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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Services (17 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 1195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if adequate child psychological services are available to meet the requirements as already indicated or notified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9440/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision Data (17 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 1196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is in a position to address the issues of children in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9441/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (17 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 1197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she continues to make rehabilitative support services available for juvenile offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9442/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (17 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 1214. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the adequacy of the Defence Forces in meeting emergencies in a security or natural disaster situation; if he continues to develop the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in line with requirements to meet such contingencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9765/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (17 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 1215. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps will continue to participate in overseas missions in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9766/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (17 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 1216. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will make available the actuarial assessment used to calculate annuity value in the case of reduced payment of disability pension to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10079/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I have a number of questions for the witnesses. In regard to the Dún Laoghaire project, I presume that is off Government balance sheet?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: NAMA purchases the properties and leases them through the local authority.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Is it the local authority or an approved housing body involved?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Is there an obligation on NAMA to inquire as to the likely future use of a property following on disposal? In other words, would it not be wise and in the interests of NAMA and the taxpayer for NAMA to inquire as to what is likely to happen to a property, be that houses already built or potential development land, including, for example, whether a buyer intends to hold onto the property...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Does NAMA not have a different obligation? Does it not have a responsibility to the State that a normal open market seller does not have? For example, NAMA does not have to accept the highest bidder. If the purchaser wanted to go on holidays on the basis of his profits over the next 20 years, NAMA does not have to accept that given that there is a requirement, over which NAMA has some...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: What about the cost of building?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The overhanging question is one that I am still at sea about. Where NAMA has acquired a property that achieved a hugely inflated cost or value - I am not certain which, but I would think it was cost - by virtue of repeated speculation beforehand, is NAMA expected to make a profit? In other words, if that property comes onto the market, it has the impact of inflating property prices...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: It is not true to suggest that it takes a year and a half.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The suggestion that it takes a year and a half is not true.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: It still is not true. That is the point.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The maximum amount of time it takes is two or three months.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I cannot agree on that one.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for coming before the committee and giving us that information. They have intimate knowledge of the subject and this comes from working directly with the matters. I compliment them on their obvious knowledge in the area. The Chairman knows that most of us have been members of local authorities. My electronic tablet seems to be causing interference with the sound system...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Public representatives have, and should have, an equally intimate knowledge of the subject. I am glad that all of us here, without exception, have such knowledge. The witness is absolutely right in identifying the lack of social housing as the problem. Some of us strongly objected to the policy changes that came about approximately 16 years ago. We knew the problem would come home to...