Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

275. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes in relation to the rapid build housing programme that were built; the location and the person or bodies that were the main contractors on these schemes, and in view of the very serious problems that emerged in rapid build schools in a risk assessment that was carried out with regard to this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7208/22]

Passport Services

Cian O'Callaghan

302. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7181/22]

Passport Services

Cian O'Callaghan

303. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7194/22]

Departmental Functions

Cian O'Callaghan

8. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [6525/22]

Passport Services

Cian O'Callaghan

77. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will be provided for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6904/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Cian O'Callaghan

28. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [6524/22]

Tax Credits

Cian O'Callaghan

245. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide tax credits in budget 2023 for owner-occupiers and social landlords of apartments and duplexes with building defects who have been subject to levies for the remediation of the defects in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6145/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cian O'Callaghan

270. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason front-line workers that kept supermarkets open during the height of the pandemic have not been considered for the bonus payment for front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6290/22]

Defective Building Materials

Cian O'Callaghan

307. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the report of the independent working group on defective homes will be published by the end of March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6144/22]

Passport Services

Cian O'Callaghan

351. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5884/22]

Mental Health Services

Cian O'Callaghan

762. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding and supports for mental health services in Dublin city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6569/22]

Passport Services

Cian O'Callaghan

269. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if documents required as part of a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be urgently returned to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5619/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Cian O'Callaghan

363. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to ensure that naturalisation applications are not delayed and that applicants receive confirmation of receipt and status updates throughout the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5618/22]

Departmental Meetings

Cian O'Callaghan

18. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach the groups chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [4706/22]

Cabinet Committees

Cian O'Callaghan

14. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3537/22]

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]