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Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I am sharing my time with Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. I congratulate my colleagues on their work at the housing committee on this report and their commitment to tackling the issue of vacancy. In particular, I thank my Green Party colleague and chairman of the committee, Deputy Matthews. The discourse of the housing committee in this report has surfaced honest dialogue and debate and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I call the second Fianna Fáil speaker who is Deputy Joe Flaherty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the witnesses for their briefing. I am always impressed by how informative they are. It is a special resource. As Deputies and Senators, we have to be briefed by the witnesses who are pressing the buttons and pulling the levers. There is much that I could say. Brexit, Covid and the Ukraine war have increased costs. Inflation in product prices and the labour shortage in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: There is nothing from the past to model it on. It appears from what Mr. James is saying that there is nothing to model where we are at and that this is a unique space-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: -----so we do not know where we are. Nevertheless, we might expect it to come back. Is that not the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Can our guests project forward? Will we be at capacity in five years? It was stated that whenever we are building 10,000 units, we would be doing 20,000 units with that level of staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have raised construction workforce capacity and apprenticeships. It might not be simple to do, but for us to bang the drum on this matter in our report, it would be great if each organisation told us how many people should be in the workforce, what the shortfall is and how that needs to be made up. We could then push that with the Government or whomever. The issues of 35,000 units per...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the witnesses for their briefing and collective wisdom, which is always much appreciated. I fully welcome the review in order to make planning procurement more efficient for our society. However, a key issue I have found in the review is a lack of transparency around the Attorney General's working group to date. We have submitted parliamentary questions seeking information on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have a quick question. Ms Graham might come back to us with the names and terms of reference.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have used almost every opportunity in this Chamber to emphasise the value to the State of cost rental affordable housing and 100% housing on public land. The LDA recently informed the housing committee that it would now build 100% public housing on public land and that 75% of its units will be cost rental. This amounts to approximately 30,000 units over the next 20 years. I personally...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the Minister of State for her opening statement and wholeheartedly support her aspirations in her role. I want to be positive in my discourse, and I hope I am, as the area of special educational needs is very important to many parents, guardians, siblings, providers and, most importantly, the persons who should be afforded an education to allow them to evolve as human beings. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 1716. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic bonus payment will be paid to healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking on the issue of diversity and female representation on Boards and within executive positions across Sport in Ireland, agencies and National Governing Bodies of Sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure the National Sports Campus, Sport Ireland, and NGBs which seek State funding are prioritising climate action and reduction in their carbon emissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (22 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the labour demand to meet retrofitting targets of 500,000 homes by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33048/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Labour Market (22 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that his Department intends to increase the labour demand by 27,500 by 2025 as per the Expert Group on Future Skills Need 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33047/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofitted homes from 2019 annually; and the number of workers associated with the retrofitting of those homes from 2019 annually. [34503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (28 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when applications for the Community Environment Action Fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing builds from 2019 annually; and the number of labour workers involved in the delivery of the new housing builds from 2019 annually. [34502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes to housing assistance payment rates; when the HAP rates will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34509/22]