Parliamentary questions

Illegal Dumping

Cian O'Callaghan

246. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will legislate to make illegal littering and dumping an offence under the Road Traffic Acts in order to allow gardaí impose penalty points on individuals who use their vehicles for such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4900/22]

Education Policy

Cian O'Callaghan

467. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide quality learning opportunities to non-religious students in schools with a religious ethos when they opt not to participate in religious education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4431/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cian O'Callaghan

625. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that workers on the front line providing essential services to persons with disabilities and their carers in section 39 organisations under the Health Act 2009 will receive the proposed once-off, tax free €1,000 bonus payment for front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5089/22]

Rail Network

Cian O'Callaghan

168. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the status of funding to complete necessary repairs at Clongriffin DART station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4086/22]

Construction Industry

Cian O'Callaghan

209. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of complaints that have been made to the Construction Industry Register in each year since it was established; the actions or sanctions that have resulted on foot of these complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4213/22]

School Enrolments

Cian O'Callaghan

283. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the number of primary and secondary secular non-denominational school places in the Balgriffin area of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4167/22]

Medicinal Products

Cian O'Callaghan

354. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health his plans to make the medication for hyperemesis more accessible and free to pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4088/22]

Urban Development

Cian O'Callaghan

79. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next call for applications under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3944/22]

National Risk Assessment

Cian O'Callaghan

4. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national risk assessment published by his Department. [63548/21]

Taoiseach's Communications

Cian O'Callaghan

24. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the new German Chancellor. [63549/21]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

65. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase homes that were delivered in 2021; the target for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3555/22]

Electric Vehicles

Cian O'Callaghan

201. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport his plans for increasing the number of electric charging points for electric vehicles in an area of Dublin (details supplied); the location and installation date of each scheduled charging point in the area over the next 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3133/22]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

303. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new staff provided to each local authority to deliver affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3453/22]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

304. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new staff requested by each local authority to deliver affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3454/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Cian O'Callaghan

305. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the underspend of his Department for 2021; the percentage of underspend that will be carried over to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3455/22]

Stardust Fire

Cian O'Callaghan

505. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if jurors for the Stardust Inquest will be entitled to be paid as they are in criminal cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3452/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Cian O'Callaghan

272. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will take steps to ensure that tackling gender-based violence is under the remit of a single Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2762/22]

Departmental Offices

Cian O'Callaghan

5. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [61736/21]

Cabinet Committees

Cian O'Callaghan

15. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination last met and will next meet. [63547/21]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

297. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the number of homes or dwellings that were completed by NAMA debtors in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the local authority areas in which they have been completed; the sale price; the number that have been sold to funds as private rented sector units, that is, non-household entities including homes that were pre-funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63123/21]

Legislative Measures

Cian O'Callaghan

301. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 7 December 2021, if he will examine and reform the timelines within the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 to provide greater protections for consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63267/21]

Tax Reliefs

Cian O'Callaghan

351. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the section 604A relief in each of the years 2014 to 2021; the number that were residential landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2091/22]

Rental Sector

Cian O'Callaghan

489. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is an offence to offer reduced rent in exchange for sex, as reported by a newspaper (details supplied); if not, the steps he will take to stop this from occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63492/21]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

493. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by each local authority on the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its introduction in 2015; the number of properties those payments relate to by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63543/21]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

494. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by each approved housing body on the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its introduction in 2015; the number of properties those payments relate to by approved housing body in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63544/21]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

495. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of technical and administrative staff, respectively in the housing department of each local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63545/21]

Emergency Accommodation

Cian O'Callaghan

501. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish details of the quality standards that are being applied to privately-run emergency accommodation; the way these standards differ to the National Quality Standards Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63574/21]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

531. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the social housing passport reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1584/22]

Vacant Properties

Cian O'Callaghan

532. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff that have been assigned to the new vacancy unit; the amount that has been allocated to the unit; the full role and remit of the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1586/22]

Vacant Properties

Cian O'Callaghan

533. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or in part ownership of or under the control of each Department and agencies under the remit of same; the county in which each unit is located; the length of time each unit has been vacant in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1598/22]

Rental Sector

Cian O'Callaghan

550. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has been spent on rent subsidies including rent supplement, the housing assistance payment, the rental accommodation scheme and long-term leasing each year over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1867/22]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

557. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the State expenditure on housing assistance payment in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1938/22]

Vacant Properties

Cian O'Callaghan

558. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that was provided to each local authority in 2021 to support compulsory purchase orders of houses or buildings suitable for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1952/22]

Consular Services

Cian O'Callaghan

625. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will provide every possible support to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63165/21]

Vaccination Programme

Cian O'Callaghan

637. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the Covid-19 TRIPS waiver and the World Health Organisation COVID-19 Technology Access Pool in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63569/21]

Special Educational Needs

Cian O'Callaghan

836. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been waiting for a place in a special education school for seven years; the steps she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2183/22]

Schools Building Projects

Cian O'Callaghan

850. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the status of the proposed school building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2416/22]

Children in Care

Cian O'Callaghan

1120. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in care that have been placed in homeless accommodation in past 12 months; the safeguards that have been put in place in terms of vetting of staff and other residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1866/22]

Stardust Fire

Cian O'Callaghan

1284. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if a venue has been secured for the Stardust Inquest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1914/22]

Health Service Executive

Cian O'Callaghan

1435. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the properties owned by the HSE that are not currently in use; the length of time that the properties have been in the ownership of the HSE; the length of time they have not been in use in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63255/21]

Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1547. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a two and a half year waiting list for an initial assessment at the National Gender Service; the steps he is taking to address these long waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63567/21]

Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1548. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the assessments that take place at the National Gender Service meet international best practice; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by service users regarding the questions they are asked during the assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63568/21]

Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1749. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a service and a project (details supplied) will remain open; if these services will be provided with the necessary funding and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1587/22]

Home Care Packages

Cian O'Callaghan

1853. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for homecare package applications by CHO, LHO and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2118/22]

Primary Care Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1854. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care speech and language therapy appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2119/22]

Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1855. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an occupational therapy appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2120/22]

Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1856. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a community psychology services appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2121/22]

Mental Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1857. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an adult mental health service appointment by CHO, LHO and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2122/22]

Mental Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1858. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a CAMHS appointment by CHO, LHO and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2123/22]

Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

1859. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for disability assessment of needs appointments by CHO, LHO age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2124/22]