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Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I want to raise further the extent to which it is envisaged at this stage that the basic water allowance will be adequate to meet a portion of the requirements in a particular household, be it a family household, a single person or an older person. To what extent will it be possible to take into account the financial circumstances in cases...

Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: We want to reassure the people.

Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to indicate the level of water charges applicable per household or per family throughout the country with particular reference to the need to ensure that such charges are pitched at a level at which the householder can afford; the extent to which he expects favourable comparison to be...

Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: This relates to the concern and anxiety in some quarters for young families, individuals and older persons arising from the predictions made by some commentators to the effect that water charges will be prohibitive and penal. My question is self-explanatory.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of families recorded as being in need of housing and registered on local authority housing waiting lists in each of the past ten years to date; notwithstanding the serious economic crisis which he inherited on coming into office, the extent to which he can expect to deal with the now seriously emerging...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department is aware of increasing indications of inflation in the housing sector; the remedial action being considered, if any, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12389/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has received applications in his Department for funding from Kildare County Council to complete development works in unfinished housing estates; the number of such applications received; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to respond to such applications in the short and medium term;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the full extent of the funding allocated in the budget toward the completion of works at various unfinished housing estates as yet not taken in charge by their respective local authorities; the extent to which provision has been made to address the issue in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to give an indication regarding the rate or level of water charges likely in respect of persons or households; the extents to which basic or free allowance is likely to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12385/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons registered on the housing lists of the various local authorities throughout each of the past ten years to date; the extent to which such numbers have fluctuated annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of directly built local authority houses, by county, throughout the country in each of the past ten years to date; the extent to which it is expected to address the serious housing deficit by way of a direct building programme in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12387/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to the acquisition of existing housing units with a view to meeting the emergency housing requirements of families throughout Dublin and the adjoining counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12388/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is expected that Irish Water will be in a position to make the necessary investment in the provision of storage, treatment and transmission of an adequate and appropriate water supply of the required quality in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12390/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which proposals are in hand to augment/upgrade/modernise various municipal sewerage treatment plants throughout the country with particular reference to investment in line with the specification and requirements set out by the local authorities; the extent to which funding has been made available or is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which reduction targets in respect of carbon emissions are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12391/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it has been found possible to address the serious anomalies in respect of shared ownership housing loans which he inherited with particular reference to an annual increase in the cost of rental equity which made the cost of a loan for persons in that income category to be seriously disadvantaged when...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the context of the review of the shared ownership loan system, a means can be found to ensure that holders of shared ownership mortgages are not disadvantaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12393/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the full extent of the allocation in respect of housing adaptation grants to meet the accommodation needs of older people in County Kildare has been confirmed; the amount allocated to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12452/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment with a local optomologist can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12303/14]

Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: What is the current position regarding No. 86 on the legislative programme, the planning Bill, the purpose of which is to provide for the implementation of planning recommendations in the report of the Mahon tribunal and other matters? Given the concerns expressed during and prior to the Mahon tribunal, is it envisaged that the Bill will come before the House at an early date? No. 90 on...