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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Incomes have declined dramatically since then.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: -----and rent support.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I am delighted to welcome a re-emergence of local authority house-building programmes as a major contributor to alleviating the problems we have. Incidentally, I am delighted the representatives from the Housing Finance Agency are in attendance. I was instrumental in helping facilitate one of the first Housing Finance Agency loans ever approved. The person who got it is still living in the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I asked about local authority loans, which used to exist but now are just a memory.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I know.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: That would be good.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he will identify the most urgent and pressing issues contributing to the housing crisis; how, through the local authorities, he can make a rapid and substantial contribution by way of alleviation in the form of an immediate response to homelessness and the use of emergency accommodation to accommodate families; to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will follow good planning practices to ensure the provision of good quality housing alongside adequate services and recreational provision, thereby creating a suitable and supportive environment in which to rear families with consequent benefits for a stable and growing society; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he will achieve internationally set carbon reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11866/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Applications Data (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for civil legal aid received, approved, pending and refused in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11186/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Applications Data (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were refused criminal legal aid in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 14 April 2016, if and when she will issue a birth affidavit to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11351/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation status; if all required documentation has been submitted; when she will make a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11565/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that rural dwellers have a reasonable opportunity of providing a home in their own environment through the planning process, while maintaining good planning practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11858/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments Data (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his progress in completing unfinished housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11859/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments Data (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can identify suitable finished or unfinished housing units in the local authority areas most seriously affected by inordinately long waiting lists and potential homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11861/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has identified serviced or serviceable and zoned or unzoned lands adjacent to towns and villages in local authority areas experiencing severe housing shortages, which have long housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11860/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he can accelerate access to available or potentially available housing units for families in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11862/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the operation of shared ownership housing schemes which, as currently constructed, cause severe hardship to families who are forced to accept an annual increase on the rental equity of 4.7%; if he can enable such mortgage holders to buy out the remaining equity under the terms of a purchase scheme such...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (24 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the hardship caused to families holding shared ownership loans arising from the annual rental increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11864/16]