Questions asked 24 total

• Housing 12 questions

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has raised with Irish Water the frequency with which some businesses experience water outages as in the case of a business (details supplied); his views on such outages; if the rates businesses pay go towards maintaining infrastructure for the water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41217/20]
  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons using homeless services that have died to date in 2020 and in the same period over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41940/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the financing model used by a cooperative (details supplied) to ensure its public purchases represent the best value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42769/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a copy of the issued unit cost ceilings for the direct procurement of social housing units by local authorities by unit type, construction and all in costs for each local authority will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42770/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Part V arrangements that have been made for a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42771/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the repayment method for any equity stake in a property purchased under the proposed shared equity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42772/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with the HSE to create a conservation plan and historic landscape assessment for the Cork Street, Fever Hospital, Dublin 8 known as Brú Chaoimhín; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42773/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average length of time that new social housing units are vacant prior to being occupied for the first time by local authority area and approved housing body over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42774/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by his Department on the housing element of Housing First initiatives in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42777/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review of HAP rates promised under the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42779/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the system in place to ensure that HAP tenants, including those already in receipt of the full discretionary allowance, who receive notice of a rent increase will have that increase covered as part of their HAP payment and will not be forced to carry this additional cost on top of their differential rent payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42780/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has issued instructions to local authorities directing that local connection rules are not applied to homeless persons seeking emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42782/20]
• Education 3 questions

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if a commitment will be given that persons marking the leaving certificate papers will not have sight or knowledge of the estimated grades for the pupils in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41214/20]
  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the reason the leaving certificate results will not be available until February 2021; the reason ordinary correction staff are not being used such as the same teachers or persons who correct the exams each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41215/20]
  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education her views on the CAPPS process and the limit to only apply to one school in the deanery; the recourse available to students who fail to receive a school placement through the deanery process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41778/20]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to complete pay restoration for the section 39 workers of the remaining 250 organisations that have yet to have pay restored in line with the agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41567/20]
  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked 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]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the counties in which PrEP is currently available; the steps he will take to ensure universal access for those for whom it is recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42776/20]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if language delays preclude children from accessing the full two years of ECCE; if there is a procedure for children who are unable to commence ECCE due to developmental delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41777/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 1 December 2020, if he will provide a list of the 35 actions under the National LGBTI+ Strategy 2020-2021 which have yet to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42775/20]
• Finance 2 questions

  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 1 December 2020, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the OECD Model Treaty upon which section 127B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is based, was amended in 2017 to say that airline crew should be taxed where they are resident only, therefore this legislation is no longer in accordance with international tax principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42767/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the average rental income tax paid by landlord per property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42781/20]
• Tourism 1 question

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for the decision to keep dance classes closed while similar indoor activities are allowed to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41533/20]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he has provided funding for the purchase of buses which rely on petrol and diesel fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42768/20]