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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]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources provided to local authorities in Dublin city and county in the past 12 months to assist them with the processing of an increased number of planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10379/20]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that lived in shelters or emergency accommodation in each of the years 2008 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10381/20]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that are homeless; the number of such persons being housed in temporary accommodation or shelters which have been provided by private sector providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10382/20]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the CEO of the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority will be appointed as per SI No. 188 of 2020; the process for the appointment; the expected impact of the appointment on the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10383/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken since November 2019 to ensure the State is compliant with the judgment of the European Court of Justice in a case (details supplied); if the daily fines relating to this judgement have stopped; if so, the date on which they ceased; if not, the estimated date they will cease; the cost of the fines...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to protect tenants in house share arrangements whose housemates have left due to Covid-19 leaving them liable for the remainder of the rent; his views on whether new measures are required to deal with this situation; if so, the measures he plans to bring forward; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps which will be taken to deal with Covid-19 related rent arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10391/20]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average construction and all-in cost of building 1, 2, 3 and 4-bedroom public houses by region including Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford cities and surrounding commuter and non-urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10392/20]