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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister said he would accept amendment No. 83 and include No. 86 with it. I assume he will do that on Report Stage. I am happy to withdraw the amendment on that basis but I reserve the right to introduce it if the Minister does not accept it along with amendment No. 86. My understanding is the Minister is going to bring in an amendment to reflect amendments Nos. 83 and 86 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 90: In page 15, to delete lines 3 to 5.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Today a very sad report was published showing that in 2020 the number of people experiencing homelessness who died on our streets or in homeless services increased by 80% compared with the previous year. I extend my sympathies to the friends, families and loved ones of all those who have died in homeless services and on our streets. The interim report on mortality among the single homeless...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (2 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has the capacity for an additional first year class of between 30 and 40 students; the steps she is taking to facilitate the school in getting these additional school places which is in a catchment area that does not have enough school places at present; and if she...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his latest engagement with the social partners. [28339/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the resource efficiency action plan for 2021 of his Department. [28338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will await the outcome of the High Court application before engaging in further discussions in relation to the 1951 CIÉ pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Functions (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department and the Department of Defence approved the landing and presence of a US Navy helicopter at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel on 13 May 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29146/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his comments. Can he clarify if he is accepting amendment No. 86?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: My thanks to the Minister for clarifying that and for effectively accepting both amendments. There is another point following from the discussion last week and from what Deputy Gould was saying about segregation. We are seeing some new developments under Part 5 designed in a segregated way. There is a relatively new development in the Minister's constituency that I am aware of. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do not wish to name the development.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will. To be fair to the residents in the development I do not wish to name it, but I will tell the Minister. It is in the southern end of the constituency. That sort of design - which I gather is done by the developers - should not be acceptable and needs to be challenged.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 39: In page 9, to delete lines 4 to 7.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to move amendments Nos. 39 and 90, and Deputy Pringle asked me to move amendment No. 93 in his name.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The amendment is in this grouping. That is why I was-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Should I address amendment No. 93 now or later on?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Regarding amendments Nos. 39 and 90, Deputy Ó Broin has put forward quite well the case as to how if public land is ceded to private developers, it increases its cost. The latter means that fewer people can access housing that is affordable for either rent or purchase and that obviously locks them out in terms of affordability. It also creates a housing supply issue because if we rely...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: On Deputy Pringle's amendment No. 93, the Minister's response was that there is a requirement for ministerial consent for homes to be sold on. While that is better than not having a ministerial safeguard, it is not a safeguard in terms of investment funds. It is the case that the Minister has been a strong backer of several projects of housing being built on public lands where the sites...