Results 6,021-6,040 of 6,937 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (17 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure an Irish citizen (details supplied) returns home given they are banned from exiting China despite there being no charges against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional special needs class will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7995/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a child who is over the eligibility age for the early childhood care and education scheme but cannot get a place in a local primary school reclaim the missed months over the past year due to the Covid-19 pandemic for the coming year; his plans to address children in these circumstances; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 810. To ask the Minister for Health if community halls and other suitable larger venues will be used for Covid-19 vaccination to ensure better compliance with social distancing and ventilation requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8461/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank our speakers. I have three questions, the first of which is for Dr. Slaymaker. She referenced a study by the London School of Economics, LSE, and a 6% increase in prices. What is the risk of a similar effect here? I will ask Dr. O'Toole about the need for targeting measures or controls around any equity loan scheme for purchase of homes from private developers. How problematic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: My third question was for NESC.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I asked about the evidence base for that of which NESC or any of the other groups was aware.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Dr. O'Connell for those answers.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (11 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the impact of housing affordability when the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund decides to invest in residential property; if analysis on the impact on residential property prices is being carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7574/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (11 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund retains ownership when it invests in residential properties through third-party investment companies that sign long-term leases with State agencies, local authorities or approved housing bodies for properties at the end of the long-term lease; if a value-for-money analysis is being undertaken of these financing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (11 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to councils for social housing; the range by the lowest to the highest amount spent by each council on social housing in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the rule to stop employees claiming redundancy during the emergency period will be extended past 31 March 2021; if persons who have lost their jobs will be able to claim redundancy for the period of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7346/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some self-employed travel agents are being refused support under the Covid restrictions support scheme for not having a walk-in service, even though other travel businesses that do not operate walk-in services are availing of the scheme; if he will extend the scheme to include non-client facing travel agents; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU legislation will be debated and ratified by the Houses of the Oireachtas; if so, when same will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6824/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 was last reviewed; the impacts the provision of the Act are having on the biodiversity of river systems; if the Act will be reformed to meet the challenges of the climate crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the national coastal change management strategy steering group has met since its first meeting was held in late August, early September 2020; the exact dates of each meeting; the list of attendees for each meeting; the bodies or agencies they represent; the items discussed at each meeting; the decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the terms of reference for a review commissioned by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and the HSE into recent deaths in homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the terms of reference of the detailed review of recent deaths in homeless services being under taken on behalf of the DRHE and the HSE include an examination of whether or not support plans were in place for persons who died; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a protocol in order that a review is carried out each time a homeless person dies similar to the adult safeguarding reviews carried out in the UK which include engagement with all the services that supported the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7075/21]