Results 741-760 of 962 for speaker:Francis Noel Duffy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: Yes, but my understanding of this situation from speaking with planners in Kildare in particular is that, if an application is received, they have certain remits to fulfil when deciding on whether to grant planning permission, for example, school facilities, the option to go to school and public transport. They make their decisions based on those considerations. However, An Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) has not been selected for the school meals scheme considering the school serves one of the most deprived areas in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21132/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: The Green Party will not support this amendment. The Land Development Agency, LDA, will be implementing or master-planning this process. Its remit is to assist local authorities and the affordable housing bodies, AHBs, in delivering affordable housing. Therefore, in that tendering process, they will tender out projects and the contractors who take on that work will get their profit within...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: The Green Party will not be supporting this proposal. The definition of cost rental is that the renter pays for the cost of construction and maintenance, as well as a profit capped at 3% to 3.5%. That is the way the Vienna model works. I am not sure where Deputy Ó Broin got the figure of 10% to 15%. I go back to the Government agency that will deliver these, namely, the LDA. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: We must distinguish between affordable renting and cost rental. Cost rental is based on the cost; affordable is where assistance is provided by the State, essentially. We need to make sure which one is which, when we are speaking to them. In Vienna, state assistance is given to people who cannot afford cost rental. It is the first time that cost rental has happened. There was a concept...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: My understanding is this will not be the same as the UK scheme. I have a tracker rate mortgage and I will pay 100% of the interest on that. I would love to pay 50% of the interest due on my mortgage over its life. I am not sure if that fact is correct but if it is 50% less interest than what I would pay, for example, it would be a very good mortgage.

Authorisation for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to Instruct Legal Representatives: Motion (21 Apr 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 conduct the defence of proceedings initiated in the Workplace Relations Commission against members of the Joint Committee on Health in the matter of Francis Kearney v Deputy Colm Burke and others...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if zebra crossings can be installed without Belisha beacons as currently installed at the junction of Church Street, Market Street and Seaview Road, Clifden, Connemara, Galway. [18461/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (21 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will issue the new logbook with amended addresses for vehicle registration (details supplied); and when it will be sent to the owner of the vehicle as the address needs to be changed again which is not possible until the new logbook is received. [19282/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate the full 50 special education teaching hours to a school (details supplied) needed as a result of the reprofiling in 2019 and considering the yearly increase of student intake; if her Department has considered revising the 20% cap under circular no. 007/2019 to allow schools to receive their full special education teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 1389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to meet the backlog of registration for first time Garda national immigration bureau applicants; if she will consider increasing capacity to deal with the backlog in Dublin by giving functions to larger Garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18460/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (21 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 1390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount seized by Criminal Assets Bureau linked to organised drug crimes in Tallaght, Dublin 24 since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (21 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 1631. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the annual budget allocation inclusive of mainstream and interim funding allocated by his Department and drugs programmes to local drug and alcohol recovery task forces from 2006 to date by year. [18501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (21 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: 1632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with regional and local drug and alcohol task forces to hear their funding needs ahead of budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18502/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Industrial Policy Priorities, including Vaccine Production and Digital Transformation: Discussion with Commissioner Thierry Breton (20 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the Commissioner. Will the setback with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine delivery impact on the EU target of vaccinating 70% of adults by mid-May?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the Programme for Government: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the Minister and Ministers of State for their briefings. In January, I asked the Minister when the referendum on a right to housing would be delivered, what role the housing commission would have in delivering on the commitment in this regard and how organisations such as Home For Good will be engaged in the process. I would appreciate if the Minister would give us an update on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I am very grateful to Ms Drisdelle, Mr. East and Mr. Collenette for their insightful contributions to the debate so far. They are very useful and have been very informative to me. I note and welcome this shared agreement for all the reasons outlined. However, I am interested in understanding and I think the reason we are here today is to understand, at least for me it is. I understand we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: My experience working at a local level on a county council is that when legal disputes come before a county council - and I sat on one of the biggest in the country - there is only so much money the State or a local council in that context can spend on legal disputes. It tends to leave them and not go near them. The point I was trying to make is that our Government will not be able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: Can Mr. Collenette give me examples? All I am asking for are examples of what we might be sued over.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: I confirm that I am on the campus grounds of the Oireachtas. I thank the speakers for their statements and insight into CETA. I have two short questions. The investment court system will alienate the judicial power of our national courts. Do the witnesses believe there is a risk of the ISDS undermining public policy? I am looking for a "Yes" or "No" answer to that. Second, with regard...