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Thu, 30 May 2024
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Tourism Promotion
Bernard Durkan
41. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she continues to take to ensure that tourism is given every opportunity to develop and grow in the future notwithstanding the future challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24345/24]
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Sports Funding
Bernard Durkan
50. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the degree to which she expects to be in a position to continue to assist the sporting sector given the increased importance of sporting activity in terms of health and well-being; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24346/24]
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Housing Policy
Bernard Durkan
113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider emergency housing measures to increase the supply of housing to those counties particularly affected by the threat of homelessness; if he will take steps to address these increasing housing needs in order to ensure that homelessness does not become an endemic and that families including parents and children have an option to avail of in the event of finding themselves homeless arising from eviction, or through the ongoing increasing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24347/24]
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Housing Policy
Bernard Durkan
114. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he can avail of modern housing production methods to facilitate the provision of supply of homes to the market in addition to those already in hand in order to address the increasing demand arising from the termination of tenancies or other factors which might make it difficult or even impossible for families to provide housing by other means such as purchase or rental through the local authorities; if he can identify those counties currently trying to face this challenge with a view to increasing the supply within months rather than years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24348/24]
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Passport Services
Bernard Durkan
138. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24533/24]
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Sport and Recreational Development
Bernard Durkan
181. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the degree to which she expects to assist in the provision of sporting and recreational facilities throughout the country with maximum community benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24543/24]
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Heritage Schemes
Bernard Durkan
196. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he has in mind plans for the protection and restoration of heritage structures/listed buildings which might be deemed at risk throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24544/24]
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Housing Schemes
Bernard Durkan
197. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loans approved and drawn down in each local authority area in the past two years to date; the number of such loans likely to be issued in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24545/24]
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Departmental Data
Bernard Durkan
198. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses likely to become available from the private sector developments to meet the needs of local authority housing applicants over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24547/24]
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Vacant Properties
Bernard Durkan
199. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the degree to which he proposes, through the various local authorities, to utilise abandoned or derelict buildings in the centres of villages or towns throughout the country to meet the needs of those who require affordable or local authority houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24548/24]
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Planning Issues
Bernard Durkan
200. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which young people seeking to remain resident in their native areas can be facilitated throughout rural Ireland thereby assuring the future of schools, shops and community life while maintaining good environmental and planning practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24549/24]
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Planning Issues
Bernard Durkan
201. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning permissions refused, by county, in respect of one-off housing in rural areas affecting the indigenous population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24550/24]
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Housing Provision
Bernard Durkan
202. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [24551/24]
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Departmental Data
Bernard Durkan
203. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to indicate, based on the current numbers of applicants on local authority housing lists, in respect of each county, if the estimated time by which he expects sufficient reduction of applicants on local authority waiting lists to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24552/24]
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Housing Schemes
Bernard Durkan
204. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which the public housing programme is progressing in north Kildare, with particular reference to the issue of homeless families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24553/24]
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
217. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for the fuel allowance (details supplied) will be reviewed with a view to ascertaining if other persons in the household might qualify for such payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24532/24]
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Health Services
Bernard Durkan
260. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 2 May 2024, if the case will be considered for even a partial contribution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24560/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Bernard Durkan
6. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will meet next. [22709/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Bernard Durkan
22. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [22708/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Bernard Durkan
77. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the reason a request to sanction the summer programme for one week for eight classes was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if this school’s case can be examined at the earliest opportunity, with a view to ensuring a consensus to run at least a week’s programme given the importance of the school to local children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24164/24]