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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a photo ID services card has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34447/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34448/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the various local authorities were requested to make the necessary arrangements to provide for an accelerated housing programme; the degree to which action has been taking place as a result; if he has satisfied himself that the response to date is sufficient to meet the requirements; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the local authorities in the greater Dublin area that are responding most positively to the need for an urgent response to the housing shortage in terms of local authority and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which serviced or serviceable lands, zoned or unzoned, have been identified by each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area to facilitate a rapid build housing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33658/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he entered into dialogue with the local authorities with a view to ensuring the immediate implementation of a local authority housing programme sufficient to address the problem of homelessness in addition to reducing the existing local authority housing waiting list; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare that have been offered and have received accommodation from the local authority in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which funding is available to Kildare County Council to address the local authority housing issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33663/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which plans are afoot to reactivate stalled building sites such as the town centre at Naas, County Kildare; if he will ensure ready access to the logistics required with particular reference to enabling the development to take place immediately after the ongoing disputes have been resolved; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if partially constructed building sites such as at the abandoned town centre at Naas, County Kildare are likely to be required to restart the planning process or rely on the existing permissions with obvious implications for the restart of the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33666/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of families rehoused by Kildare County Council in each of the past two years and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to facilitate the urgent restart of development on house building sites throughout the greater Dublin area with particular reference to the urgent need to bring new houses onto the market as early as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses and new housing starts in each of the counties immediately adjacent to Dublin city and county over the past 12 months; the expectation in this regard in the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which facilities are available to meet the housing needs of the indigenous rural population by way of ensuring an adequate number of houses in keeping with good planning principles to facilitate in so far as is possible the indigenous needs of those living in rural areas thereby...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if NAMA may again be approached with a view to the possible availability of extra housing to meet the pressing needs of local authority housing applicants throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33671/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if sufficient funding is available to Kildare County Council to facilitate progress on housing repairs and the restoration of voids; if he will ensure the availability of sufficient funds to meet the requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34444/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Naas Town Centre (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ceann Comhairle and their respective offices for affording me the opportunity to raise once again the stalled development of the town centre in Naas. This has been a blight on the town for almost ten years now and I think everyone has tried their best to move the development onwards and get the works rolling and restarted once again. It is...

Topical Issue Debate: Naas Town Centre (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: It is about that.

Topical Issue Debate: Naas Town Centre (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. As I have said before, it is like "Waiting for Godot", to the extent that I almost expect Godot to turn up at some stage in the not-too-distant future. I know the Minister cannot instruct the local authority but I suggest that the Minister might consider at a certain time encouraging and facilitating the local authority and inviting it to a...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Right. You-----