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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Does the Department monitor how the scheme is implemented by the various local authorities? The information we have received from colleagues and so forth is that they are implementing the scheme differently and that there are varying degrees of delay in the processing of applications and the drawdown of funding. The Minister put several figures on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: This is a good and necessary scheme, which has surpassed the Minister's wildest expectations. We all want to see it succeed. We also want a level playing pitch. It is important that the Department plays a key role in the oversight and monitoring of implementation across various local authorities and that there be a reasonable expectation that loans are processed and funding drawn down in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units he expects to be built by each local authority in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have language units attached to them to support children with a diagnosis of developmental language disorder; if there has been a reduction in the number of such units in recent years; his plans to increase the number of units to meet the needs of children with such a diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools built prior to 2008 nationally. [24138/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools built prior to 2008 that applied to undergo a deep energy retrofit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his strategy to prevent young persons entering a life of crime in view of the recent gangland killings in Dublin and the warning of the Garda Commissioner to young persons not to choose a life of crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24137/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strategy to prevent more young persons entering a life of crime in view of the recent gangland killings in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24134/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 668. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for the local and regional drug task forces to prevent more young persons entering a life of crime in view of the recent gangland killings in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24136/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 669. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding being allocated to task forces in 2019 for each local and regional drugs and alcohol task force, in tabular form; the purpose of the additional funding; if this is one-off funding; if it is proposed to become core annual funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24141/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being allocated as core funding to each local and regional drugs and alcohol task force for 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24142/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 671. To ask the Minister for Health if further funding is to be allocated to drugs and alcohol local and regional task forces; the purpose and amount of additional funding; the timing and criteria for its allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24143/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 818. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the exact low emission technology for the future purchasing of Dublin buses has been determined; the work being prepared for the implementation of no longer purchasing diesel only buses from July 2019 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24127/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the low emission bus trials to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24128/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fully electric buses being piloted as part of the low emission technology bus trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24129/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 821. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of hybrid diesel buses being piloted as part of the low emission technology bus trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24130/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 822. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations in which the low emission bus trials are taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24131/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 823. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to make an announcement on allocations for the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24140/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies Funding (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 852. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 18 April 2019, the amount paid out to date of the amount allocated to each local authority and LDC to community groups in each such year based on the latest data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24133/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (11 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 993. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his plans in relation to tenancies of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24132/19]