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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (14 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline, in relation to the pension auto-enrolment scheme, how maternity leave and people with caring responsibilities where they may be in part-time employment due to these responsibilities will be treated under the scheme; if there is provision to account for these people (the majority of whom are women) who...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is at the end of June.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "which Ireland is now facing": "; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation to allow for the zoning of land for the particular use of providing affordable housing as defined in Parts 2 and 3 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021.". We are in the middle of a housing disaster. We have record levels of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (8 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on a squash club at the back of a school (details supplied); is this in the ownership of her Department; if there are any plans for its use, as it has been vacant for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20797/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she intends to take to address the shortage of 13 teachers due to recruitment difficulties at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (8 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure the report conducted by a person (details supplied) into allegations of malpractice and conflicts of interest at An Bord Pleanála is made public as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (8 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reassess the means test threshold for carer’s allowance, where people who are providing care are at risk of falling below the poverty line and require higher support from Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20799/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: The Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, rent index makes grim reading for renters and is yet another confirmation of what we already know: rents are out of control and there are no upper limits. Someone looking to rent will have to pay €369 per month more than when the Government took office. Last year, rents in existing tenancies rose by 4.5% in Dublin city, 5% in Cork city, 5.4% in...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I asked the Tánaiste two simple questions about the rent regulation law being broken and he did not reply. I ask him to reply to those. The countries in Europe with the largest rental sectors also have strict rent regulation that is enforced and very good security of tenure for renters. In contrast, Ireland has some of the highest rents in Europe, very poor security of tenure for...

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 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 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: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the provision of suitable autism classes at secondary level in an area (details supplied); if there are plans to increase this provision to respond to local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18813/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeframe of delivery for assistive technology applications at both primary and secondary levels where they have been deemed necessary by an educational psychologist; if she is aware that some students are waiting in excess of six months after their applications have been granted to receive their requested assistive technology; the...

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...

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 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]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: The questions I asked were these. What are the problems here that are trying to be solved? What is the supporting evidence or data for the changes proposed? What is the intended impact of the changes proposed? What outcome is envisaged? What analysis has been done on the predicted effects of each change? If analysis has been done and there is data, will it be shared with us? It is...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: ...I cannot for the life of me understand, given the importance of housing and key infrastructure, why the Government simply does not appoint a sufficient number of High Court judges to speedily look at judicial reviews. Overall, as a society, the gain we would get for this would be well worth it rather than bringing forward changes that will potentially lead to long delays and satellite...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State said he is satisfied that this proposal is Aarhus compliant and that the Attorney General has told the Department it is compliant, which is the standard response when I raise anything to do with Aarhus. We are told that the Attorney General has looked at this and that it is Aarhus compliant. Has the Attorney General specifically looked at the Aarhus Convention...