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National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We all agree regional planning is of the utmost importance. It has become more and more important as time goes by. It is true the country has developed in a haphazard way with Dublin spreading out gradually into the country so much that perhaps in 100 years' time it will have spread to the rest of the country. We have to counter that. I agree entirely with the people who have already said...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which discussions have been entered into with the various local authorities with a view to providing rapid-build or modular housing for sale or rent to suitably qualified persons including those on the local authority housing list and others who marginally failed to qualify for local authority loans or...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the extent to which the Minister and his officials engage with the various local authorities with a view to identifying specific objectives in the shortest possible time. I welcome the Rebuilding Ireland proposals, the housing programme in general and the funding for it, but the most serious problem that exists is the problem now. It is an imminent problem, hence...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the progress to date. However, there is another issue, as I see it. There is a multiplicity of housing bodies - voluntary bodies, approved housing bodies, charitable bodies - all vying with one another to supply the housing market. To my mind, they are competing and obstructing one another because they are in the same place at the same time, increasing the cost of housing because...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister's ambitious plans and I have no doubt but that he will see them through, and it is in everyone's interest that he does so. Each local authority, with particular reference to the numbers on the local authority housing waiting lists, needs to be asked the simple question, how quickly can it deliver, and how many units can it deliver in the shortest possible time? The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if instructions can be given to the local authorities to reintroduce the provision of specific isolated housing in rural areas for suitably qualified persons already on local authority housing lists or otherwise qualified; if the development of privately serviced sites can be undertaken in either urban or rural areas by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 10 October 2017, if a medical card will cover payment for concessionary school transport offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45441/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed new post-primary school on the existing or alternative site in respect of a school (details supplied) is likely to be progressed having particular regard to the urgent and pressing need in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a family reunification will take place in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45572/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45573/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 4 will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45574/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 4 will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45575/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when permission to remain stamp 4 or alternative updated residency status will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45576/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for long-term residency status will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45577/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 4 renewal will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if leave to remain stamp 4 will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45580/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45582/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 20 September 2017, which failed to address the questions raised in the case of a person (details supplied), if their case can be considered with a view to granting stamp 4 status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45583/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which consideration has been given to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45584/17]