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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is agreement in this House about wanting delivery of homes. Most of us want the same thing. The proposals that were voted down by councillors, including from the Minister's party, would have resulted in about half the site almost certainly going to an institutional investor and some of those homes effectively being rented back to the State under HAP. We know that there is planning...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide funding and support to Dublin City Council to build social and affordable homes on a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38186/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: In a follow up to the priority question tabled by Deputy Ó Broin, I ask the Minister if the Government will provide funding and supports to Dublin City Council to build social and affordable homes on the lands at Oscar Traynor Road.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his response and his comments. I agree with his previous comments that there needs to be consensus on this issue. A non-adversarial approach is the way to proceed. There needs to be quick delivery. That is a strong view in the local community. Beyond that we need housing delivered on this site and on others. There is full agreement on that. The Minister has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: Proposals to develop this in the best interests of the local community so there is a decent amount of affordable homes that can be purchased and rented, as well as the social housing element, will require, for example, approval from central government and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to draw down significant funding from the European Investment Bank. Is the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body that inspects private homeless hostels to ensure support services for persons who have become homeless are provided and to ensure that standards are met in the delivery of these support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38184/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Quality Standards Framework will be implemented in private hostels that have been contracted to provide accommodation for persons who have become homeless; the way in which this will be implemented given the absence of professional support workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38516/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his assessment of the cost effectiveness of the use of long-term leasing as a method of Part V delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38483/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown in the first half of 2020 of Part V units acquired or leased by local authority area by the number of units that were leased and the number that were purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections of homeless services that have been completed under the national quality standards framework by local authority area; if the inspections included private operators of emergency accommodation; the outcomes of the inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38372/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of contracts for new hostel accommodation for persons who become homeless from 1 January 2019 to date that have been awarded to private providers; the number awarded to not-for-profit NGO providers; the criteria used for selecting operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38514/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections that have been carried out to ensure compliance with the national quality standards framework in emergency accommodation in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of full-time staff dedicated to inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38515/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the permanent site allocated for a school (details supplied) will be fully available to the school by September 2022; the timeframe for the school temporarily using this site to be given its own permanent location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38371/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill: Discussion (24 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming in today; it is appreciated. There are two areas on which I wish to ask questions. First, this is a very significant Bill in terms of what it is doing to facilitate wind turbines and actions being taken around climate. That is very welcome and significant. In addition to having a climate change crisis, we also have a biodiversity crisis, and it is that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (19 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the rights of students to attend a school in their catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37450/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: I raise the issue of affordable housing for purchase and rent. When will legislation on affordable housing be published? We were promised that it would be published by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage this autumn. Figures published by the Department show that the direct building of housing by local authorities can come in at 50% of the cost of acquiring them from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (18 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the obligations schools are under to accept a student in the catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37193/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (18 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rights a student has if they are refused a place at any of the available schools in their catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37194/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: Again, when will the review into technicians' pay and grading be published? It was part of the Croke Park agreement. Will the matter of personnel in post-1994 contracts being aged out because of arbitrary cut-offs be addressed? We do not know what is going to happen with fisheries and Brexit but will the Minister agree that it is vital we have full operational capacity in our Naval Service...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the proposed commission on the Defence Forces will provide recommendations on outstanding and unresolved issues on pay, conditions and union recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37036/20]