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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the title of the property and lands at St Brigid's Nursing Home Crooksling; if the entire property without restriction or burden has now been registered in public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25170/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25187/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25191/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which prescription fees have impacted on a person (details supplied), County Kildare who is an old age pensioner and a medical card holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25212/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I have to be in two places at once. I ask the Chairman not to be offended if I have to walk out shortly. It will not be a reflection on the proceedings. I will be back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The Chairman will be glad to know mine will be its usual short duration. This is an important meeting and the review by way of the semester is welcome, along with the observations from entities in Europe. That tends to encourage us to focus on issues that must be dealt with. That works in two directions and I would largely find common cause with colleagues in their views. I will not go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: It has been done in support of the Irish people-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Those who continue to promote their faded, outdated policies for their own advancement should be recognised as such. The second matter I wish to address is important as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: It is on the CSRs, the semester and the way we go forward. The recent elections should have us all focused on developments in the European Union and in the individual member states. That is happening here. One of my concerns is the dramatic advance of extreme views in the European Union and the extreme views of the representatives elected to the European Parliament. In the past, when...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is proposed to reduce the numbers on local authority housing lists by way of a public capital programme, excluding voluntary agencies, on an annual basis over the next five years; if it is expected that new measures are likely to be taken in order to make a serious impact on the large numbers of...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate existing housing stock has been identified throughout the country in areas most affected by the severe housing crisis with a view in the short term to meeting the most immediate needs by way of a public housing programme; if further consideration can or has been given to the need to build up a...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The purpose of my questions is to ascertain the extent to which short, medium and long-term plans for social and affordable housing can be identified and produced. I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, on the way she has been dealing with the housing emergency which she inherited at a time when few resources were available. I am anxious that cognisance be taken of the...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The projected 6,000 new units per year are welcome but that is approximately 50% of what is required if serious inroads are to be made on local authority waiting lists over the next five to six years. To what extent has the precise number of required social and affordable houses been identified, given that approximately 90,000 people are already...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I cannot but be moved by the comments from the Opposition given recent history because the whole social housing problem that arises now is due to the failure over a 15 year period to have any proper housing strategy. That is what the present Government inherited. The Minister of State could be forthright, admit that and say it to the public because we will not do anything meaningful about...

Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Martin is talking about people who do not have a clue. He did not have a clue either.

Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: What is the position of the technological universities Bill 2014 which proposes to amend previous legislation in respect of Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, and the Higher Education Authority, HEA? What progress has there been on the gambling control Bill 2013? Have the heads of the Bill been discussed or approved? When will those Bills come before the House?

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this important legislation. I welcome the announcement by the Minister in her speech to the effect that the various reforms put forward in Deputy Ross's Bill are being acted upon by the Government. It goes without saying that if one examines the activities of various police forces throughout the world in recent years there have been numerous...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the total amount of savings in respect of which DIRT tax was paid in each of the past six years to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25429/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Savings Rate (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the extent to which the level of personal savings held by the various financial institutions here has fluctuated annually in the past six years to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25430/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossession Rate (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various lending institutions have repossessed family homes on an annual basis in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25431/14]