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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Green Party in government is supporting a model of cost rental that involves profit returns for investment funds. That is what is happening. Last night, the Government voted to provide tax exemptions for cuckoo funds to buy up homes. In addition to these tax exemptions, the State is incentivising the bulk buying of homes by investment funds by copper-fastening guarantees of rental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable and social homes built by the State in each year from 1930 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of State-owned sites that are suitable for social and affordable housing; the estimated number of homes that could be built if all of these sites were used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the costs associated with Defence Forces personnel who served in Afghanistan since 2001 and to date in 2021 either with the NATO forces or with the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36980/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship and a travel document of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) as part of a citizenship application had to submit a passport a month ago; if the passport will be returned to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36995/21]

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...