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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is very important. I thank the witnesses.

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats support this Bill and we are very happy to co-sign it. This legislation is very important in ensuring that students are not penalised for complying with public health measures, which is what happened last year. Students who could not avail of accommodation they had paid for several months in advance were charged in full for it. In effect, they were penalised for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the airline industry with a financial aid package to ensure the survival of the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if personal financial supports will be extended for airline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be extended past 31 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital funding his Department has provided to Co-operative Housing Ireland, CHI, since quarter 4 of 2014 to date by quarter in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10725/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government response to the recent events and discrimination regarding the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10724/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual spend on national defence and on the Defence Forces excluding pensions as a percentage of GDP since 1999, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the married and single quarters within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10727/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Review (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for reviewing the Defence Forces in isolation via a stand-alone commission; the reason a review of national defence and security as a whole is not being undertaken; the selection criteria for the membership of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment number for Defence Forces personnel, permanent, reserve and civilian support staff; the way these figures compare to the number of personnel in 1999, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that primary teaching students of a college (details supplied) are not entitled to apply for the Gaeltacht grant, the 1916 bursary fund, SUSI grants, the student assistance fund, the €250 fees refund scheme and other postgraduate supports; the steps being taken to address same; and if she will...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank my colleague, Deputy Whitmore, for her work on this motion. I thank all the contributors today. First, I want to address some of the comments made by the Minister. He talked of full compliance with the requirements of the DPC. If there is to be full compliance, it is important that the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation be extended so the DPC can carry out an...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Garda Reform (24 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the roll-out of A Policing Service for the Future programme. [10305/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each of the civilian aircraft on contract to the United States military that overnighted at Shannon Airport between 1 February 2020 and 31 January 2021; the number of US military personnel who were accommodated in hotels in counties Clare and Limerick as a result of these overnight refuelling stops; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will act on the commitment in the programme for Government to reform the fair deal scheme to incentivise renting out vacant properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the crew and passengers of an aircraft (details supplied) were informed of the Covid-19 regulations in place in Ireland when flying through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9844/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the crew and passengers of an aircraft (details supplied) were also in the United Arab Emirates in the 72-hour period before the aircraft left Bahrain for its flight to Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9846/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each of the United States military aircraft that overnighted at Shannon Airport between 1 February 2020 and 31 January 2021; the number of US military personnel who were accommodated in hotels in counties Clare and Limerick as a result of these overnight refuelling stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (24 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 380. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Army Ranger Wing deployed with the German armed forces in Mali engaged in military conflict in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9847/21]