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Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. What he has said is correct. The main purpose of raising the issue in this House is to focus the attention of those whose attention is supposed to be already focused on these issues with a view to bringing the matter up the scale to some extent and to encourage those involved in the arbitration process. I understand there is only...

Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should be ashamed of himself.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy has a lot to learn.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Calm down, Mattie.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Did Deputy McDonald pay?

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: What about the 400 Fianna Fáil closed?

Other Questions: Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 6. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he remains satisfied about the effectiveness of the steps taken to date by his Department to deal with the ongoing housing crisis which he inherited from his predecessors; his proposals in this regard, given the extent of hardship and concerns among those who are on local authority housing waiting lists...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the ominous growth of the housing crisis. Notwithstanding the tremendous efforts made by the Minister and the Minister of State in this regard, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the issue is much larger than was anticipated. It was inherited from a previous era, which is unfortunate, and came at a very bad time. This might be a good time to examine whether...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I appreciate and fully support the measures take to date. My only problem is the extent to which he has been able to identify, in respect of the various local authorities, in particular in the greater Dublin area, the number of houses acquired, purchased or built with a view to allocating them immediately. In County Kildare alone, about 600...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I fully appreciate the efforts being made, but I am anxious that they succeed in the short as well as the medium term. Might it be possible to ask various local authorities to implement, or can the Minister set, particular objectives for them, with a view to achieving them within a two or three month period? One cannot build a house in a day, but a means needs to be found to identify the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has engaged directly with the various local authorities with a view to identifying the extent to which the various initiatives taken by the Government in respect of local authority housing are in the course of implementation; if, in view of the ever-increasing and urgent demand in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be approved for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29971/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when a domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29972/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose rent has increased to €950 per month, who has two dependent children, and who is on a back to work scheme. [29973/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if rent support in respect of €900 per month rent, might be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29974/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Appeals (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when a relevant payment under the one-parent family payment scheme may be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29975/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the correct amount of jobseeker's allowance, family income supplement or alternative payable to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the case will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29976/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance if refund of income tax is payable in respect of rent paid in the past three years, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29957/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (16 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which any assessment has been completed, with a view to identifying areas of potential flooding which could be remedied by way of improved drainage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29671/15]