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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I was going to ask that. There was reference to 423 special areas of conservation and 606 sites. The statutory instruments are in place for 96% and site-specific conservation objectives are in place for 100%. There are four pilots. Obviously there are a lot of actions and measures in place in a number of these sites.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the NPWS have full data on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The State has it but the National Parks and Wildlife Service does not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: You have it for the four sites, but for everywhere else, you do not. How long is it going to take to get that picture together? It will give us an idea of how much further we have to go. That is not to say more cannot be done where measures are in place and being acted on. At least we will know our situation then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: At that point, we should know the situation on the ground regarding actual conservation measures at the sites.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine a case (details supplied) where a written birth certificate has not been accepted for a passport application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26797/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when research independently produced by an organisation (details supplied) on the warmth and well-being pilot will be published; the reason it has not been published to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26727/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dwellings purchased to date in 2024 where the 10% stamp duty was paid, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26838/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 358. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the report produced by an organisation (details supplied) on the warmth and well-being pilot scheme; if he will confirm the link between poor housing and poor health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 359. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to commission a comprehensive national study on the impact of housing conditions on health in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26729/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 413. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in funding and capacity for public PrEP services, such as those at the GUIDE clinic at St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26899/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to allow GPs to provide PrEP to their existing patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26900/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 415. To ask the Minister for Health if the existing network of sexual health clinics and HIV-AIDS volunteer groups, such as (details supplied), will be used to increase availability of PrEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26901/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (25 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 416. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to allow online pharmacies to prescribe and deliver PrEP to customers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26902/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to ask the Tánaiste about yesterday's CSO report showing house prices are continuing to rise. The cost of buying a home is now 10% higher than at the peak during the Celtic tiger years. In Dublin now, first-time buyers face median prices of nearly €450,000. Is it any wonder homeownership rates are at their lowest level in more than 50 years? People on average incomes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the defective block remediation scheme; the number of applicants in each of the qualifying counties; the number progressed to stage one; the number progressed to stage two; the funding approved at stage two; the funding drawn down to date; the number of applicants in each county who have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to deliver 1,500 social homes using modular building technology, including a list of projects proposed to date, by local authority, with information on number of units involved and stage of delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26671/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into use for each year from 2020 to 2023, under the following schemes with a breakdown, by local authority, buy and renew, repair and lease, ready to build, refurbishment grant, CPO activation, UDF €150 million fund and over-shop/pub planning exemptions, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is on target to complete action 2.10 of Housing for All to examine a system of holding rental deposits by the end of Q2 2023; the anticipated process following its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26673/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (20 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26674/24]