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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 618. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to increase core funding to childcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29596/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take action ensure direct DART services to Howth, Sutton and Bayside are retained as part of the DART + Coastal North Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28345/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason different levels of discounts were applied to two different affordable purchase housing developments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28766/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment options for those within the Darndale D17 school planning area, given that there are no secondary schools within the area; how a defined area can be without any secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28509/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to make catchment area maps publicly available and more easily accessible to parents, notwithstanding that catchment areas are defined at a local school level with Departmental oversight and school planning areas defined at a Departmental level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28510/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school can extend the boundaries of a catchment area to accommodate a child who is without any allocated post-primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28511/24]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: On behalf of the Social Democrats, I support this Bill. I thank Deputy Farrell for bringing this Bill forward and I thank the students and student representatives who have worked on this Bill and have been campaigning on it from the different student unions and colleges, and from the USI - Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éireann. First, I take issue with the Minister of State's response...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [28179/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [26985/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I want to ask about illegal rent increases and breaches of RPZs. Mr. Keegan said the RTB is looking at having a composite rent index. If so, does this mean the board will not be publishing the new tenancies rent increases and the existing tenancies rent increases? Or will the board publish those and have a composite?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The illegal rent increases taking place now are in breach of the RTB rules. The RTB has access to a huge amount of data now that it did not have a number of years ago. Is the board proactively taking action on illegal rent increases, and not just on the foot of complaints from individual renters? Will the witnesses tell us about that work? Has it commenced and what has been the outcome of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Are these on foot of complaints from renters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will Ms Crimin give us a bit of a timeline on that? There are 224,000 tenancies registered, most which are in RPZs. The data certainly suggests that large-scale breaches of the RPZ rules on the 2% increase are happening within that, so 67 formal investigations is not even the tip of the iceberg in terms of the scale of it. That bulk work is absolutely needed so what sort of timescale is on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: What is the end of the current-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Anecdotal evidence indicates that there are a significant number of tenancies that are not registered. This ties into the work that is being done on the difference between the CSO and RTB figures. I know there are many other issues involved as well, but this is one of the factors. Is the RTB doing anything to proactively track down unregistered tenancies? Is it simply operating on foot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Out of 17,000 issued, quite a few were resolved. Either they registered or they were able to say that they do not need to register because there is no tenancy or whatever. There are 1,500 of the 17,000 outstanding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes. It was also reliant on individual complaints, which placed an onus on individual renters to come forward with complaints.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: They may not have had the confidence to do so or they may have been worried about the security of their rental agreements if they did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is a big step forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Crimin.