Results 561-580 of 962 for speaker:Francis Noel Duffy

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (20 Sep 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are being rejected mortgage protection insurance for past mental health issues by using the three-strike rule, for example if they have attempted to commit suicide three times in the past 10 years; the impact that this has had on those who are fully recovered yet still unable to secure mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (20 Sep 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-assess the needs of schools (detail supplied) that are recipients of the original DEIS Band 1 but require more resources; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a need for additional bands to be added for these disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46011/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank our guests for their time and enlightening discourse from the perspectives of both the tenant and the landlord. As they mentioned, the overarching issue underpinning rental inflation and instability relates to the chronic shortage of housing supply, that is, a landlords' market where demand outstrips supply. As I understand, housing delivery is picking up, including social and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Does Dr. Byrne believe that cost rental will relieve rental pressure in the medium to long term if such properties are built en masse? Should the State assist people in purchasing their own homes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank Dr. Byrne. I do not know if Ms O'Reilly has taken notes on the questions she has yet to answer, but the floor is hers if she wants to address some of them.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 Sep 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has considered to remedy defective homes and regulate construction companies to ensure defects do not recur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46888/22]

Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the Minister for all the work he and his team are doing relative to the State's resources and the circumstances we face. Budget 2023 provided critically-needed measures to cushion the economic blow of the increasing cost of living. There is no doubt that the short-term targeted measures will provide relief for families. It is for that reason I welcome the provisions in the budget....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports landlords are demanding cash-only payments; and if any actions are in place to monitor and prevent this. [48219/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports student tenants are not speaking out against mistreatment by landlords due to fear of being reprimanded; and if any measures are being taken to support this vulnerable cohort. [48220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the parameters that are being considered in the roll-out of the free book scheme at primary level to ensure best learner outcomes while maximising value for money for the taxpayer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49623/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (11 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism that will be used to roll out the solar schools initiative; the way that schools will be able to avail of the scheme; the anticipated timeline for the roll-out; if schools will be able to avail of feed-in tariffs to benefit from excess generation, particularly in summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Prior to and since the programme for Government, much discourse and dialogue has taken place in respect of securing a referendum on the right to housing. Based on a meeting of the housing committee last week, I believe wording is in progress within the Department. I note the contribution of Home for Good to the debate and its provision of legal clarity at a session of the housing committee...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: The Green Party fully supports a referendum on water. Is the wording for the referendums on water and housing being done in tandem? Will they be run at the same time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the witnesses again, as I always do, and as most of us do. Their statements were insightful. I have a number of questions. I will see if I can get through all of them. Have the witnesses been approached by landlords wishing to sell properties with tenants in situ?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank Mr. O'Reilly. What about Dún Laoghaire?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank Mr. Curran. I am interested in vacant units. I know a Senator already discussed it. There was a good scheme for over-the-shop units on Capel Street some years ago. Have the councils' vacant unit officers been assessing such units? Dublin and Dún Laoghaire probably have the largest number of vacant over-the-shop units. Are the councils' officers looking into that or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have two more quick questions. Have the local authorities been given cost-rental targets by the Department? Is it meeting these targets, considering the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine war? If the local authorities have not been given targets, what process do they use to decide how many units they will develop? That is a kind of long-winded question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: My final question refers back to Deputy Ó Broin's with regard to the housing list versus targets. Does the capacity issue relate to funding or the targets the local authorities have been asked to deliver for the State? Do they just not have the capacity to deliver? That workload would be difficult to process. I am curious; if the Department told the local authorities to double their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Oct 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the backlog in credit awarded to solar panel holders who contribute electricity to the grid and if he can comment on the issue. [51764/22]