Questions asked 23 total

• Housing 9 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capitalisation provided to the Land Development Agency (LDA) to date; the LDA’s total borrowing capacity; his plans regarding these arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30885/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the publication schedule for the Mulcahy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30886/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of croí cónaithe cities applications made to date; the number of approvals; the number of drawdowns; the number of homes delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30888/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a full update on each of the fifteen recommendations contained in the Interdepartmental Group on National Coastal Change Management Strategy; in particular, to outline in the case of each recommendation, whether a decision has yet been made to implement each one, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33178/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of croí cónaithe town grants drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33341/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of An Bord Pleanála decisions that have been waiting more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33342/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential voids within social housing stock for each of the local authorities throughout the country at present, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33343/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes that were delivered through the mortgage-to-rent, buy-and-renew and repair-and-lease schemes to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33344/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes sold through the tenant purchase scheme since 2020, broken down by quarter and by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33481/24]
• Children 4 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of adults and children who have received their leave to remain but continue to reside in direct provision, and the number of the persons in this situation for one year or less, between one and two years, and more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30884/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31198/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide clarity on the operational arrangements giving effect to the changes for Ukrainian refugees, following the Government decision that all beneficiaries of temporary protection in State-provided accommodation should receive the same level of payment, in particular certain aspects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32099/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a relocation order for a family (details supplied) will be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32286/24]
• Public Expenditure 3 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the progress his Department, the OPW, and other State agencies have made in providing emergency temporary protection for properties and public roads that his department officials recognise are at significant risk from severe coastal erosion at Portrane beach, north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33174/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a full update on the delivery of the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme for the Fingal County Council administrative area, further to the most recent flooding events in the area; the current timelines for the delivery of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33175/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a full update on the delivery of the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme for the Dublin City Council administrative area, further to the most recent flooding events in the area; the current timelines for the delivery of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33176/24]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the reason clinical nurse, midwife specialists are no longer aligned with CNM2, after 24 years of alignment, following the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery recommendation that the CNM2 salary scale should be extended by the addition of a further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31068/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the salary scale for clinical nurse/midwife specialists will be extended by another scale point and a long-service increment introduced, similar to CNM2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31069/24]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will he provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of craft apprentices currently waiting for off-the-job training, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30887/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices waiting for off-the-job training, broken down by apprenticeship type, and the number of months waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33345/24]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on the violation of human rights against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang; the steps he and his EU colleagues have taken regarding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31312/24]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the measures in place to support victims of a crime after conviction, in particular allowing victims to prepare accordingly by informing victims of changes to the perpetrator’s sentence, including temporary releases and prison transfers; if the Minister will examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33346/24]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding streams are available for the construction of a new public horse stables in the Coolock and Darndale area, similar to those already in place in a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31287/24]