Results 501-520 of 962 for speaker:Francis Noel Duffy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 393. To ask the Minister for Health his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) on its request to expand the Covid recognition payment scheme to include homeless services workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17196/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered a compulsory sales order as part of measures to tackle vacancy as an issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15879/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Programmes (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Ireland-Palestine scholarship programme runs on a yearly basis; and if so, when applications will open for the next round of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have some simple questions. I thank the witnesses for informing us of the numbers because I like crunching numbers and there is some interesting information here to work from in the projections. The question for the CCMA is whether the housing delivery plans are available and produced annually.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Okay. They are done every five years. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Fair enough. In the context of the Housing Alliance, what is the debt-to-asset ratio in a typical large approved housing body? If Mr. O'Connor does not know, I am happy to come back to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Will this be additional to the 21,500 units when it is rolled out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank Ms Loftus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have a quick question on cost rental. I apologise for cutting across Ms Cosgrove. I do not see numbers in there. I know the approved housing body space is quite interested in cost rental and pushed it. If there are to be 21,500 units in the next eight years, I do not see the numbers. Is the Government holding that back?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if persons that are recently Garda vetted could be offered the roles that are currently required to assist in the aid and reception of Ukrainian persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the membership of the Planning Advisory Forum. [15490/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the membership of the working group to review Irish planning law led by the Attorney General. [15491/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the ambassador. I have been trying to write down this question. In advance, I apologise if the question is offensive or if it is naive. I suppose I am asking to be educated somewhat in respect of Slovakia. My understanding is that Slovakia is an independent country but in the past, if I am not mistaken, it was within, or part of, the Soviet Union, whether it was forced to be or not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Behind the Iron Curtain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I suppose my curiosity is raised by the fact Slovakia is independent. Has Ukraine been fighting for independence since the wall fell? What I saw over the past decade was that there was a struggle there. There was unrest, although it was quite silent. I have sometimes talked to my friends about this. There was not much noise about the Ukrainian struggle a decade ago but now it is where it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Yes. Have Ukrainians been looking for independence since the wall fell? Has there always been that sense of Russia saying, "No, you are not going"? I apologise for my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: It is. It is very interesting. I thank the ambassador.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has considered introducing an equity release scheme for pensioners and persons nearing the pension age as part of the retrofit package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14035/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider a tax credit for owner occupiers of defective homes in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14037/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report by the Inter-Departmental Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing will be published; the progress of the Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14036/22]