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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocation to croí cónaithe towns refurbishment grant scheme for 2024; the target for delivery under this scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/24]

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Forty-three years. I join others in welcoming the families to the Gallery and saying the unlawful killing verdict is very welcome, the formal State apology that has been given is very welcome and the inquests' conclusion as to how the fire started and why it spread so rapidly is welcome. It has put to bed once and for all the original tribunal’s conclusion that the fire was probably...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank all the witnesses and organisations before us. We have heard very loud and clear the strong critique they have made of the Bill and the very serious points they have made about people being denied access to essential supports which they will then get if they are able to initiate legal action. That is, of course, a huge barrier for people to surmount. The general scheme, as it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I strongly support the calls for consultation and for more groups to be asked about this legislation. The risk is that it could well not happen. We recently looked for the evidence behind a significant Bill and were told that all the analysis was done by the office of the Attorney General and the information was not going to be released or shared with us. We frequently do not get the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide further details on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17346/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasoning behind the different rates in VAT treatment between psychologists and counsellors/psychotherapists, where psychologists' services are exempt while counsellors' and psychotherapists' services are not; if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17854/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 11 April 2024, if there is an available list of new autism classes opening in September 2024/2025; if so, if she will provide same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17345/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look at a case (details supplied) where a pupil who was promised school transport has not been able to start secondary school because transport has not been delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17432/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 20 March 2024, if the Teaching Council will introduce new measures to allow teachers who have qualified outside Ireland to complete their teaching induction in Ireland; if this can be considered as a measure to address the current teacher crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17855/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how rural and urban swelling will be defined in the new updated rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17330/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in privately residential care for unaccompanied minors; the number that have not been visited by a social worker since their initial assessment; the number that have been visited by a social worker only once since their initial assessment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action his Department is taking to safeguard children in privately residential care for unaccompanied minors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17328/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he will take on foot of reports of children being discharged at Tusla headquarters from privately residential care for unaccompanied minors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17329/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: After-School Support Services (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of after-school services available for children where both parents are working full-time; if he is aware of the recent closure of an after-school service (details supplied) where parents are now left without an alternative; how he intends to address this lack of services; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 716. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1726 of 9 April 2024, if she will confirm a number of details about a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18048/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the implementation of Circular 0002/2024, given the serious concerns around the reduction in SET hours for students and the removal of children with complex needs as a criterion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17096/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will look into practical issues applicants are experiencing with the vacant property refurbishment grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17094/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider classifying Covid-19 as an occupational illness, as has been recommended in many EU member states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17095/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: In follow up to that, it relates to all of our amendments here and certainly to amendment No. 954, that overall question of the changes proposed here, what are the problems that is trying to be solved? What is the evidence for it? What data is there? Can that data and evidence be shared with the committee? What is the intended impact of the changes? What analysis has been done on the...