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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the Minister of State accept that the status quo is not working and that while there have been some successes in this regard, there has been a major failure overall in terms of Traveller accommodation? Does the Minister of State also accept that Traveller accommodation programmes are stalled and are either not progressing or are doing so at a very slow rate over several years? It is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is of value of course but there is a real need for additional supply and that is not happening, and not happening on the scale needed.

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Labour Party for tabling this motion. There are a number of elements to it and I will discuss some of them. We all know the housing targets are insufficient. The Government has asked the ESRI to do a piece of work on projecting housing need. The Government is going to base its targets on that. I have just come from a meeting of the housing committee on the planning Bill. We...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 142: In page 61, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(vi) air quality management,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 157: In page 61, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(g) (i) protection of the linguistic and cultural heritage of Irish language and Gaeltacht communities including the promotion of Irish as the community language, specifically by supporting the implementation of language plans in Limistéir Phleanála Teanga Ghaeltachta and in Bailte...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I apologise, but I must leave for the Chamber shortly. I will read the record to see the Minister of State’s response. From his answer to Deputy Ó Broin’s question, I am not entirely clear that pent-up demand is not included in the terms of reference of the ESRI study. Will the Minister of State provide us with a copy of those terms of reference so that we can see them?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 165: In page 63, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(h) Roinn na Gaeltachta, Údarás na Gaeltachta and Foras na Gaeilge,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 166: In page 63, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(h) prescribed bodies,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 167: In page 63, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(i) language planning,”.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [10349/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a person (details supplied) who is being detained without legal explanation; if the Department is working to return this person to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10520/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update for residents in areas in north Dublin (details supplied) who are experiencing ongoing issues with continuous and night-time aircraft noise; what the impact this noise is having on residents in these areas; what will be done to mitigate these problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10057/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Planning Issues (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10519/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has had any engagement with, or received any reports or briefings from Uisce Éireann, regarding the inclusion of projects (details supplied) in County Dublin in the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10242/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the recent report commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency in which evidence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms was found in Irish swimming waters; how his Department plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10303/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new technical and administrative staff hired in the local authority planning system since February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10317/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review was undertaken in 2020 at the end of phase one of the National Landscape Strategy 2015-2025; if a review was undertaken at the end of phase two of the same strategy; if he plans to prepare an updated strategy and implementation programme in consultation with the stakeholders who contributed to the 2015 document;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all schemes and funding streams related to housing delivery that are currently under review or due to be reviewed in 2024; the expected completion date of these reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10702/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of child sexual abuse allegations received by each of the 17 Tusla local area offices for each of the past five years; the number of these allegations deemed founded and unfounded and the number of allegations that were referred to An Garda Síochána, in tabular form; and if he will...