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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of medical aid being supplied to India in tabular form; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I confirm that I am in the Leinster House complex. I very much welcome the establishment of the Office of Planning Regulator. It has a very important function of which I am very supportive. My question follows on from Senator Moynihan's comments on the SHD plans. Often a plan will go online and the website is then taken down. We were talking earlier about the importance of planning...

National Marine Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I support comments from previous Deputies regarding the amount of time for this debate and the lack of scrutiny in committee being completely unacceptable. The Government has had great co-operation from Opposition parties during the last year concerning restricted timings. When, across the board, we have raised concerns about this aspect, the Government was not willing to listen and engage....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Briefly, can the Taoiseach clarify what is the position of the Government in terms of intellectual property rights? Has the Taoiseach discussed this with President Biden? Is Ireland advocating at an international level for the waiving of these rights? What exactly is the position? If not, will the Taoiseach start to do this?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his latest discussion with the President of the United States of America. [21821/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the citizens' assemblies, will the Taoiseach look at the issue of families getting legal representation at inquests in circumstances where they have lost their loved ones? As he is aware, the families of the Stardust victims put forward proposals to ensure that they would all have legal representation at the inquest. Those proposals were cost-effective and based on international best...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [18551/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move: Bill entitled an Act to repeal the parts of the Planning and Development Act 2000 that provide for the provision of social housing via Part V leasing. When Eoghan Murphy announced his resignation yesterday, he claimed credit for having, in his time as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, the largest spend on public housing in the last decade. How much we are...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: No, this is absolutely uncalled for.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: You should not be in full flight of conversation while any Member has the floor.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I ask that all Deputies, including the Minister, might listen while I make my contribution, rather than being in full conversation.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Housing has been turned into a commodity for investors and social housing has been turned into a commodity for investors. Part V long-term leasing is part of this problem and I seek to address it in this Bill. The aim of the Bill is to improve the provision of affordable and social homes. It does this by revising the Part V arrangements and seeks to repeal provisions introduced by the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the same point, a 45-minute debate on this motion is entirely insufficient. There has been a lack of scrutiny of the national marine planning framework. It is a highly significant framework, which has major implications for our marine environment, those who work in fisheries and renewable energy. It is highly regrettable that the Government does not seem to have learned lessons from...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: A matter reported this week which is related to the Bill is that rents are being artificially fixed. Rents are not being recorded properly and this should be addressed in the legislation that the Minister mentioned. This has implications not just on rent pressure zones and undermining the 4% increase protections but also for the State in the context of long-term leases. As the Minister...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Aontas na Mac Léin in Éirinn, the Union of Students in Ireland, for its work on these proposals. I also thank Deputy Ó Broin for his work in bringing forward the legislation. I welcome the Government's agreement to take the Bill forward to Committee Stage, which is very positive. There has been a lack of urgency on the part of the Government in dealing with this...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his kind words. He has agreed to implementing the best parts of the Bill. Will he tell us which parts he does not agree with and does not intend to implement? From his words this morning, he seems to have formed a view on that question. If so, the House has a right to know which parts of the Bill he believes should be implemented and which should not. It is only...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I was here for the Minister's opening statement.

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: To be fair, I think the Minister was trying to be helpful with his intervention. I thank him for that and I appreciate that these issues will be discussed on Committee Stage. However, it would be useful to have his explicit view on the question I raised in order that we know where we stand. I thank the Minister for being willing to engage on that point. The essence of these proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the granting of investigative foreshore licences has caused very significant disruption and costs for persons working in fishing; the action he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/21]