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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank our guests for their insightful briefing. I acknowledge the work they do for the State on public housing. I have three questions. I may start by confusing myself on the first one but it relates to the fact they have informed us of the type and level of funding available to local authorities from the Housing Finance Agency, HFA. Can local authorities avail of a better rate than the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Does the agency get their housing delivery plans?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: The agency does not see them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: On the chart, the agency shows it is lending more than three times the funding to local authorities than to AHBs. Has that always been the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Does Mr. Jordan see us reaching our targets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: From speaking to the AHBs, I know they are very excited by cost rental. They think it should have been there all along.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered a compulsory sales order as part of measures to tackle vacancy as an issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15879/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Programmes (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Ireland-Palestine scholarship programme runs on a yearly basis; and if so, when applications will open for the next round of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the ambassador. I have been trying to write down this question. In advance, I apologise if the question is offensive or if it is naive. I suppose I am asking to be educated somewhat in respect of Slovakia. My understanding is that Slovakia is an independent country but in the past, if I am not mistaken, it was within, or part of, the Soviet Union, whether it was forced to be or not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Behind the Iron Curtain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I suppose my curiosity is raised by the fact Slovakia is independent. Has Ukraine been fighting for independence since the wall fell? What I saw over the past decade was that there was a struggle there. There was unrest, although it was quite silent. I have sometimes talked to my friends about this. There was not much noise about the Ukrainian struggle a decade ago but now it is where it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Yes. Have Ukrainians been looking for independence since the wall fell? Has there always been that sense of Russia saying, "No, you are not going"? I apologise for my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: It is. It is very interesting. I thank the ambassador.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 392. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid recognition payment for healthcare workers will be expanded to include front-line workers in homeless services considering they are recognised as healthcare workers and have conducted Covid-19 testing and vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 393. To ask the Minister for Health his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) on its request to expand the Covid recognition payment scheme to include homeless services workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17196/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have some simple questions. I thank the witnesses for informing us of the numbers because I like crunching numbers and there is some interesting information here to work from in the projections. The question for the CCMA is whether the housing delivery plans are available and produced annually.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Okay. They are done every five years. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Fair enough. In the context of the Housing Alliance, what is the debt-to-asset ratio in a typical large approved housing body? If Mr. O'Connor does not know, I am happy to come back to him.