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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Renters are not breaking rent regulation law.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Government keeps voting down our proposals.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I raise with the Taoiseach the need to regulate management companies effectively. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to conduct a review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act, and almost four years later this has not been acted on. There have been serious questions about the financial management of a minority of management companies over recent years, with allegations in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [16710/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the stamp duty on the bulk purchase of homes. There have been multiple instances of funds buying up housing estates. Earlier this year, 85% of homes in Belcamp Manor were bought up by an investment fund. At the time, the Government committed to reviewing the ineffective stamp duty on bulk purchases, which is at just 10%. That review has now been concluded...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He was able to be brought on the visit by a local tour guide. However, if one happened to be a member of the local community who wanted to do similar with that tour guide, one would not be able to. A schoolchild from one of the local schools who was previously brought there on an organised visit by that group cannot do so any more. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: When will it be commenced?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister of State's recent visit to Howth and Aideen's Grave in particular. He had the privilege of seeing at first hand the beauty of the area and its biodiversity and heritage importance. Aideen's Grave is a culturally significant neolithic dolmen located in Howth. It dates to around 2,500 BC. It comprises two portal stones of approximately 2.5 m in height, a collapsed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Economic and Social Research Institute (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the terms of reference of the ESRI study that he committed to share with Members of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage during the Committee stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023, will be shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19603/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with the comments of the Chair. I would like to have clarity on two issues. The Minister said this is for the remainder of the year but is it the case that the fees are waived for all of 2024? Second, if a local authority has been charging these fees up to now, was it correct to do so, in particular if it has been charging them for the first three or four months of the year? Will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am asking for the current position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: If businesses had their chairs and tables out for the first four months, they would have been paying the fees for the first third of the year. Is that the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Many businesses have chairs and tables outside all year round, so why was the waiver not in place from 1 January 2024? Was there an allocation for it in the Estimates for 2024?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of Irish protesters in Berlin being reprimanded for speaking Irish by German police; if he will contact the German Ambassador regarding this failure uphold EU citizens language rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19449/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in light of the High Court judgement on the CIÉ pension scheme, he will outline the action being taken to ensure the scheme’s pension increase is being provided as soon as possible; if CIÉ board-nominated members are being appointed to the 1951 Pension Scheme Committee; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a citizenship or length of residency criteria on applying for tax relief on tuition fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18817/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that people and families, and notably older people, are struggling due to the increased costs of home heating oil; if he will introduce measures to assist people with these rising costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provision of Gaelscoileanna in the North Central area and to indicate whether there is any intention to provide additional intake/streams at a school (details supplied) or elsewhere in the area to meet local demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18810/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline for the provision of a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on funding for a new school building (details supplied) where parents are currently considering removing their children from the school due to cold, inappropriate temporary classrooms; if her Department will provide an update to the school directly on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18812/24]