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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (22 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to legislate to make stalking a crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if steps can be taken to facilitate the regularisation of Brazilian persons resident in Ireland for many years who have sought Irish citizenship. [32948/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I add my voice to the good contributions that have been made, particularly with regard to what Senator Boyhan was saying about representation on the commission for groups that are under-represented in our democratic institutions. It is important that the commission be diverse to reflect society and groups that do not have the level of representation they should. A number of civil society...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate those answers.

Regional Airports and Aviation: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to add my voice to those of other Deputies. We need to be cognisant of the real and genuine fear in the aviation industry about the potential for thousands of job losses over the coming months. There is a genuine fear that this pandemic is being used by some companies in the aviation industry to effectively restructure, get rid of jobs with good terms and conditions and then seek to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The cost of the pyrite remediation scheme will be more than €160 million and the cost of the mica redress scheme will be well over €1 billion. The potential cost of addressing fire safety defects and construction defects in apartments will run into well over €1 billion. The human cost for homeowners who through no fault of their own are living with the stress and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that has been taken to find replacement employers in view of the impending closure of two pharmaceutical companies in the Baldoyle industrial estate, Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32531/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish students are being charged additional fees for the Scottish graduate-entry medicine programme based in the University of St. Andrews and the University of Dundee which contradicts the memorandum of understanding on the common travel area; the steps he will take to address the matter; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pay (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that junior barristers can earn as little as €25 a day for court days; if she will reverse cuts to professional fees made during 2008 to 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32584/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 192: In page 40, to delete lines 17 to 20. This amendment seeks to give the LDA compulsory purchase order, CPO, powers so that it will be able to acquire land needed for housing. The main role of the LDA should be strategic land assembly, as is done very well in other countries, and to ensure there is a sufficient pipeline for housing, including social, affordable...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 198: In page 45, to delete lines 21 to 32. The Minister has requested that amendments are withdrawn based on what he is going to introduce on Report Stage and that we would reserve the right to reintroduce them. Will the Minister commit that the Report Stage debate will not be guillotined by the Government? That is very important. If the Government seeks to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 201: In page 46, lines 6 and 7, to delete “to a combination of both” and substitute “social housing, or to a combination of these”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 202: In page 46, line 7, to delete “50 per cent” and substitute “100 per cent”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 207: In page 46, line 11, to delete “50 per cent” and substitute “100 per cent”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 212: In page 46, line 16, after “sale” to insert “or social housing”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 216: In page 47, line 26, after “dwellings” to insert “, social housing”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 217: In page 47, line 38, after “price” where it secondly occurs to insert “and social housing”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 220: In page 48, line 6, after “rent” where it secondly occurs to insert “and will be based on an affordable price or rent related to income of purchasers or tenants”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 224: In page 48, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(g) the tenants and purchasers income and ability to pay; (h) the gap between incomes and the costs of housing, based on the principle that affordable housing costs shall not exceed one-third of net income.”.