Parliamentary questions

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

204. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of new affordable homes that will be built directly by housing authorities; the percentage that will be bought from the open market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38769/21]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

208. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of complaints that have been investigated by the Residential Tenancies Board over the past 12 months; the number of these complaints that were upheld; the nature of these complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38793/21]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

209. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of complaints regarding misuse of the evictions to facilitate renovations provisions of the residential tenancies Acts that have been investigated by the Residential Tenancies Board over the past year; the number of these complaints that were upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38794/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cian O'Callaghan

286. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when English languages schools are permitted to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38824/21]

State Bodies

Cian O'Callaghan

453. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the recruitment process for leading positions in Safefood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33137/21]

Tax Yield

Cian O'Callaghan

78. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the amount being raised from stamp duty on rents greater than €30,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38605/21]

Commercial Rates

Cian O'Callaghan

145. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of the current waiver of commercial rates; the estimated cost of extending the commercial rates waiver until the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38606/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cian O'Callaghan

281. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that exchange students who will be studying in the coming academic year in the USA cannot sit visa interviews due to Covid-19 restrictions; the steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31114/21]

Medicinal Products

Cian O'Callaghan

402. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health when the drug zolgensma will become available through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31390/21]

Foreign Policy

Cian O'Callaghan

380. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent attack on the offices of the organisers of Tbilisi Pride; if the safety and security of LGBTQ+ persons in Georgia has been discussed by the EU Council of Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37574/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Cian O'Callaghan

470. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that child benefit for children over the age of 16 will not be available to some persons from July until September 2021 and that there was no prior warning given about this to parents and guardians; the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37976/21]

Research and Development

Cian O'Callaghan

522. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the new €40 million North-South research programme will fund new PhD research projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37575/21]

Residential Property Prices Register

Cian O'Callaghan

588. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that on the residential property price register website there are a number of properties registered in the wrong areas and thus not reflecting the true property prices in each locality; the steps that the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has taken to ensure greater accuracy in the data on the register and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37897/21]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

199. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable and social homes built by the State in each year from 1930 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36944/21]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

200. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of State-owned sites that are suitable for social and affordable housing; the estimated number of homes that could be built if all of these sites were used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36945/21]

Defence Forces

Cian O'Callaghan

224. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the costs associated with Defence Forces personnel who served in Afghanistan since 2001 and to date in 2021 either with the NATO forces or with the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36980/21]

Citizenship Applications

Cian O'Callaghan

307. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for citizenship and a travel document of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36956/21]

Citizenship Applications

Cian O'Callaghan

308. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if a person (details supplied) as part of a citizenship application had to submit a passport a month ago; if the passport will be returned to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36995/21]

Vaccination Programme

Cian O'Callaghan

143. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays faced by cohort 7 in getting the Covid-19 vaccines; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30452/21]

Health Services Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

144. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons on national panels for psychologist staff grade posts have not been made aware of the new recruitment campaign and change in the panel process; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30453/21]

Hospital Charges

Cian O'Callaghan

152. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the policies in place to protect patients from adverse effects including stress in cases in which their debts for hospital charges are passed on to debt collectors; if he will consider removing these charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30461/21]

Parking Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

153. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the 2018 Hospital Car Parking Review will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30462/21]

State Pensions

Cian O'Callaghan

127. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that spouses of retired ESB workers are not entitled to pensions under the Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act 1942; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36395/21]

Public Transport

Cian O'Callaghan

138. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to increase public transport options for those who work after midnight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35891/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Cian O'Callaghan

364. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to receive the pandemic unemployment payment retrospectively in cases in which a person did not claim the payment at the time despite being entitled to it; if so, the process for making a claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36402/21]

Vaccination Programme

Cian O'Callaghan

548. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the 16-week delay for those aged between 60 and 69 in getting their second dose of a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29934/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cian O'Callaghan

206. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the employment wage subsidy scheme for aviation workers until the return of widespread air travel and incomes of workers in the sector recover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35589/21]

Public Services Card

Cian O'Callaghan

288. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive a PPS number for their newborn daughter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35508/21]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

106. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the support that his Department has given to local authorities to replenish their landbanks to provide a pipeline of suitable land for the provision of social housing; the local authorities that have received funding; the amount of funding that has been allocated to each local authority; the amount of land that will be acquired as a result of this funding; the projected housing supply that will accrue from this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35227/21]

General Practitioner Services

Cian O'Callaghan

310. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps is he taking to ensure that persons who have not yet received general practitioner visit cards due to Covid-19 delays are reimbursed for the fees they are charged while their applications are being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28254/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cian O'Callaghan

325. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the public health grounds on which drive-in cinemas are not being allowed to operate; if this will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cian O'Callaghan

142. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) was in receipt of the Covid restrictions support scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34575/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cian O'Callaghan

518. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to improve the track and trace operation in relation to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27222/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Cian O'Callaghan

520. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if rapid antigen testing will become more widely available in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27229/21]

House Prices

Cian O'Callaghan

2. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the latest CSO residential property price index report that shows that house prices have risen by 4.5% over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34134/21]

Homeless Accommodation

Cian O'Callaghan

14. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless services that are operating to the national quality standards framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/21]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

43. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the resources which have been provided for the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33811/21]

Rental Sector

Cian O'Callaghan

75. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he will take to stop the 8% rent increases within rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33462/21]

Vacant Sites

Cian O'Callaghan

81. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to ensure that local authorities collect the full vacant site levy that is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33463/21]

Health Services Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

379. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation of the advertisement for unpaid assistant psychologist roles within HSE services in Dublin north city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26163/21]

Health Services Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

380. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists that are currently working on a voluntary capacity within HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26164/21]

Health Services Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

381. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the position of the HSE on the recruitment of assistant psychologist in an unpaid capacity by HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26165/21]

Health Services Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

382. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the results of the review into the advertisement for unpaid assistant psychologist roles within HSE services in Dublin north city and county will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26166/21]

Health Services Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

383. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the previously advertised unpaid assistant psychologist roles within HSE services in Dublin north city and county will be readvertised as paid positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26167/21]

Health Services Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

384. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will make an announcement on whether the current national pilot assistant psychologist programme is to be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26168/21]

Home Care Packages

Cian O'Callaghan

445. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if 24-hour homecare will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26414/21]

Banking Sector

Cian O'Callaghan

97. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with lenders to ensure flexibility in order that mortgage approvals can be extended until 2022 for first-time buyers due to delays in delivery caused by the restrictions on the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33828/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Cian O'Callaghan

165. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person can retain the rent supplement and disability allowance while also availing of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33849/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Cian O'Callaghan

166. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person can avail of the back to education allowance for a master’s degree if they already have a master’s degree in another field; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33850/21]

Proposed Legislation

Cian O'Callaghan

191. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the status of the criminal justice (hate crime) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33851/21]