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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families who have to date in 2021 applied for local authority or similar housing, affordable housing or special needs housing by county with a view to responding at the earliest possible date to this need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46771/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take action to discourage house price increases that currently make it difficult or impossible for first-time house buyers to build or acquire a home of their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46772/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passports will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for travel on 28 September 2021 in the case of a person (details supplied); if an individual and specific reply will issue in respect of this Parliamentary Question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 22 June 2021, if a reply in respect of changing status can be furnished by the Teaching Council given that the person is yet to receive confirmation in reply to previous correspondence on the matter and has renewed his or her registration for 2021-2022; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school place will be facilitated for a child (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full school transport service is being provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he plans to take to address the issue of the acute shortage of student accommodation with particular reference to the immediacy of the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 1G visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46017/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing time for applications for citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding available for new residential care places for children with complex needs; the number of places which will be created as a result of funding assigned; when such places will be made available for service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 780. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate primary care psychology service will be provided to a person (details supplied); the efforts currently underway to secure a primary care psychologist for this area; the progress in relation to same; if the child will be referred to a neighbouring service in the absence of an ability to be seen in their own catchment area; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 785. To ask the Minister for Health when appointments will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46612/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Equipment (23 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, the Deputy may.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for appearing before the committee and giving us his views in the fashion he did. I compliment the Government on its handling of the Covid era. It is not all over yet but it was very competently handled by the Government. We have to be grateful for the fact that good management made it possible to be able to assist or borrow to the extent that we did over the period in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Do I have time for another question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Health, housing, education and climate have been identified as priority areas, particularly housing and health, where we need to urgently build the infrastructure to the extent that it is capable of dealing with the increased demand in terms of demographic changes. Will it be possible to make provision for movement in those areas, which may be required in the course of the year or over the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Thank you.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Earlier in the week and this morning we had discussions with the various groups that are looking towards the budget with some hope on the basis that during Covid various sectors were neglected. For instance, the Irish Cancer Society indicated how much it had fallen behind in dealing with urgent care issues in the past 18 months - and understandably, because the services were obviously highly...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: In the event of there being any difficulty in raising funds in the international market, could the private or personal savings in the banks in this country be utilised by way of incentive in order to supplement the budgetary issue in way that might be positive and in a way that would not impact on foreign debt? Would that be possible? Obviously, there would have to be some incentives, but I...