Results 6,741-6,760 of 6,937 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 947. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount his Department spent on social media monitoring in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11847/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department spent on social media monitoring in 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11841/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1090. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department spent on social media monitoring in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11844/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount her Department spent on social media monitoring in 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11838/20]

Covid-19 (Brexit): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: We can take from that answer that the UK's attempt to revise the text through the paper it has published in terms of goods and goods at risk will not be accepted by Ireland or the EU. That is an acceptable summation in that regard. My summation of that is the UK's attempt to backtrack on the Northern Ireland protocol will not be accepted by the Irish Government. They are my words, not the...

Covid-19 (Brexit): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the Minister of State not think it would be in Ireland's interest to have it discussed in detail? Given the stages of the negotiations and the fact that they have not been going well, we need detailed discussion at European level now.

Covid-19 (Brexit): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: It has been said that the Achilles heel of the Northern Ireland protocol is that it is to be implemented by the UK. That is one of its key weaknesses. On this issue, in the paper the UK has published it has sought to revise the text already agreed in respect of the Northern Ireland protocol. It has changed the language used so that instead of referring to goods which are "at risk" of...

Covid-19 (Brexit): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: What I am asking is whether these attempts to change the wording are an attempt by the UK to backtrack. I appreciate that, if we do end up in a no-deal situation, the protocol will remain in place. However, if the UK Government is trying to revise it, are we in a situation where we are quite exposed with the Northern Ireland protocol and the consequences that can have for us with regard to...

Covid-19 (Brexit): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State's statement that a comprehensive agreement is not possible is one of which we should take note. That is serious. It is my view that the strategy of the UK in this process has always been to run down the clock to ensure that a comprehensive agreement cannot be reached. They do not want a comprehensive, quality agreement on a level playing field that would ensure...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: The investment that has gone into the retrofitting of social housing is very welcome. However, with regard to social housing under construction in building sites at present, how many houses being built are being connected to fossil fuel supplies for home heating? What is the percentage of social housing? What will be the future cost of retrofitting homes under construction now that are...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have been talking to builders who are on sites now constructing social housing and it is being connected to gas supply and fossil fuels. I do not see how that makes sense. Ten or 15 years hence, we could be retrofitting social houses that are being built now to install heat pumps. At this stage we should not be building any social housing that is connected to those types of fossil fuel...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the Minister of State's comment that houses were not being built because money simply was not there, the biggest financial constraint on government, local government and approved housing bodies was the EU's fiscal rules. These are really a matter of ideology. People have been denied a home so that we can stay in line with those rules. The human and societal costs do not justify...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing flexibility in the retirement age for prison officers with the capacity and the willingness to continue working; the way in which prison officer retirement rules compare with those in Northern Ireland and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10377/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for the processing of citizenship applications in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of persons that were waiting more than six months for an application to be processed at the end of each of the years 2016 to 2019; the number of persons that were waiting to have their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Arrangements (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 27 May 2020, the provisions which will be contained in the short urgent Bill referenced; the changes to the Personal Insolvency Acts necessitated by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Marriages (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow civil ceremonies to reassume in circumstances in which physical distancing allows; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that teleconferencing is used for civil ceremonies in other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have applied for rent supplement since the criteria was changed due to Covid-19; the number of these applications refused; the main reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10386/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether rent supplement is expected to be effective in reducing Covid-19 related rent arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10387/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to promote the availability of the rent supplement payment to those that previously did not require it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10388/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses approved for construction under the strategic housing development scheme; the number of houses approved that have been constructed; the number under construction; the number yet to begin construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10378/20]