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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the finding within a report (details supplied) with particular reference to the concept that providing homely care within the nursing home sector is further compounded by ageism and stigma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by their consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45581/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) whose payment has been terminated on the basis of nominal savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45571/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing starts recorded on a monthly basis over the course of the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45474/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the local authority housing stock has increased by way of purchase of extra houses or new builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45475/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties repossessed by financial institutions that have come into public ownership on a mortgage-to-rent basis, excluding those acquired by approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45476/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects extra local authority houses to become available in the course of the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45477/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to address the acute problem of the local authority housing shortage in the short-term with particular reference to the need to identify more ambitious targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45481/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he entered into dialogue with the local authorities with a view to ensuring the immediate implementation of a local authority housing programme sufficient to address the problem of homelessness and to reduce the existing local authority housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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

Bernard Durkan: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has offered the option of modular housing to the local authorities that have long housing waiting lists; if so, the uptake in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45478/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which rapid build or modular housing has been offered to Kildare County Council having regard to the seriousness of the housing situation in view of the fact that this will not improve unless steps are taken to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45479/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which planning procedures can be expedited to facilitate the building of extra local authority houses with particular reference to the need to make an impact on the numbers on local authority waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45480/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he might authorise the reintroduction of the rural housing programme, with particular reference to those on the local authority housing lists coming from a rural area being facilitated by way of a programme to ensure that they might be housed in their own area rather than adding to the waiting lists in...

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

Bernard Durkan: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which serviced or serviceable lands, zoned or unzoned, have been identified by each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area to facilitate a rapid build housing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45483/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the number of families deemed homeless in County Kildare are likely to achieve accommodation in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45485/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which emergency housing accommodation is available to Kildare County Council to accommodate the increasing emergency housing need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45486/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he expects to meet the imminent housing demand following the displacement of persons from private accommodation for a variety of reasons, including repossession and the immediate needs of such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45489/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress over the past six months in respect of the town centre, Naas, County Kildare, with particular reference to the urgent need to restart the project and encourage a major anchor tenant into the centre, thereby facilitating the reinvigoration of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45487/17]

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

Bernard Durkan: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families rehoused by Kildare County Council in each of the past two years to date in 2017, excluding the use of voids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45488/17]