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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rental Sector (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Minister confident this practice is no longer happening and there are no other instances of it? I would be grateful for an answer on that. An investigation by Killian Woods in the Business Post found evidence of institutional landlords and investment funds advertising and recording artificially high market rents that do not reflect the rents being charged. The practice of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [21822/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Taoiseach has told us that he and the Government are against global investment funds buying up suburban housing estates. There is nothing new in what is happening. In 2009, the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, stated that 95% of new build apartments were being bought up by these funds, leaving only 5% for everyone else. Is the Government going to act not just on suburban housing...

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin and Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. I wish to respond to a couple of comments made by the Minister. He accused the Opposition of plucking from the sky figures of 10,000 direct build affordable homes on top of 10,000 social homes. However, during the general election campaign, the Minister stated he would deliver 10,000 social homes and 10,000 direct build...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Controls (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will close the loopholes relating to rent fixing in the rent pressure zone rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22882/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Real Estate Investment Trusts (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will legislate to ban REITs from buying up housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22881/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Quality Standard Framework is being applied to all homeless services; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22883/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the waiving of intellectual property rights of Covid-19 vaccines in view of the current situation in many countries in the global south that are struggling with combating the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to ensure competition for consumers and to ensure the competitiveness of Irish banks given the proposed sale of a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Radon Gas Levels (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if radon levels in social housing are monitored; the steps that have been taken to ensure that there is no build-up of radon in social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will conduct a review of all housing schemes for persons with long-term illness or disabilities in order to ensure they are made accessible to everyone regardless of means and to bring them in line with current building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23199/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will take steps to remove financial barriers that prevent persons from availing of housing adaptation and repair schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23212/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to officially recognise the Armenian genocide during the First World War; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (5 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to have Irish Sign Language taught in schools as a full stand-alone subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22662/21]

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...