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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Capital works associated with public expenditure will arise from Brexit in the development of facilities at ports and airports, some of which will be capital while others may be current expenditure. Is the Minister satisfied the Government will be in a position to provide adequately for anything arising from that quarter, given the fluid circumstances that exist?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Turning to Rosslare Europort and possibly Cork Harbour, a place dear to his good self, is the Minister satisfied the Government will be in a position to make alternative provisions in those two areas, in light of the need to bypass the UK land bridge?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Questions are continually raised about the staffing levels in hospitals throughout the country, given their challenges to meet both Covid-related issues and ongoing related issues such as the filling of consultant posts, nursing posts or whatever is required. There are, allegedly, a number of posts to be filled that could be essential in dealing with the issues ahead. Is the Minister...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, through the EU and UN, continues to engage with NGOs and others involved in seeking an improvement in how refugees are treated internationally; the efforts being made to ensure a reasonable standard of emergency accommodation is available and that renewed efforts are made to address the causes of such mass...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: This question, like Deputy Brady's question earlier, seeks to focus attention on the deplorable conditions under which refugees and asylum seekers are held in the European Union and on the edges and borders of the European Union to try to get the international community focused in a meaningful way on doing something about it.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for the reply and I agree that Ireland makes a solid contribution to alleviating the harsh conditions of refugees through bilateral and multilateral aid. The issue to which the Minister referred is that the European Union on the one side and the UN on the other side seem to be ineffective in dealing with the magnitude of the problem that arises from Syria. I readily...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for the content of his reply. I readily acknowledge and commend the Minister on his contribution to dealing with this particular issue in the UN and the EU. I hope that perhaps as time goes on reason will prevail. I am not 100% certain about this because man's inhumanity to man has recurred many times in the past and will continue in the future. Some of the scenes we...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: We move now to the Independent Group. Deputy Harkin is sharing time with Deputy Connolly.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Will the Deputies be taking five minutes each?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the precise targets he has identified in respect of the provision of local authority affordable housing to meet the ever pressing needs of those on local authority housing lists and others whose incomes are insufficient to purchase a house on the open market; the extent to which he expects to purchase houses on the market to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to address the housing needs of families nationwide that are unable to provide themselves with affordable housing on the open market; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet the requirements of the local authorities in respect of housing adaptation grants; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to make alternative provisions in respect of the post-Brexit era in the event of no agreement and limited access to the UK landbridge for exporters and importers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28796/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals for direct and rapid build housing as required in each local authority area nationally with a view to making provisions to avoid homelessness in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28800/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the various locations throughout County Kildare earmarked for local authority or affordable housing by way of purchase or direct build in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families on Kildare County Council housing list; when he expects them to be accommodated through the various proposals before him via the private sector or the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28802/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the development of private sites as a means of ameliorating the housing shortage by county taking into account the specific needs of each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28797/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to ensure the availability of adequate resources through the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme or alternative with a view to addressing the housing shortage directly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28798/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects local authorities to refurbish void houses in the coming year thereby alleviating the threat of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28799/20]