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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 192: In page 40, to delete lines 17 to 20. This amendment seeks to give the LDA compulsory purchase order, CPO, powers so that it will be able to acquire land needed for housing. The main role of the LDA should be strategic land assembly, as is done very well in other countries, and to ensure there is a sufficient pipeline for housing, including social, affordable...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 198: In page 45, to delete lines 21 to 32. The Minister has requested that amendments are withdrawn based on what he is going to introduce on Report Stage and that we would reserve the right to reintroduce them. Will the Minister commit that the Report Stage debate will not be guillotined by the Government? That is very important. If the Government seeks to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 201: In page 46, lines 6 and 7, to delete “to a combination of both” and substitute “social housing, or to a combination of these”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 202: In page 46, line 7, to delete “50 per cent” and substitute “100 per cent”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 207: In page 46, line 11, to delete “50 per cent” and substitute “100 per cent”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 212: In page 46, line 16, after “sale” to insert “or social housing”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 216: In page 47, line 26, after “dwellings” to insert “, social housing”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 217: In page 47, line 38, after “price” where it secondly occurs to insert “and social housing”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 220: In page 48, line 6, after “rent” where it secondly occurs to insert “and will be based on an affordable price or rent related to income of purchasers or tenants”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 224: In page 48, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(g) the tenants and purchasers income and ability to pay; (h) the gap between incomes and the costs of housing, based on the principle that affordable housing costs shall not exceed one-third of net income.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 240: In page 7, line 6, after “market” to insert “and to foster sustainable development and create sustainable communities”. The Minister said he would introduce an amendment on Report Stage along the lines of this and therefore I will withdraw it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is about sustainable development.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 258: In page 7, line 17, to delete “a proportion of”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I reiterate that the role of State lands is critical. It is critical we get affordable, cost-rental and social homes on to State lands. There is no question about that. When any of us talk about housing supply to the people involved, be it small builders, the not-for-profit sector and, indeed, local authorities, all of them say one of their big constraints is around getting access to land....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [30926/21]

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats strongly welcome and support this Bill. In life and in politics, we must look at what people do rather than what they say. That is true in respect of housing policy, in particular. It is not just the veteran trade unionist and housing activist, Mick O'Reilly, who has noticed that the Labour Party has consistently raised the implementation of the Kenny report while in...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate the Government is looking at this matter and the Minister is working on it. The fact it has taken this long to get to the point where we might have a 100% redress scheme is not in any way acceptable. The Government supported the 90% scheme as an acceptable measure until this point and it demonstrates complete disregard for people and the stress and anxiety they are under. We...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 140. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on engagements he has had with the CSO with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. [29708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 353. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons on the employment wage subsidy scheme are still not being allowed to draw down their mortgages; the steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31123/21]