Results 161-180 of 6,890 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider the proposal put forward by the board of management a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7131/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on when the affordable housing units in the Oscar Traynor Woods development will be ready to be moved into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8082/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the position of League of Ireland stadiums under new alcohol licence laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 808. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider extending the parameters of parental leave to include children between the ages of 12 and 18 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8033/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 807. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action she is taking to reduce the costs of childcare and of after-school care for parents who are being faced with huge increases in monthly costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8032/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (25 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Education if he will engage with SUSI on its ‘applicant classes’ whereby students are required to be out of education for three years before they can be classified as independent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8034/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Growing numbers of children and their families across Ireland are being left waiting for assessments of need well in excess of the legal timeframes permitted. According to the Disability Act 2005, an assessment of need must be completed within six months of the date the application is received. I have received new figures from the HSE which show that, at the end of 2024, there were 14,221...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: A total of 90% of assessment of needs are being done outside of the legal timeframe. This is the law. It is not an optional extra for the Taoiseach or the Government. I am not clear from the Taoiseach's answer if the Government is going to meet the legal requirements of the Disability Act. Is it going to take action so that 90% turns to 0% so the Taoiseach and his Government are compliant...

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is a new low that the explanation for the absence of the Minister for Housing is that he is aware the debate is going on.

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is this what democracy in the Dáil is reduced to? The senior Minister responsible does not turn up but we are meant to be okay with him being aware the debate is taking place. Is that the situation with this Government? It has happened two weeks in a row for debates on housing motions that the senior Minister-----

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: We do participate in every debate in the Dáil. The Minister should be here.

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The senior Minister should be here.

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State interrupted me. If the Cathaoirleach is going to intervene, it should not be biased against the Opposition.

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will proceed. The Minister of State said in his response that the Government would not support the motion because the State alone cannot achieve what is needed in housing. We have never said that the State alone needs to achieve what needs to be done in housing.

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: What we have said is that the private sector on its own is not delivering, that there is a large affordability gap and that there is a greater role for the State and the not-for-profit sectors. If it does not see that and thinks its housing policy is working, that shows how deluded the Government is. It is disingenuous to say that 100% stamp duty on bulk purchase of homes would prevent...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Regeneration Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the context of the Dublin city centre task force, I wish to ask the Taoiseach about motorbike theft. A total of 787 motorbikes were stolen in Dublin in 2023 - a 100% increase on the previous year. This means that for every 100 motorbikes bought, 44 were stolen. It is completely out of control. Will the Government follow the example of London, which launched Operation Venice and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: We have put forward a number of alternatives to tax incentives for private developers to finance the construction of housing and, significantly, the construction of housing that is affordable for people. Am I to take it from the Taoiseach's answer that tax incentives for developers are on the table? Does the Taoiseach accept the view that the section 23 tax incentives that Fianna Fáil...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: If the Taoiseach cannot even win over his colleagues in Fine Gael, he is in big trouble. This is the party that transcribed developer lobby documents and turned them into government policy. Fine Gael was also the first to roll out the red carpet for investment funds and it has consistently failed to close tax loopholes exploited by international investors. However, even Fine Gael Ministers...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Since last June, we in the Opposition have been seeking a serious debate on the Housing Commission's proposals and the Government has yet to facilitate that. I hope it does so soon. It is hard to know where to start with the Taoiseach's rapidly unravelling housing plan. The Taoiseach cannot even convince his Fine Gael colleagues that his new approach is a good one. Yesterday, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what third level fee supports exist for non-EU nationals who have attended secondary school in Ireland where their parents are awaiting a decision on their citizenship application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5484/25]