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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Heritage Council: Chairperson Designate (23 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I congratulate Dr. Moloney on her new position. I thank her for her briefing, and Ms Teehan as well. The information we have been given so far has been great. I have a great passion for heritage, similar to that of Senator Boyhan and others on the committee. My background is in architecture and I have had the privilege of spending most of my career working with protected structures. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Heritage Council: Chairperson Designate (23 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: So the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is mainly orchestrating it and will be architect of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Heritage Council: Chairperson Designate (23 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I could actually ask questions all day as well. A simple one concerns how we compare with other EU countries in the context of funding and resources. Is our funding at the same level or well below? With regard to the Ballymount Castle gatehouse, the local authority did not really want to work on it but we managed to get it done through Ms Irenie McLoughlin and others. It was really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Heritage Council: Chairperson Designate (23 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: We visited Westport House, where the cost of the work on just one annexe room was in the millions.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the current difficulties surrounding the emergency passport service; if his Department is reviewing the emergency telephone line to increase capacity due to large volume of callers; if persons can get an immediate urgent appointment with the passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (18 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 273. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the restrictions on youth group work which are currently restricted to pods of six given the vast majority of volunteer led youth work has not been able to resume or to have open access services such as youth cafés and drop ins and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Authorisation to Instruct Legal Representatives: Motion (16 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f) (iv) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003-2018, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to defend proceedings initiated against Dáil Éireann and to instruct legal counsel in that regard in the matter of Gerard Hutch v. the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Minister for Justice,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: Will the commission consider how rental units are regulated, as they are in other jurisdictions, to ensure that if a landlord wants to sell a unit, the tenants can remain in situ? I know that with the build-to-rent legislation, which I do not necessarily agree with, the units remain rental units, so if a landlord sells the unit, the tenants can stay. Will the commission consider the issue...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of the commission on housing and its terms of reference; when the membership of the commission will be appointed; the sectors he will target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54956/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: In response to a parliamentary question I submitted in June, the Minister stated that he intended to establish the commission on housing formally by September and, once terms of reference were finalised, hold a process to invite expressions of interest for membership of the commission. In light of the urgency of the need for rental protections and regulation in the rental sector, I would be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: We have received assurances from the Minister and the Department that one of the first priorities of the commission on housing will be to progress the referendum on the right to housing. In light of the delay in establishing the commission, will the Minister indicate when we will be at the ballot box to vote in a referendum on the right to housing? Furthermore, I understand the commission...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of housing under the Housing for All plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (10 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the working group to review Irish planning legislation will be established; when the terms of reference will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review by the County and City Management Association of local authority capacity and resources before the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021 is enacted to ensure local authorities are adequately resourced and appropriately staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54959/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: It is very simple. This community needs help. We have a population of 5 million now. We are one big community and this is part of that and it needs help. It is underfunded. The funding has not been brought back even though it has been brought back to various other areas. It is under-resourced with gardaí. I do not know how much more needs to be said. I heard yesterday from Pat...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I begin by wishing the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, a quick recovery and thanking the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming in this evening. The crack cocaine epidemic in Tallaght is intensifying, with more open drug-dealing in public places, increased violence, drug-related intimidation and sophisticated marketing techniques being used by drug dealers to ensnare users....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the decarbonised zones project; when decarbonised zones will be approved, guidelines issued and when the steering committee structures will be outlined considering that deadlines for submission was 21 April 2021. [54691/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sources of funding for the planned decarbonised zone activity and the support for project managers to enable local authorities to support this significant new activity. [54692/21]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Authorisation to Instruct Legal Representatives: Motion (2 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f)(iv) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2018, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to defend Workplace Relations Commission proceedings against a member of Dáil Éireann entitled: ADJ-00032962, and which proceedings arise solely out of the performance by the member concerned of...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: As we recover from one of the most challenging times in the history of the State, it was important our budget aimed to restore livelihoods, rebuild the sectors destroyed by the pandemic and protect the most vulnerable as we mitigate the climate crisis. I believe this budget has succeeded in doing so. The solution to the rental crisis is State-led affordable accommodation. That is what...