Results 121-140 of 962 for speaker:Francis Noel Duffy

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. I am sure he is aware of what has happened in the Marianella luxury housing development in the Dublin suburb of Rathgar. The social housing residents living there under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2005 have complained publicly about not being able to access many of the apartment complex facilities or to keep pets, despite...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: I hear what the Minister of State is saying but there is still a sense of segregation within developments and there is the matter of welfare. I will come back to the Minister of State. During the negotiations to form the Government, all parties agreed to the Green Party's policy to legislate for tenancies of indefinite duration. This was in response not only to Covid-19 but the changing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategic housing developments that have been granted permission since 2017; the number that have been refused; the number of these developments that have commenced; the number of these permissions that have been completed; the number of judicial reviews of An Bord Pleanála decisions on strategic housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that PPS numbers are being required of persons seeking emergency accommodation; the steps he is taking to ensure that all privacy rights afforded to persons under GDPR are being upheld within homelessness services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39695/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that since the cessation of one-night only emergency accommodation by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive, DHRE, there is an increase in rough sleepers who are deemed ineligible to access longer term emergency accommodation in Dublin; the measures he is putting in place to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Defects: Discussion with Construction Defects Alliance (1 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: I welcome the delegates and thank them for attending to provide us with their insights on redressing legacy building defects. I congratulate them on their resolve and continued campaign for redress. I hope to continue to assist them, as the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, has done to date. As noted in the delegates' presentations, addressing housing defects is part of the negotiated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Defects: Discussion with Construction Defects Alliance (1 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: Will those represented here today be members of that committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank Mr. Kelly and Mr. Lemass for their briefings. I have a brief question on the proposed amendment concerning the mandatory holding of public meetings during the development and planning process. As the witnesses have noted, in-person public consultations will be possible again when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. Does the wording of this amendment allow local authorities to choose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: Can people choose to have them all online?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: Will it go through?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: Post Covid-19 when everything has gone back to normal can the officials decide that it is just online for the full development plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: That is very good. There are some people who have difficulty engaging online so to give the option to completely stop that physical thing is problematic as it gives people a choice. I am not 100% sure, but do the councillors make that call or is it the executive? It is the executive.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that can be taken to rectify the ongoing situation in a development (details supplied) which contravenes the spirit of Part V of the Housing Act 2000 by encouraging the segregation of the recipients of social housing in the development from services available to all other residents, thus alienating them from their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating (15 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the time frame for phasing out of BER F-G in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (15 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the introduction of the payment of An Bord Pleanála fees online and or the submission of documentation online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42849/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the keeping of dogs or cats is not permitted in many residential tenancies, particularly in apartment buildings; if he will consider regulating to removing the ban providing that norms of noise and hygiene are respected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42850/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: The work done by both organisations is heroic. I met the witnesses previously and they briefed me for which I thank them. We are looking at 100,000 people. I know the witnesses said the figure was 59,000 but there are others in that space. I know we discussed this previously. This is a legacy issue from Part V. While the intention of that device was to create communities where all types...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the Covid restrictions support scheme to allow outdoor activity businesses and the business events industry represented by an association (details supplied) to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44249/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed legislation on tenancies of indefinite duration as agreed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Dec 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the housing commission will be established as agreed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44254/20]