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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he monitors the performance of all Government Departments and State or semi-State agencies with a view to maximising their contribution toward economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9303/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his colleagues in the European Union are aware of the difficulties facing families dependent on the fishing industry here and throughout the European Union; the measures he is pursuing to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9302/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 78. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor the various issues affecting the cost of private health insurance; if he has identified any particular contributing factors, if he will take specific action arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9298/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children listed as waiting for orthodontic treatment; the extent to which the waiting list has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9299/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which optimum pupil-teacher ratios continue to be an objective in primary and secondary level schools, having particular regard to the needs arising from demographic trends; if she takes cognisance of particular areas exceeding the national average in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Anti-Bullying Procedures (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is to combating bullying in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9301/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include the improvements to the playground of a school (details supplied) in the summer works scheme, given the urgency of the required works, and the health and safety of the students attending the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9306/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he evaluates the need for the promotion and development of sporting and recreational facilities, with a view to ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of such facilities, and with particular reference to the need to encourage more young persons to participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9304/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Strategies (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he evaluates employment creation opportunities, directly and indirectly, through co-ordinated efforts between the areas of transport, tourism and sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Apologies for my late entry. In fact, I was meeting representatives of a lending institution with a constituent to discuss the issue of mortgage arrears. It is one of many issues. I welcome the Minister and his officials for whom I have three questions. First, there is the urgent, emergency problem, namely, the large number of families in emergency accommodation. The local authorities...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Brett and his colleagues for coming before the committee and for the useful information they have provided. I am sure the replies to the questions will be even more useful. I should mention that I have had the pleasure of meeting the witnesses' predecessors, their predecessors' predecessors and even the latter's predecessors on the same issue. My first question concerns the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I know they are. I have been at the other side of the counter dealing with all these cases for many years, including the time since this Government was formed.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The point I wanted to make before I was interrupted was, to what extent can people be given a credit rating on the basis of their rental record? My last point relates to the mortgage-to-rent scheme which has already been referred to. Unfortunately, the scheme is all directed towards the voluntary housing agencies the activities of which I have referred to on many occasions. To what...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry for taking so long. I was years waiting for that.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Unregulated entities.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Except for the public-private partnership arrangement.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry to hear again of the approved housing bodies. I regard them as the essential cause of the housing crisis, in the sense that reliance on the approved housing bodies is what has left local authority social housing as it is. I cannot for the life of me understand why some effort is not being made. Although I welcome the submission from the Irish League of Credit Unions, it means...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I have a question. That should be obvious at this stage. This applies to all the wise people as well. To what extent has the ILCU examined the prospect of entering into a public private partnership with the local authorities which have direct responsibility for providing local authority housing? Has the ILCU thought of the possibility of reintroducing what used to be funded by the local...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Or the local authorities.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: What interest rate would the ILCU charge?