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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Grants (11 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 816. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 8 March 2017 (details supplied), her plans to allocate an aftercare worker to the remaining 275 persons; if they were assessed as needing an aftercare worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18266/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I have been there too.

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I will allow Deputy Smyth a brief intervention.

Topical Issue Debate: Sports Funding (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: One at a time, please.

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We are out of time but I will allow the Deputy and Minister to contribute again.

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Chair governs those issues.

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should not waste time.

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Deputy and call the Minister.

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: That concludes Questions.

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Do not mind that. We will move on to the next business. Time has expired. I am sorry about that.

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We cannot alter the ticking clock.

Other Questions: Rent Controls (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Thank you, Minister.

Other Questions: Rent Controls (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Other Questions: Rent Controls (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Under Standing Orders, I will bring in Deputy Jan O'Sullivan.

Other Questions: Housing Policy (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Ceann Comhairle has agreed that Question No. 10 will be taken by Deputy Pat Casey.

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. I acknowledge the work done to date. I realise the amount of preparatory work that is required before the houses are delivered. However, the housing shortage in County Kildare is reaching a position we have not experienced previously. Numerous families are apparently becoming homeless at the same time. On a daily basis, three, four, five or six...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I acknowledge all the work that has been done and has to be done still. Some of these things are sent to test us from time to time. The manner in which we deal with emergencies is indicative of what can be done for society at any particular time. I agree that the Minister and his ministerial colleague are doing everything possible to do that now. The problem is with the urgency. There...

Other Questions: County Development Plans (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Is the Minister fully aware of the infrastructural needs of the area, such as the substantial road and bridge realignments? The area to which the zoning has been diverted has been subject to severe flooding in past years on more than one occasion. There is a need for an urgent drainage and irrigation plan to be incorporated into the plan. I agree that the plan should go on display again...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority new housing starts initiated by each local authority in the past 12 months; the number of local authorities, if any, awaiting the start of such housing starts; the extent to which the seriousness of the housing shortage has manifested itself in terms of homelessness in each of the local...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: My question relates to the ongoing, in fact burgeoning, housing shortage in County Kildare with particular reference to the urgent need to deal with recurring homelessness. We must deal with people who find themselves homeless as a result of a variety of issues and have no place to go, with families having to book and rebook into hotels. In some cases, families with children who have...