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Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, but time is of the essence.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the local authorities immediately adjoining Dublin city and County are in a position to deliver housing in line with requirements within the next three months having particular regard to the preparatory work already undertaken in the past 12 months; the number of persons in need of immediate...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if further legislative provisions are required in order to ensure a more rapid response to the housing crisis including the immediate provision of modular housing as and when required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25019/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which the construction and provision of modular housing of a high quality has been perfected with a view to early impact on homelessness and local authority waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if documentation required in the case of a person (details supplied) has been received by the relevant section of her Department with particular reference to the updating of their stamp 4 status; if the process of their application for naturalisation can now continue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25127/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 11 May 2017, if the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed with a view to family reunification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25130/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Assessment (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which existing incentives for first-time house buyers is assisting those who are eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25150/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the updated entitlement in terms of tax credits or allowances in the case of a person (details supplied); the extent of adjustment in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the main banks are making adequate resources available to facilitate the urgently required house building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25219/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the degree to which he expects to meet the imminent demand in respect of housing following the displacement of tenants from private accommodation for a variety of reasons and the immediate needs of such tenants as of now; if he is satisfied that the various local authorities can meet this need as required and, at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has received notification or information from the local authority in County Kildare regarding provision of emergency housing on a large scale such as modular housing units; if sufficient sites have been identified in or adjacent to existing centres of population with a view to meeting the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the degree to which he continues to have discussions with the various local authorities adjacent to Dublin with a view to meeting the emergency needs of persons being displaced from their homes through no fault of theirs who find themselves in need of emergency accommodation; if his attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which the local authority housing building programme is being augmented in the counties adjacent to Dublin in order to ensure the availability of adequate housing support in the short term for those on local authority waiting lists over a long period and those now coming onto such lists as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 120. 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. [25141/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Urban Development (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which progress is ongoing in regard to the resolution of issues affecting stalled development at Naas town centre; if adequate plans are in hand to enhance the profile of the town by way of a specific development strategy culminating on the development of the various available sites in the town...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of the urgent need to meet public housing demand throughout the country, all efforts might concentrate on the provision of a targeted number of local authority housing in each local authority area within the next 12 months and postpone further auditing of numbers on local authority waiting lists until...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 124. 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 throughout rural Ireland 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will urgently examine the need to install a robust local authority housing loan system, similar to that available in the 1980s, with the objective of ensuring that persons who do not qualify for local authority housing on income grounds can at least apply for a loan to buy or construct their own houses; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses directly under construction by the local authorities to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (25 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that adequate suitable and serviced building lands remain available in each local authority area to facilitate house building in line with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25148/17]