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Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: She will have it all to herself.

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: The next item is the Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020, all Stages of which will be taken today.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (24 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Before moving on to the next business, I have to make an announcement regarding the appointment of committee Chairmen. I wish to announce for the information of the House that the Business Committee, acting as the Committee of Selection pursuant to Standing Order 34, has administered the allocation of posts according to the d'Hondt system, pursuant to Standing Order 104(2). A total of 18...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Improvement Schemes (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. In the Maynooth case, funding came from the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. In the other cases, an overall traffic assessment needs to be done again to ensure that the necessity that was identified some years ago is addressed in the shortest possible time....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Improvement Schemes (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this important issue which relates to traffic management in north Kildare, in particular in the towns of Naas, Celbridge, Maynooth and Leixlip. The populations of these towns have grown tremendously over the past several years and are still growing. In all the towns concerned, there are large industrial estates which...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Deputy and that is an invitation there now for the Minister. We move on to the next group of Deputies, the Rural Independent Group of Deputies Mattie McGrath, Michael Healy-Rae, O’Donoghue, and Danny Healy-Rae. I call Deputy O’Donoghue now to speak up there in the high dome.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Marc MacSharry - to discuss the memorandum of understanding between the Football Association of Ireland and the Minister with responsibility for sport; (2) Deputy Johnny Mythen - to discuss the recent nationwide increase in...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: As there are no Solidarity-PBP Deputies present, we will move on to the Regional Group.

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Order for Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: The next item is the Health (General Practitioners Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020, all Stages. I call the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, to move the Order for Second Stage.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: The next slot is the Green Party's. I call Deputy Hourigan.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he plans to assess the housing need by way of reference to the number of applicants for local authority housing on the various housing lists nationally; if he is satisfied that the programme for Government adequately addresses the full extent of the need over a four to five year period; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he plans to embark on a direct build local authority housing programme of sufficient scale to make serious inroads on local authority housing waiting lists; if he will extend the housing programme to encompass affordable housing, private sites and improved to access to local authority loans with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 123. 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. [17913/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he expects to be in a position to liaise with each local authority in the greater Dublin area with particular reference to the immediately adjoining counties such as County Kildare with a view to the launching of a programme of local authority house building, the development of privately serviced sites...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build local authority houses started or completed in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which he expects to increase this number in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17916/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he has engaged with major house building firms with a view to the provision of the maximum number of local authority or affordable houses by county annually in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17920/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated time by which he expects a sufficient decrease in the number of applicants on local authority waiting lists to be made based on the number of applicants on local authority housing lists in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17922/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families likely to qualify for and obtain local authority houses for the remainder of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17925/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses under construction; when they are likely to be ready for occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17929/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority Rebuilding Ireland loans approved in each of the past three years; the extent to which he expects such approvals to increase over the course of the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17915/20]