Results 64,981-65,000 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Prize Bonds (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of prizes won by prize bond holders on a monthly basis in each of the past two years to date; the extent to which ongoing supervision and monitoring of the draws takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which it is anticipated to assist the sporting sector by way of grants or other means given the need to assist in their recovery notwithstanding Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22602/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which sport and recreation in terms of facilities continues to be supported by her Department in such a way as to assist in their recovery that has to follow notwithstanding Covid-19’s continued prevalence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22605/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to support the arts in each county and at national level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22604/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department can assist tourism-related businesses that were negatively affected by Covid-19 to the extent of their closure or dramatic reduction in business; if an audit has been carried out of the number of such businesses affected throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hotels and or restaurants that have permanently closed arising from Covid-19 in Dublin city and throughout the country; the extent to which it is proposed to offer assistance towards their reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22607/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can promote the various historic houses or sites throughout the country in such a way as to develop increased interest in Ireland’s culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor developments in the media with particular reference to the need to ensure that local print media and radio stations are not endangered by unregulated entities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22609/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which enterprises throughout the country have been seriously damaged during Covid-19 lockdowns to the extent of there being a difficulty with recovery with particular reference to the sectors covered by her Department; the means by which a particularly targeted assistance can be made available in such cases; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to encourage and generate interest in Irish culture from the primary and second-level school system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he proposes to increase the income thresholds to facilitate applicants for local authority houses given that the level has been unchanged for years despite the level of inflation in the house-building sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of houses that were made available to local authority housing applicants by county in each of the past two years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22613/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for local authority houses by county at present; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the course of the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22614/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which it is expected to address the large numbers of applicants for local authority houses currently on waiting lists over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22615/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which Rebuilding Ireland loans or their equivalent can be made available readily to first-time house buyers or to first-time buyers in a new relationship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which the various forms of assistance available for first-time house buyers are upgrading satisfactorily without contributing to house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that house buyers seeking to purchase an affordable house are in a position to do so given house price inflation and the possibility that assistance available is being eroded by price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which affordable housing can be made available in such a way as to ensure that those in need are not being subjected to market price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an all-out effort can be made to provide affordable housing and housing for those on the local authority waiting lists in the short-term given the high-level of income currently devoted to payments of rent or mortgage repayment due to house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22621/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for an urgent review of the funding available for affordable purchase housing and for the provision of sufficient funding to meet the requirements of the local authority housing lists and other middle-income groups currently unable to house themselves other than by way of exorbitant rents; and if he will make a...