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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]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18614/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider implementing a policy on bilingual packaging in English and Irish by the end of 2024 on all products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18624/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to deal with the problem of bonds lodged by developers with local authorities expiring before the works in public areas in developments are completed in accordance with the planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V social homes delivered by each local authority in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 791. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units classified as turnkey units in each of the years 2017 to 2020 that were delivered as Part V units by year and local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20186/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of turnkey acquisitions by approved housing bodies and local authorities in each of the years 2017 to 2020 that were refurbishments, repairs or conversions of existing buildings and structures by year and local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Programme for Government commitment to incentivise local authorities to bring forward pilot participatory budgeting projects; when details of same will be announced; the funding mechanism to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation for the new role of a directly elected mayor for Limerick city and county will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20127/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will publish the annual planning and development statistics for the years 2013 to 2019 for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20128/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to a question to the European Commission (details supplied), if he consulted with the Commission in relation to making public land available to not for profit housing associations to build social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites being assessed for the vacant sites levy in each local authority area; the number of sites for which planning permission has been granted in each local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 841. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government response to treatment of the LGBT+ community by Uzbekistan and the level of press freedom in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18366/21]