Results 15,861-15,880 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private serviced sites on public land provided in each of the past three years to date; the number he expects to progress annually in the future with a view to addressing the severe affordable housing shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17917/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses made available directly to each local authority through Part 8 or similar schemes in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17918/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses made available to tenants through each approved housing body in each of the past four years to date; the extent to which he expects an increase in this activity annually in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17919/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he has examined the prospect of engaging major building firms to build on contracts for local authority houses on public lands at a specified price per unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17921/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing applicants whose needs were met by Kildare County Council in each of the past four years to date through direct build or Part 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17923/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if income qualification thresholds for local authority houses are likely to be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17924/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take in terms of reform to address the issue of families having to spend more than half the family income to meet rent payments; if provision will be made by which families can compete with investors in the marketplace to provide themselves with a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17926/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered as homeless by local authorities throughout the greater Dublin area; the number who have been successfully housed in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17928/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which particular attention can be given to ensure that the rural indigenous population can obtain planning permission in their own area within reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17930/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of emergency housing units available for use by each local authority to meet the growing housing requirements by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17931/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Diseases (23 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovine animals found to have failed the tuberculosis eradication test in each of the past ten years to date in respect of both the dairy and beef herd, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17927/20]
- Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Thursday, 23 July 2020.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 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 Paul Donnelly - to discuss plans to increase funding from Pobal in order to pay the national minimum wage; (2) Deputy Neale Richmond - to provide an update on the status of hate crime legislation; (3) Deputy Pat Buckley - to...
- Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: To conclude, the Solidarity-People Before Profit grouping has ten minutes. I call Deputy Bríd Smith.
- Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: Will it be five minutes each?
- Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should give me a hint.
- Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Deputy
- Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: Ar aghaidh leat.
- Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: Next is the Independent Group. I call on Deputy Joan Collins.
- Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)
Bernard Durkan: Deputy Collins has eight minutes.