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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a plan to dramatically increase the supply of houses at the earliest possible date in order to address the issue of affordable houses for first-time buyers in view of the levels of inflation in the housing market rendering it virtually impossible for first time home seekers to provide themselves with an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which major building contractors can be employed to build affordable houses for sale or for rent to suitably qualified persons on lands made available through the local authorities in order to address the most urgent aspects of the housing shortage which is likely to remain for the foreseeable future; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he through the EU and UN continues to press for a serious investigation into the numerous human rights violations now taking place throughout the globe; if Ireland’s position on the UN Security Council can be used to press these issues at an early date; if the international criminal courts in the Hague can be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Irish and British Governments are currently engaging with the authorities and communities in Northern Ireland with a view to ensuring the operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol which was brought about as a result of Brexit; if all those involved can apply themselves to this important task as a matter of urgency...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and when a renewal work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and when a renewal work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be necessary to invoke emergency housing procedures in order to assure the rapid delivery of direct build local authority houses on public lands in the shortest possible timescale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34178/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he has considered additional measures to address the housing crisis with particular reference to the rapidly escalating house prices, the increasing number of persons seeking to purchase an affordable house and the number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists; his plans to introduce...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average price of a house now deemed to be in the affordable category; the number built, acquired or under construction at present throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34181/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the precise number of affordable local authority houses he expects to provide by county based on the number of housing applicants in each local authority area over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34182/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he can foresee the provision of adequate private sites, affordable housing and Rebuilding Ireland loans in each local authority area nationwide commensurate with their requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of serviced housing sites available with a view to meeting the affordable housing needs of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects the affordable housing needs to be met by way of a house building programme in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of heritage projects currently in hand or listed for attention in terms of projection and restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34180/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses built or bought by each local authority by county excluding the approved housing bodies in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34184/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland loans approved and drawn down in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the efficacy of Rebuilding Ireland loans with a view to extending their capacity to facilitate a dramatically greater number of applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34186/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he expects to reform local authority guidelines for eligibility for rehousing with a view to removal of gaps in the system whereby some applicants’ income is too high to qualify for local authority housing and too low to merit consideration for a loan sufficient to purchase a home; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists who may now be in rental accommodation paying excessively high rents with view to waiving a mortgage and housing loan deposit given that they are already paying the equivalent of a mortgage or loan in rent; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will conduct an urgent evaluation of the housing needs of the younger generation with a view to a crash programme of house building to accommodate their needs by way of local authority rental or purchase as under the Housing Act 1966 given the likely resurgence of the economy as Covid-19 is brought under control; and...