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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Youth Homelessness Strategy (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the youth homelessness strategy; the person or body that will be tasked with drafting this strategy; when and the way consultation with relevant stakeholders will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21346/21]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units built in 2019 and 2020 that were one-bedroom units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21348/21]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the social housing units built during 2020 that were one-bedroom units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21349/21]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the over 800 one-bedroom units, which according to the Housing First Implementation Plan were scheduled to be delivered by local authorities and approved housing bodies over the period to 2021 that have been delivered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action being taken to address access to social housing for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21451/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the water supply is tested at the domestic level to ascertain if the supply is in breach of the maximum level of lead allowable by EU standards; the measures being taken to replace lead water pipes; the action being taken to educate households in relation to measures that they can take to mitigate against the build-up of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland on the UN Database of Companies Operating in Israel’s Illegal Settlements published in 2020; if this database is taken into consideration during public procurement tendering processes; if Ireland supports calls for the database to be updated on an annual basis as new information becomes available; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 713. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will form a consultative panel of representatives from the LGBTQ+ community and initiate proposals to ban so-called conversion therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 937. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the lack of access to an assessment of social care support needs for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when work on dredging Howth harbour will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (28 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some fishing vessels are unable to gain access to Howth Fishery Harbour Centre to land their fish due to heavy siltation at the entrance to the harbour; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that dredge plant is sitting idle in Howth Fishery Harbour Centre; if his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 and Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2021: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I strongly welcome these necessary measures. On the measures to combat excess packaging, I am familiar with some of these high footfall areas where there have been huge problems with litter. Some of them are well serviced with bins and everything else but there is a massive amount of excess in unnecessary packaging. Is the Minister is looking at giving powers to local authorities to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will support this amendment. I agree with previous speakers that a housing mix is very positive and should be encouraged. I do not see an issue with this amendment in regard to that. This is about whether we give public subsidies to private developers in delivering affordable housing and whether it is a good way to proceed if we want affordable housing. This amendment does not preclude...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with Senator Boyhan. This amendment is definitely one of the most important and I fully support it. I agree with the rewording suggested by Deputy Ó Broin. I am genuinely surprised and quite worried that the Government is opposed to the amendment. I would have thought that there would be a consensus that affordable rental should actually be affordable. There is a general...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay, there is consensus on that. That is good. If there is consensus on that, why would the figure of 30% of net income not be the measure of that? That is the part that I do not understand. One could make the argument that for flexibility one might go a bit higher than that or something, but I would have thought that it is a key point to be agreed, there should be consensus on that and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: This is fundamentally about what is the best way to support people who need affordable homes and whether this is the right measure. On that, we have heard from the ESRI, the Central Bank and senior officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform who have expressed concern that this will increase demand and prices rather than supply. We know from the UK what happened after a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: There are reports this week of 435 apartments in Ashtown in Dublin 15 being sold off to a foreign investment company based in Germany several years before these apartments will be completed. According to the Construction Industry Federation, in 2019, 95% of apartments were sold to institutional investors, leaving only 5% for everyone else. Individuals and couples simply cannot compete with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the driver theory test will be available online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18182/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Coast Guard has suspended the use of blue lights, boat operations and rescue climbing; if there are plans to remove these suspensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19510/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to recent developments in relation to the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20326/21]