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National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: From the Seanad (22 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: Ballydangan and Cloonfad. We have milled peat on bogs right across the midlands.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting (22 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the relocation of turfcutters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17117/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage the use of vacant housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17379/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage the use of vacant housing in villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17378/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: There is a substantial number of vacant houses right across the country. We have a housing crisis and we have to look at building as many houses as possible but we have 1.75 million existing houses and we must do our utmost to ensure that as many of those homes are occupied as possible. The number of those vacant at any one time varies at present between 50,000 and 180,000 depending on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I accept that this is a complex area and yes, there are initiatives such as the repair and lease scheme, the buy and renew scheme and the acquisitions fund. The difficulty is that there are blockages within the system at present. One of them is the fair deal, or nursing home support scheme. There are 9,000 vacant houses across the country where...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: Another bottleneck in availing of these schemes is probate. People in County Roscommon and the adjoining county of Galway, for example, have to wait an average of three and a half months for a probate application to be processed. If one is unfortunate enough to live in County Kilkenny, the process can take four and a half months. In Cork city it is taking two and a half months. In...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: That is great. I have two more measures for the Minister of State as well. The first is that his Department is spending approximately €31,000 through the local infrastructure housing activation fund and the serviced sites fund in releasing sites for housing development, mainly across the urban centres, the eastern part of the country and in our cities. At the same time, we have a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: There are multiples of those 72 properties in Roscommon alone. I could bring the Minster of State to locations adjoining our constituency in Monksland where there is huge housing demand and where houses are vacant for one reason or another. If we are going to encourage families to relocate to some of these communities, we must look at the tax credit system currently in place. It needs to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the taking in charge of housing estates process will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17119/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Services Provision (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to date to provide new public services through the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17942/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fossil Fuels (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to date to divest from fossil fuel investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA will approve the extension plan for the TaxSaver scheme for public transport; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18591/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the refusal to facilitate the establishment of an ASD class at a school (details supplied) for eight students that cannot be accommodated in September 2020 will be reversed in view of the time constraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18641/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (28 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 16 April 2019, if the corresponding figures for 2019 and to date in 2020 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18640/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (28 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 813. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and longest waiting time in each probate office for applications by solicitors and personal applicants, respectively; the number of applications on hand in each office; the timeline for the eProbate project to go live in each office; the status of the project; if the Revenue Commissioners' have been incorporated...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and congratulate her formally on her election. It is great to see a woman from the west of Ireland in the seat that she now holds. I thank the Minister for taking this debate. I welcome the stimulus package as in principle, it should be welcomed. While I have concerns that it may not be as focused as it needs to be, the intention has merit and I...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I move: That Dáil Éireann calls on the Government to support the immediate establishment by the House of the Select Committee on Justice and for Committee Stage of the Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 [Seanad] to be the first item of business on the agenda and that this should occur no later than 31 October, 2020. The motion seeks to immediately establish the Select...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: Yesterday, the 2020 long list for the Booker Prize for fiction was published. Sadly, some affidavits that go before the courts would be in competition for the prize. This has implications, particularly for young people looking for car insurance and many small businesses across the country. We are not claiming that the Bill is a panacea for all of the ills in the insurance industry, and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing discretion on the 18.5 hours per week employment exemption under the carer's allowance scheme in circumstances in which it has no impact on the level of care provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18999/20]