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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I find the debate most interesting, but we must move on. Deputy Catherine Murphy has tabled amendment No. 16-----

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: We are.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: No; it is related to both.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: There is a word missing; that is all.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: This is the intriguing part of the debate and it is fundamental to the whole issue of housing and homelessness. I feel sorry for the Minister of State and I empathise with her entirely because she has inherited an impossible situation. I am not making a political point - it is simply a fact of life - but this problem had its origins approximately 12 years ago when a decision was taken not...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Stranger things have happened.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which grant aid continues to be made available from his Department directly or through other agencies for the promotion of the arts at local and community level; the extent to which applications continue to be made under this heading to the relevant agencies or his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Appeals (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review a decision to refuse a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24929/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange for the immediate restoration of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24890/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his commemorative plans to mark the centenary of the passage into law of the Home Rule Act on 18 September 1914; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24845/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of traditional turf cutters with whom agreement has been reached arising from SACs or NHAs throughout the country and in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24953/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total compensation paid to traditional to date to traditional turf cutters being discommoded or displaced arising from SACs or NHAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24954/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 83. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and location of heritage sites, buildings or historical locations brought to his attention and deemed to be at risk over the past three years; the action taken or pending in any such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24955/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which national monuments or historical sites worthy of preservation and or deemed at risk have been brought to his attention in the past three years; the extent of the action taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24959/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 88. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which national monuments or historical sites in County Kildare worthy of preservation and or deemed at risk have been brought to his attention in the past three years; the extent of the action taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24960/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total acreage of lands protected under SACs or NHAs currently; the extent to which any new areas are pending; the degree to which SACs or NHAs have been extended over the past fifteen years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24956/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 85. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the various forms of the arts continue to be supported and encouraged notwithstanding the economic downturn; if particular or specific areas have been earmarked for attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24957/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number and location of recipients of grant aid in support of the arts in the course of the past three years to date both directly through his Department or through the aegis of subordinate bodies; the extent to which all such funding has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24958/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which interest continues to be shown in this country for film location purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24961/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Remit (11 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has monitored the situation in respect of canal dwellers and the ongoing dialogue between Waterways Ireland and canal dwellers and users with particular reference to the need to meet the reasonable requirements of recreational users and canal dwellers; if he has succeeded in assuaging the concerns raised by...