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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: The Government is on course to see 100,000 homes built in four years, notwithstanding Covid-19 and the Russian war on Ukraine. We have exceeded our Housing for All targets for the past two years. In the first quarter of this year, we are seeing the highest level of commencements for this period since records began. Is the Minister confident we will continue to deliver the Housing for All...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: That leads onto my next question. I welcome anybody coming to Ireland from a war-torn country, but has the Ukraine war affected our capacity to house people? We have accommodated 80,000 people. Has that affected our capacity to house the homeless? My question is for all three delegations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...Cork; and the Housing for All policy. Will the Minister confirm that these actions have exceeded delivery expectations in the first full year of implementation, considering the Russian invasion of Ukraine, interest rate increases and the end of Covid restrictions? It is a simple answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the Department for its work delivering Housing for All considering the issues raised including Covid, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise in interest rates. I have three reasonably short questions. Last year the Department surpassed the Housing for All delivery ambition. Are there projections for this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: That is great and shows the initiative is working. There have been challenges over the past few years. Plus due to the war in Ukraine we have taken in around 50,000 refugees so they take up quite a few bed spaces and house spaces. I believe that we, as a country, should provide such assistance. Has such provision affected homelessness and the people who were already on housing lists?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have two more quick questions. Have the local authorities been given cost-rental targets by the Department? Is it meeting these targets, considering the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine war? If the local authorities have not been given targets, what process do they use to decide how many units they will develop? That is a kind of long-winded question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...is a special resource. As Deputies and Senators, we have to be briefed by the witnesses who are pressing the buttons and pulling the levers. There is much that I could say. Brexit, Covid and the Ukraine war have increased costs. Inflation in product prices and the labour shortage in the construction sector are, as I understand from the witnesses' contributions, the main contributors to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...should be in the workforce, what the shortfall is and how that needs to be made up. We could then push that with the Government or whomever. The issues of 35,000 units per year, retrofitting, Ukraine and direct provision are all in there. What construction workforce do we need? From what the witnesses stated, it sounds like we are only halfway to where we need to be if we are only able...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassadors of Moldova and Romania (27 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...tip of Transnistria. In the context of Transnistria, what are Mrs. Miculet's concerns if the invasion continues? Transnistria goes three quarters of the way up the border between Moldova and Ukraine. If a corridor connects southern Transnistria to Odessa, Russia can move both east and west. Will Mrs. Miculet speak about defending in the case of such an eventuality? It would be easy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I suppose my curiosity is raised by the fact Slovakia is independent. Has Ukraine been fighting for independence since the wall fell? What I saw over the past decade was that there was a struggle there. There was unrest, although it was quite silent. I have sometimes talked to my friends about this. There was not much noise about the Ukrainian struggle a decade ago but now it is where it...