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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...no specific measures or actions on that. In fact, we have a situation where four local authorities in the last year actually sold more social homes than they built, in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Longford, Roscommon and Sligo. In the middle of a homelessness and housing crisis, four local authorities sold more social homes than they actually built. That is what is happening under this...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...some local authorities are actually selling off more social homes than they are building. Last year, four local authorities - Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Longford County Council, Roscommon County Council and Sligo County Council - sold off more social homes than they built. They are reducing their social housing stock in the middle of a homelessness crisis. The Minister...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...are not monuments as defined or considered under this Bill? How is this relevant? For example, if Ireland was going to approach UNESCO with an application for the passage tomb landscape of County Sligo, how could we do that when archaeological landscapes do not enjoy protection in this Bill?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...How will they be identified and delineated in terms of maps? Let us take UNESCO sites, for example. The wish list for future UNESCO sites in Ireland includes the passage tomb landscape in County Sligo and the royal complex at Rathcroghan in County Roscommon. Rathcroghan was the seat of the ancient kings and queens of Connacht and the complex of monuments extends over an area of about...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...terrain, troop movements, encampments and engagements can clearly be described as a “landscape”. Where are these landscapes identified and delineated in the Bill? To compound this irony, the Government’s wish list for future UNESCO sites in the Republic of Ireland includes the passage tomb landscape of County Sligo and the royal complex at Rathcroghan in County...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Brannigan for those replies. Sligo County Council has made particular progress on this in recent years. Has Longford County Council engaged with Sligo County Council to see if there are any lessons to be learned from what it has done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am singling out Sligo County Council only because it has made particular progress on this. It has managed to significantly reduce quite high levels of vacancy over four or five years. As for obstacles or challenges in respect of getting vacancy rates down, is there anything else Longford County Council has identified that could be worked on or could make a difference in this regard?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Services (8 Dec 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 670. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Sligo scheme operating in the north west and the associated reduction in wait times for patients for cataract treatment; the progress on extending the scheme to other parts of the country as part of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41779/20]