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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons currently living in private rental accommodation and dependent on rent support but whose rents are being increased, in many cases beyond the extent to which rent support is available; if further immediate steps will be taken to increase the supply of local authority houses, with particular reference...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department might review tenancy agreements throughout the housing sector with a view to providing guidance and support to tenants who have been the subject of repeated substantial rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22914/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he might be in a position to regulate the duration of tenancies with a view to ensuring a greater degree of reliability, duration, and rent levels throughout the private rental sector, with particular reference to those not dependent on rent support; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government notwithstanding his positive efforts to date in meeting the local authority housing shortage, if other means might be considered, such as a Government bond to accelerate the public housing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22913/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of replies to previous parliamentary questions on the issue, the extent to which the various stakeholders have come to address outstanding issues involving the completion of the development at the Waterways in County Kildare, in view of the concern and discontent of the residential and commercial tenants and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm whether he has received any submissions from Kildare County Council in regard to the ongoing matter of cessation of development at the town centre in Naas in County Kildare; if so, if he will outline the details of any such submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22916/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which disabled persons' housing adaptation grants are adequately funded by the local authorities through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22917/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who holds a current Irish international and Ukrainian driver's licence has recently been informed that he must undertake a certificate of professional competence test despite having driver's licences for more than 20 years, nationally and internationally; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests. I have a simple question. On the concern about TTIP expressed here and before the committee previously, what about a dispute resolution process? Could we hear a little more about multilateral investment courts to which reference was made? For example, we all would be concerned about the possibility of governments being sued. I am not sure that it is so easy to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (11 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I have a brief question to follow on from Deputy O'Reilly's question. To what extent has there been an evaluation by each of the organisations present of the benefits or negative aspects possibly accruing to the European Union and to this country in the event of this agreement proceeding? My other question relates to the extent to which the EU Parliament was influenced. What were the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects high quality, high speed broadband to become available in all urban and rural areas in the country, with particular reference to the need to address the frustrations experienced by the domestic, business and commercial sectors, arising from a lack of availability of high quality broadband...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps taken, or likely to be taken, to enhance the role and profitability of An Post, with particular reference to the possibility of the provision of extra suitable and compatible services through An Post, which has a nationwide network of post offices and sub post offices, combined with counter services; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate an increase of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23282/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when disability allowance or illness benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Payments (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a Bbck to education allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to and notwithstanding Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 9 June 2015, if rent support for two outstanding weeks can be authorised in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who was previously in receipt of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23897/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if any refund of tax paid is due to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax refund is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23297/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to make an application for family re-unification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23283/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in order to regularise the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23288/15]