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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking on the issue of diversity and female representation on Boards and within executive positions across Sport in Ireland, agencies and National Governing Bodies of Sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure the National Sports Campus, Sport Ireland, and NGBs which seek State funding are prioritising climate action and reduction in their carbon emissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32258/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the witnesses for their insight. The briefings we get here are always informative. From my experience, Part M minimum standards in this country are typical of the norms which developers and designers work towards. The norm is largely not to build outside those minimums, which is very difficult to do. As a designer, it is difficult to build outside minimums. It is virtually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I am showing my naivety here. I am aware that the regulations are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Are the witnesses pulled into that? Do they know when the regulations are reviewed? How many reviews have taken place in the last 20 years? There has to be somebody saying "No" to these changes. Is the review just done behind a closed door and then the regulations are what they are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Have they ever been reviewed? It sounds like they have not been.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Before that, they probably were not reviewed at all because they only came in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Were the organisations invited in 2014?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have personally pushed certain agendas on different building standards that would be good for human beings and all of us. There definitely seems to be a resistance. That comes through the Department from the construction industry and it is about cost.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Is there any indication from the Department of a review coming? It has been eight years now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I am not sure how that helps us in helping the witnesses-----

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the Minister of State for her opening statement and wholeheartedly support her aspirations in her role. I want to be positive in my discourse, and I hope I am, as the area of special educational needs is very important to many parents, guardians, siblings, providers and, most importantly, the persons who should be afforded an education to allow them to evolve as human beings. I am...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have used almost every opportunity in this Chamber to emphasise the value to the State of cost rental affordable housing and 100% housing on public land. The LDA recently informed the housing committee that it would now build 100% public housing on public land and that 75% of its units will be cost rental. This amounts to approximately 30,000 units over the next 20 years. I personally...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 1716. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic bonus payment will be paid to healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30098/22]

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I am sharing my time with Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. I congratulate my colleagues on their work at the housing committee on this report and their commitment to tackling the issue of vacancy. In particular, I thank my Green Party colleague and chairman of the committee, Deputy Matthews. The discourse of the housing committee in this report has surfaced honest dialogue and debate and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the witnesses for their briefing and collective wisdom, which is always much appreciated. I fully welcome the review in order to make planning procurement more efficient for our society. However, a key issue I have found in the review is a lack of transparency around the Attorney General's working group to date. We have submitted parliamentary questions seeking information on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have a quick question. Ms Graham might come back to us with the names and terms of reference.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (25 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants that are available to schools to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26656/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (25 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the challenges that schools are facing with increased energy bills in the absence of direct funding for energy upgrades; when schools will be compensated for the significant increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26657/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Priorities (25 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has considered issuing a directive to change water storage requirements in Dublin City Council which have not been updated since the 1970s, given that offices now use less than 20 litres per person per day as a result of water conservation improvements, in comparison to the 45-litre requirement; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (25 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will expand the rent pressure zone to the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26659/22]