Results 53,001-53,020 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the emergency measures he will take to make an immediate impact on the housing shortage with particular reference to local authority and affordable housing in the counties immediately adjacent to Dublin such as County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he continues to have discussions with Kildare County Council with a view to action likely to make a major impact on the housing situation with particular reference to ensuring the availability of sufficient new housing starts in order to meet the requirements of the affordable and local authority housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the lands now immediately available in the counties adjacent to Dublin to facilitate immediate local authority and affordable housing starts; the extent to which planning requirements in this regard have been complied with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39328/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the issue whereby applicants for local authority and affordable houses are excluded from the local authority housing lists on the basis of excessive income and excluded from Rebuilding Ireland loans on the basis of insufficient income; if regulations to address this issue will be introduced as a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to address the housing need of extra applicants for affordable and local authority housing in view of housing repossessions by lending institutions in respect of buy to let developments and individual households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39320/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Repossessions (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will approach the lending institutions with a view to the temporary cessation of home repossessions in order to reduce the number of applicants being forced onto the local authority waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39321/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing applicants registered with the various local authorities throughout the country in each of the past three years to date; the number housed by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39323/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps which can be taken to arrange for the immediate commencement of local authority housing schemes and or the provision of serviced local authority sites for use by eligible applicants in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39324/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which delays in the provision of local authority houses have been caused by logistics such as planning permission, availability of services or other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39333/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the number of local authority housing lists have been reduced in the past 12 months whether on income grounds or new house building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39329/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have made an application for Rebuilding Ireland loans; the number granted, refused and pending, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39330/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if and when responsibility for processing local authority housing loans will be given to each individual local authority with a view to shortening the process period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason most commonly given for refusal of Rebuilding Ireland loans to young couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39332/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the difficulty between a person (details supplied) and Waterways Ireland has been resolved; if not, if efforts can be made to ensure that the difficulty can be resolved without delay in their case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39200/18]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The patient safety Bill is promised legislation. The heads have been cleared. When will it be introduced in the House?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (2 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to boost the domestic and international film industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39783/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (2 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature to promote the national image at home and abroad with particular reference to the need to generate increased interest in such matters among young persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39784/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (2 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided to a project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39602/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (2 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capacity of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39950/18]