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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----but not ours. I said if I did not know better.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: When the Minister took office, there was a successful, viable model of how to deliver affordable purchase housing. Ó Cualann was building high-quality homes at prices that families on middle incomes could afford. For example, three-bedroom, A2-rated semi-detached homes at Dun Emer, Lusk, were available for €258,000. Instead of expanding this model of housing delivery, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I asked about early-stage finance. Will the Minister of State please answer the question?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (30 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is delusional.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (30 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any mechanism in place to guarantee developers follow through on agreements with local authorities for affordable purchase schemes; if he will ensure that developers follow through on their agreements with local authorities where these schemes are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24491/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach the level of engagement his Department will have with the Dublin city centre task force. [24003/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects planned to increase the number of school places at both primary and secondary level in an area (details supplied) where there is huge demand for increased places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the housing adaptation grant review will be complete; when it will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/24]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Sinn Féin and Deputy Gould for tabling this motion. Before I turn to some of the particulars, at the heart of this is a discussion of what happened to public housing and how it has been allowed to be run down over the years. I will talk about the individual impacts that has on people who rent but part of that running down of public housing and the stock, not investing in,...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister spoke about legal obligations on local authorities in this regard. That is relevant but if the funding model for social housing and maintenance is not fixed, we will continue to have this problem. It is scandalous that local authorities which own public housing do not meet the basic standards and legal requirements that any landlord has to meet. Local authorities enforce those...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask about investment funds buying up housing. Early this year, 85% of new-build homes in Belcamp Manor were bought up by a fund. The Government's 10% stamp duty on bulk purchases is clearly not working and is not stopping this practice. Earlier this year, the Government voted down a proposal from the Social Democrats for a 100% stamp duty, which would effectively eliminate the bulk...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a customer/economic impact assessment for an interest rate scheme (details supplied); if this assessment is required for new schemes entering the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23925/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 21 March 2024, if she will provide a decision to a school on a multi-use games area where they still have not received an answer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23924/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a planned affordable housing scheme (details supplied) is no longer going ahead despite the new homes being advertised; if the local authority is obligated to advertise that the scheme is no longer going ahead for people who were waiting to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23926/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 18 October 2022, if he will provide an update on the Government’s response to TRIS notification numbers 2022/376/IRL and 2022/184/IRL; the details and a timeline of plans to amend the Electoral Reform Act 2022 to address the issues raised by these TRIS notifications; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 14 May 2024, if the breakdown of data for each individual accounted for under the Government’s publication of payments over €20,000 is available on his Department’s website - for example, the breakdown of properties and how much is paid per...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure proper care is provided for people who continue to suffer from long Covid; if the specific case (details supplied) of a person with long Covid will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23959/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [21763/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Government voted down a land price registry.