Results 6,881-6,900 of 6,949 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Tusla does not have a record of the number of child sex abuse cases that were referred to An Garda Síochána for 2016 to 2019; the reason Tusla does not have a record of the outcome of the cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1175. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the way in which conflicts of interest are managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7287/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cut-off age of 66 for Covid-19 pandemic payments will be reconsidered (details supplied). [5778/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Student Support Schemes (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the number of Irish students completing masters and other post third-level education abroad who have returned home due to Covid-19 and find themselves without access to Covid-19 pandemic payments due to having been abroad prior to the 13 March 2020 cut-off or access to unemployment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average percentage of applications for domiciliary care allowance which are refused; the percentage of refusals appealed; the percentage subsequently granted based on the appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the home carer's scheme will be extended to those born before 1 September 1946; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultants by her Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the way in which conflicts of interest are managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7280/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the proposals from organisations (details supplied) regarding the way in which to deal with the serious structural defects of many Celtic Tiger era apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6972/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to provide funding for local authorities for lost income from commercial rates, parking charges and other sources of income due to the current Covid-19 crisis; the length of time the measures will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6991/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce tougher sanctions for landlords who breach the legislation governing the private rented residential sector on multiple occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6721/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the co-living policy has been reviewed in view of the new Covid-19 public health guidelines on social distancing and self-isolation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to regulate online platforms that provide short-term lets; the goal of the proposed regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to assist the reclassification of approved housing bodies as off-balance sheet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6992/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a national affordable rental scheme to facilitate the roll-out of cost rental housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6993/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to ensure transparency in the actions of the Land Development Agency;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6995/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an analysis of the differences in housing construction costs between homes delivered under a fixed price development agreement and homes delivered under public works contracts is being undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6996/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the constraints to fixed price development agreements being used for the construction of homes on publicly owned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6989/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the way in which conflicts of interest are managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (20 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1436. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on external consultants by her Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the way in which conflicts of interest are managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7277/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (13 May 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding levies on ESB pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the duration that this levy is applied to recipients and a surviving spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5212/20]