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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been informed by her Department that their landlord must reduce their rent again from €800 to €725; her views on whether this rate is correct in view of the increased competition with the rental market in north Kildare; her further views on whether this level...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when invalidity pension will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will facilitate an oral hearing in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38866/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when one parent family payment will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38903/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when jobseeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38904/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38932/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the impact of the sharp reduction in the rent support in areas in which local demand for rent accommodation is high and local authority housing application waiting lists are excessive in view of the lack of a proper public housing construction programme over the last ten years; if she recognises the need to vary rent support to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, arising from the report of the pyrite panel, he intends to proceed with a particular plan to mutualise or share the responsibility for pyrite damage between the various bodies including the insurers and home bond with a view to achieving the highest possible level of protection for the householder; if it might be feasible...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which progress is being made to address the on-going issue of pyrite; if the full extent of the problem is being identified, quantified or costed; if he has studied the points raised by the Pyrite Action Group with a view to identifying a financial structure and a comprehensive plan to deal with the issues...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a major update in housing policy with particular reference to the need to provide an adequate supply of affordable housing through the capital programme or a suitable equivalent in order to address the long-standing number of persons on the housing lists of the various local authorities; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is intended that local household or other service charges will go directly towards the provision of services currently or previously provided by local authorities or likely to be so provided in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39313/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended to give any particular financial recognition by way of incentives to local authorities with a better than average record in terms of budgetary control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39314/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate those local authorities now faced with the most serious level of budgetary cutbacks; the extent to which the cause or causes have been identified; the measures available or likely to become available to the local authorities directly or through the aegis of his Department to address these issues; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will identify and provide for a reorganisation of the shared ownership loan system which is currently penalising holders of such mortgages in a most unfair fashion whereby the rent being charged in respect of the local authority equity in the dwelling is vastly in excess in some cases of the mortgage on the remaining...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected to bring the structures appertaining to the operation of voluntary housing associations into line with the operational rules operated by local authorities with particular reference to the determination of rent and the governance structures of such organisations in line with company law and their articles...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that a local authority house building programme can be put in place in view of the vast number of applicants currently on local authority housing lists; the extent to which these numbers are likely to increase in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39319/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the future development of the fire services operated by the local authorities continues to be examined with particular reference to the increasing need to ensure adequate strength, equipment and compliance with modern health and safety requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39320/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the upgrading, improvement and development of the quality and quantity of domestic drinking water in all areas throughout the country with particular reference to the need to ensure adequate supply and storage; the extent to which provision can now be made for such requirements in the future in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has received submissions from the local authorities in County Kildare in respect of their prioritised requirements in respect of group water schemes, group sewerage schemes or other such small schemes; the degree to which any such plans have been awaiting approval in the past 10 to 15 years such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37773/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37774/12]