have heard from parents who are renting and are subject to rent increases that they cannot afford or are given a notice to quit, an eviction notice. It is exactly as Deputy Smith described. Their children do not know if they are going to see their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Pensions (6 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that spouses of retired ESB workers are not entitled to pensions under the Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act 1942; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36395/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (6 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to increase public transport options for those who work after midnight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35891/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (6 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible to receive the pandemic unemployment payment retrospectively in cases in which a person did not claim the payment at the time despite being entitled to it; if so, the process for making a claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36402/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 548. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the 16-week delay for those aged between 60 and 69 in getting their second dose of a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29934/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the employment wage subsidy scheme for aviation workers until the return of widespread air travel and incomes of workers in the sector recover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (1 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive a PPS number for their newborn daughter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35508/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with Deputy Smith on the guillotine. To be fair, I acknowledge that a small number of amendments are being addressed by the Minister. Many of the substantive issues we have raised are not being addressed and this is of significant concern to us. One of the areas in which the Minister was very strong on Committee Stage, and in his comments in public and in the media, is that he gave...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with Deputy Mattie McGrath about the use of the guillotine. It is not an acceptable practice. It is a pity because a considerable amount of time was spent on the Bill in committee and it was a good process with good engagement. It is a pity the time is not being allocated to finish the process properly because I believe legislation benefits from discussion and scrutiny. There...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will speak in support of the amendments. I start with the point on the delivery of homes on public lands, who does it and whether private builders are involved. There is a key distinction that needs to be made and Deputy Ó Broin has made it. In terms of delivering homes, there is a huge difference between contracting tradesmen and private builders and having a private developer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the support that his Department has given to local authorities to replenish their landbanks to provide a pipeline of suitable land for the provision of social housing; the local authorities that have received funding; the amount of funding that has been allocated to each local authority; the amount of land...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the public health grounds on which drive-in cinemas are not being allowed to operate; if this will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the steps is he taking to ensure that persons who have not yet received general practitioner visit cards due to Covid-19 delays are reimbursed for the fees they are charged while their applications are being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28254/21]

Affordable Homes in the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone: Motion (29 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for bringing this motion and it is positive the Minister is not opposing it. That is welcome. Unfortunately, the failure to acquire the Irish Glass Bottle site is a scandal and an example of a massive missed opportunity to ensure all the homes which would be built would be genuinely affordable or social and it is short-sighted. Reading through some of the...