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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does that include in the local authority homeless performance reports published by the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: They are not in the Department's-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will print off a copy of a report and show it to the Minister the next time I see him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is not the case in respect of the local authority homeless performance reports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the steering group that is examining the resourcing of planners, is the Irish Planning Institute, which represents the professional planners in both the public and private sectors, represented on that steering group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is interdepartmental. Will that steering group engage with them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: They will, therefore, be engaging with them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: On a separate theme, we talked earlier about the need for private investment, which I certainly agree with. We need plenty of private and other forms of investment in the housing sector. I think the Ministers will agree on that. I have a strong view on how that private investment is channelled into what types of housing. One issue that is brought up by constituents consistently,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I was asking about apartments.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff hired in local authority planning departments since the publication of the Business Case for Resources for the Planning Function of Local Authorities in 2022 by the Local Government Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Straitéisí Ranna (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the publication of the Treoirlínte Pleanála Gaeltachta; the reasons behind the delay in the publication of the same, given the original commitment to publish them by Autumn 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Trinity College Dublin applied for funding under the Government's short-term activation programme for their 358-bed Dartry redevelopment project; if so, if the application was successful; if he will ensure that the project goes ahead without delay and that 30% of the beds therein are reserved at a more affordable rate; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the production of the National Student Accommodation Strategy which was due for publication in the summer months of the previous year (2023); if he will produce a national plan for tackling issues relating to the supply of affordable student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25831/24]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 214: In page 70, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(g)(i) protection of the linguistic and cultural heritage of Irish language and Gaeltacht communities including the promotion of Irish as the community language, specifically by supporting the implementation of language plans in Limistéir Phleanála Teanga Ghaeltachta and in Bailte...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: In speaking to this group of amendments, I have concerns, in general, that the Bill will be enacted with major errors and that will have an impact on people who need to be able to access housing that is affordable, on communities that are being developed without the facilities and the amenities they need, and on general well-being. I have raised repeatedly on Committee Stage and on Report...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 193: In page 68, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(b) Such prescribed documents shall include at least information on the following: (i) current information on current and projected population and demographics, including on net-migration and inward migration, coastal and flood related retreats, and climate refugees; (ii) the state of...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 194: In page 68, after line 34, to insert the following: “(g) language planning.”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: On this group of amendments, specifically amendments Nos. 175, 176 and 177, the thing about the national planning framework is that massively affects every aspect of our lives in how our entire built environment and our general surroundings are developed and planned. The national planning framework is the key framework. In terms of the planning system, it could not be more important or more...