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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare packages by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32550/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1283. To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff working for a State agency (details supplied) have been provided with the same level of Covid-19 protections as permanent staff, including the option to work from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32919/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the representatives of Home for Good for attending. I appreciate all the work that has been done on this issue to date. The Social Democrats have been very supportive of a constitutional right to housing. It is good to see near cross-party consensus on this. According to research carried out by the Oireachtas Library and Research Service, approximately 13 different Bills could not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: We do not know whether the Constitution is actually a barrier or whether it is a matter of political will and the Constitution is used as a cover. If this is brought in, we would have clarity as to how far the Oireachtas wants to go or not when it comes to housing initiatives. It would remove the constitutional argument as a barrier and something that is used to delay progress. It would be...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 10 o’clock I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: "2.(1) An emergency period for the purpose of this section shall be deemed to exist for a period of at least six months after the enactment of this Act.".

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: On that very point, the thing about the Attorney General's advice, which is well written up by good legal scholars, is that the Government is not under obligation to follow his advice. The obligation is to listen to it and consider it but the Government can then make a decision as to what course of action it wants to take. As Deputy Ó Broin has been saying, there is now a growing...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: I strongly agree with Deputy O'Dowd's comments, which were spot on. I ask the Minister to listen to them and to consider this point. The Social Democrats will support the legislation but it does not go anywhere near far enough. The reason it is being introduced is because we are in the middle of a pandemic. The people most effected by and at risk from the pandemic are people who are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: Regarding the legislation that will come up later on the ban on evictions, we know from research from Harvard University that there is a direct link between evictions and the spread of Covid-19. We know if we evict people into homelessness and into congregated settings, there is a higher risk of contracting Covid-19. We also know we are out of line with most EU member states in that it...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (21 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) on the post office network; if his attention has be drawn to the concerns raised over potential closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32048/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (21 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the call by an association (details supplied) to reverse the suspension on the primary medical certificate; if his attention has been drawn to the impact suspending this scheme will have on those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32051/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (21 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the time limits will be extended for jobseeker’s benefit payment for those who need it in view of the increased challenge faced by many to gain employment during this pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31867/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (21 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the jobseeker’s allowance for those who need it in view of the unique challenges in finding employment during this pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to provide community employment supervisors access to pensions in line with the 2008 Labour Court recommendation to provide access to an occupational pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Parental Leave (21 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will bring forward the implementation of the extension of the current two weeks parents leave to five weeks in order that many new mothers that gave birth during this pandemic can avail of the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32049/20]

Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is regrettable that the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, made his contribution and then left straight away. We now have a situation that neither Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael are present in the Chamber but it is Fine Gael that is the architect of co-living and Fianna Fáil that holds the senior Ministry. It is a pity they have left the Green Party here to defend a policy of...

Post-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (20 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with the comment of a number of other Deputies that if a deal is not concluded now, from January there will be a need for one to be concluded. That aspect of this will not go away. There is no question that in the long run we will fail to have a trade agreement in place, with the economic damage that this would cause to the UK, EU and Ireland. There is no question but that it would...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address the long wait times for driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend teacher illness of a family member leave during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31505/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: Regarding the issue of thresholds and the approach taken in this legislation, we have heard that we are looking at a higher threshold than there is in Northern Ireland and Scotland. In respect of standards in other European Union countries, how do the points for registration and licensing compare in respect of thresholds? I would also like the witnesses to comment on the lack of mechanisms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: To clarify, Mr. Ó Coigligh is not aware of any other country which is proposing the threshold level that we are proposing. Are there no examples to base that on? Is it the case that we are only aware of other countries with lower thresholds?