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Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Local Authority Housing
Bernard Durkan
95. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has formulated plans for an annual sizeable reduction in the number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists by way of a local authority house building programme; the number of applicants likely to be facilitated as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12444/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Local Authority Housing
Bernard Durkan
96. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has formulated plans for an annual sizeable reduction in the number of applicants on the Kildare County Council housing waiting list by way of a house building programme; if so, the number of applicants likely to be facilitated as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12445/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Heritage Sites
Bernard Durkan
97. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he has considered plans for the protection and restoration of heritage structures and listed buildings which might be deemed at risk throughout Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12446/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Local Authority Housing
Bernard Durkan
98. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the development of local authority serviced and subsidised sites as a means of dealing with the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12447/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Local Authority Housing
Bernard Durkan
99. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to achieve a reasonable waiting period for local authority housing applicants to be housed and rehoused; if this is likely to be in line with best international practice in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12448/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Heritage Sites
Bernard Durkan
100. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he plans to restore listed buildings deemed to be at risk by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12449/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Passport Applications
Bernard Durkan
104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12291/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights
Bernard Durkan
107. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which Ireland, through the UN, has focused on various worldwide abuses of human rights including the use of child soldiers, trafficking in women and young girls, the use of rape as method of war, ethnic cleansing, genocide and total disregard for democratic principles; if the international courts are being used to the fullest extent possible to counter such activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12450/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights
Bernard Durkan
108. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he expects Ireland as a member of the UN Security Council to be in a position to focus on the various worldwide abuses of human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12451/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights Cases
Bernard Durkan
109. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action taken to date by the international community to assist a person (details supplied); if the EU and UN will intercede on their behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12452/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Foreign Conflicts
Bernard Durkan
110. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps taken or in hand by the EU and UN to address the situation in Myanmar in which the president has been deposed; if action will be taken against the instigators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12453/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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United Nations
Bernard Durkan
111. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the UN can be reformed to assert itself as a human rights defender at various conflict locations globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12454/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Middle East Peace Process
Bernard Durkan
112. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which a peace process is proposed in the Middle East with particular reference to the need to ensure the existence of a body to which complaints can be reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12455/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights
Bernard Durkan
113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the international community can devise a means by which atrocities punishable by law can be referred quickly to the international courts with a view to bringing about a cessation of such violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12456/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights
Bernard Durkan
114. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the degree to which the attention of the international community has been drawn to the atrocities taking place in Yemen; the actions taken or pending to bring the perpetrators to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12457/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights
Bernard Durkan
115. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the international community can take action to bring about a cessation of atrocities in Ethiopia and Sudan; if the perpetrators will be referred to the International Criminal Court such as happened in Liberia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12458/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights
Bernard Durkan
116. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if preparations will be made to refer the perpetrators of the various conflicts and abuses of human rights which appear to be going unchallenged by the international community to the International Criminal Court; the number of locations and perpetrators globally who fall into such a category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12459/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights
Bernard Durkan
117. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the top twenty most serious locations globally in which conflict and crimes against humanity are most prevalent; the extent of efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice through the EU or UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12460/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Human Rights
Bernard Durkan
118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he expects Ireland to use its position on the UN Security Council to highlight and challenge international trafficking in women and children, the suppression of human rights, the disregard for the rule of law and the imprisonment on spurious grounds of various ethnic or other groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12461/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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United Nations
Bernard Durkan
119. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps now being taken to restore the status of the UN as an internationally respected entity in peacekeeping or peace enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12462/21]