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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: That is, unless a loan is reinvested or sold - which is what the lending institutions are doing at present. In the past the NTMA has disposed of, reinvested or relocated their loans, which has resulted in a benefit to the Exchequer.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: They should.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: They have to.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I agree with that statement.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: That was the original intention but it did not happen.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The Chairman knows all my questions are brief. I refer to the definition of normal Government expenditure, which I presume includes capital and current expenditure for the purposes of this exercise.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: That quite considerably narrows down what can be done. There is a stranglehold on what can be done. We all appreciate the collective difficulties of the witnesses, but we also have a difficulty which is pressing and becoming more so as the hours go by. It is not a question of avoiding the issue and hoping it will go away. These issues will not go away. Young people are now desperate...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: We know that, but we want the witnesses to know it as well.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: And rentals.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Association of Irish Local Government (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I will be very brief, as always Chairman. The delegation is welcome because they speak the language that we know they have gleaned from their own direct dealings with people who are in need of housing within the local authority areas. That is very refreshing and important. Many of the other delegates spoke in a similar fashion. What do the witnesses think might be done to speed up the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Association of Irish Local Government (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry for interrupting but this is an important point. Can that be done on contract from the public sector?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dr. Ronan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Dr. Lyons and thank him for his submission. I agree with some of his comments and strongly disagree with others, particularly the transfer of land from local authorities to approved housing bodies. I cannot see the logic in this and would like to see the reverse happen. Long before we had the kind of situation we have now, local authorities built a large number of houses and lent...

Order of Business (1 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry I was not present yesterday when the Taoiseach outlined the legislative programme. I was at a meeting of the housing committee. With regard to the legislative programme, is the Charities Act 2009 fully operational at present? Have all sections of that Act been signed into law?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (1 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 53. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for heritage buildings and protected structures within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13255/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (1 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has carried out an assessment of the success and impact of the State commemorative events held throughout the Easter period; to provide attendance figures for the events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13254/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of and will facilitate a request by a school (details supplied) for an increase in grants to facilitate extension works, buildings and facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14008/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (1 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 152. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she encourages the development and promotion of the arts and, in particular, the maximisation of employment opportunities arising therefrom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14003/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (1 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has reached agreement with traditional canal dwellers and canal recreational users regarding draft proposals to increase the costs to traditional users, either directly or through Waterways Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14000/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting (1 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 150. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had discussions with traditional turf cutters to resolve difficulties in implementing special areas of conservation and national heritage areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14001/16]