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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52528/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the degree to which he can directly, and through the aegis of the various local authorities in the greater Dublin area, address the homelessness issue and ensure persons sleeping rough become the responsibility of a single agency with the power to identify appropriate housing of a temporary nature at the earliest...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the extent to which the actual housing need can be determined by reference to the number of families currently on local authority housing lists in the greater Dublin area and the number of new applicants coming onto such lists arising from property repossessions by lenders, venture capital funds and third-party...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the extent to which each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area can indicate the likely number of new housing starts or new houses available for renting which are likely to become available in the next two to three months; his views on whether emergency powers are required to address issues in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the efforts to deal with the acute and increasing housing requirement throughout the greater Dublin area will be accelerated; if in the context of his discussions with the relevant local authorities, he can identify specifically the degree to which the housing need is being met; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if subsidised serviced sites will be made available to families on local authority housing waiting lists in the greater Dublin area with particular reference to addressing the need of that group that cannot obtain a local authority mortgage on the basis on insufficient income and cannot get onto the local authority waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an assessment has been done of the applicants for local authority housing in the greater Dublin area with a view to identification of those families anxious to purpose their own homes by way of private services sites; if a scheme will be put in place to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his views on the possibility in the greater Dublin area in cases in which some persons may be able to provide the local authority with a site, might have their housing needs met by way of provision of a local authority house on such sites thereby contributing to the housing stock, meeting their housing needs and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the funding available to each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area for housing purposes in 2016 and 2017; the amount spent in 2016 and to date in 2017 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52535/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the number of vacant local authority housing units that have been identified by the local authorities in the greater Dublin area; if a particular reason has been identified which might contribute to the delay in making such houses available to persons; the steps he has taken to date in this regard; the steps...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in the context of the present housing emergency, he plans emergency measures to address the issue in view of the number of families technically homeless, living in unfit conditions, living in overcrowded conditions and sharing with families and friends, some in undesirable situations and for prolonged periods in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 297. 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 a serious impact on the numbers on local authority waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52539/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has offered the option of modular housing to the various local authorities which currently have long housing waiting lists; the uptake in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52540/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 299. 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 obtain accommodation in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52541/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare that have been offered and have received accommodation from the local authority in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52542/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families rehoused by Kildare County Council in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52543/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which facilities are available to meet the housing needs of the indigenous rural population by way of ensuring an adequate number of houses in keeping with good planning principles to facilitate in so far as is possible the indigenous needs of those living in rural areas thereby reducing the impact on housing...

Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I will make a few comments about this issue, which has engaged the House and public representatives for some considerable time. At the outset, like everybody else, I am totally in favour of ensuring that the national and international regime regarding taxation of companies, be they indigenous or foreign, applies. We all agree that whatever provisions apply in the country should apply to...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: A man when he was asked for directions in a rural area said, "Well, if was going there, I wouldn't start from here". Likewise, if I had been talking about this Bill before it was introduced, I might have taken a different attitude. It has been introduced and is in the public arena for debate. No matter what way we look at it, a decision has to be made. The decision, in turn, will have an...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We must not forget that we had an bord snip. We also had an bord snip nua only a few years ago, which listed a fairly large number of Garda stations, schools and post offices for closure throughout rural Ireland. A huge number were listed for closure and termination. That was only six years ago.