Questions asked 13 total

• Housing 7 questions

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the window restrictors on sale here are safe; if they comply with national and EU regulations; the person or body responsible for checking such products; when the regulations and the enforcement of these regulations were last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13399/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the percentage of overall new builds in 2019 and 2020 that have a heat pump; if he has considered updating the building regulations to make fossil fuel free energy systems a requirement for each new building to avoid future retrofit costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13391/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the percentage of social housing unit builds in 2019 and 2020 that have a heat pump; if he has considered updating the building regulations for social housing units to make fossil fuel free energy systems a requirement for new social housing units to avoid future retrofit costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13392/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons sleeping rough in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13394/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the numerical definition of an affordable house used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13395/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of 733 Part V units delivered under the social housing current expenditure programme for 2019 that were lease to buy units in which the title transfers at the end of the lease period; the number that were straight leases in which the title remains with the developer and landlord at the end of the lease period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13400/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 589 local authority Part V units in 2019 that were provided on and off-site, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13401/20]
• Finance 4 questions

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the amount allocated in Budget 2019 for the living cities initiative; the amount spent; his views on the effectiveness of the initiative; if he has considered introducing a grant element to the scheme for those on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13393/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the current mean and median household income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13396/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of households that have higher incomes and assets compared to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13397/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the rates of relative and absolute poverty; the rates of relative and absolute poverty in 2005, 2010 and 2015, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13398/20]
• Health 1 question

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health when partners and spouses will be able to resume visiting maternity hospitals before and after the delivery of their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13389/20]
• Employment 1 question

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which data is protected in cases in which a recipient is switched from one payment to another, for example, from jobseeker's benefit to jobseeker's allowance and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13390/20]