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Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The projected 6,000 new units per year are welcome but that is approximately 50% of what is required if serious inroads are to be made on local authority waiting lists over the next five to six years. To what extent has the precise number of required social and affordable houses been identified, given that approximately 90,000 people are already...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is proposed to reduce the numbers on local authority housing lists by way of a public capital programme, excluding voluntary agencies, on an annual basis over the next five years; if it is expected that new measures are likely to be taken in order to make a serious impact on the large numbers of...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate existing housing stock has been identified throughout the country in areas most affected by the severe housing crisis with a view in the short term to meeting the most immediate needs by way of a public housing programme; if further consideration can or has been given to the need to build up a...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The purpose of my questions is to ascertain the extent to which short, medium and long-term plans for social and affordable housing can be identified and produced. I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, on the way she has been dealing with the housing emergency which she inherited at a time when few resources were available. I am anxious that cognisance be taken of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the total amount of savings in respect of which DIRT tax was paid in each of the past six years to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25429/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Savings Rate (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the extent to which the level of personal savings held by the various financial institutions here has fluctuated annually in the past six years to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25430/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossession Rate (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various lending institutions have repossessed family homes on an annual basis in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25431/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossession Rate (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the various lending institutions are, as previously indicated, using family home repossession only as a very last resort in their efforts to resolve mortgage arrears; if some such agencies appear to use the last resort as a first option in some such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25432/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which ongoing action is planned in respect of areas that have previously suffered from flooding, coastal erosion or damage from storms and floods with particular reference to the need to carry out a proper drainage assessment with a view to the use of adequate drainage in line with adequate river and waterway maintenance...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Appeals (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review the decision not to accept an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25848/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a review/appeal will be activated in respect of carer's allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) ion County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25613/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if permission for a late appeal will be accepted in the case of refusal of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25687/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application for increase in supplementary welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is requesting an increase due to having a dependent child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25885/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 27 May 2014, if an exceptional needs payment can be facilitated at local level in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25904/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 27 May 2014, if the payment amount will remain the same in the case of a person (details supplied) County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25906/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which overpayment was deemed to have been paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will review this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25981/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which oil, gas or other mineral exploration licences have been issued in each of the past ten years to date; the actual legislation applicable in respect of those currently operational, pending or concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25281/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 409. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of mineral exploration licences awarded annually in each of the past ten years to date; the extent to which they have each been activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25283/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Issues (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 408. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full extent of the requirement of electricity generating capacity from non-fossil fuel sources in the future; the extent to which this will facilitate compliance with EU or other guidelines and or agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25282/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Issues (17 Jun 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 416. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current total electricity generated from wind energy; the potential still remaining; if standard or high rise turbines are a feature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25291/14]