Brendan Ryan — Watch Them Work

2025-08-28

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Geard Mc AULEY Community

Harbour Road Skerries

2025-04-29

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Geard Mc AULEY Community

Harbour Road Skerries

2019-11-13

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Asked Justice

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Thornton Hall lands in County Dublin earmarked previously for a prison; if the lands are still in public ownership; if so, if offers from community groups for temporary use of the land will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46731/19]

2019-07-23

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Asked Communications

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the allocation of homes for retrofitting to community based organisations under the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme has now ceased; if this is as a result of reaching the allocated budget; if so, the measures he plans to take to ensure that skilled staff are not made redundant or community based organisations are forced to close down; his views on whether such actions would have a detrimental impact on building capacity within the sector to achieve the Project Ireland 2040 objective of 45,000 domestic retrofits per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31641/19]

2019-04-16

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Asked Rural

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans to increase this number to promote and support the employment of persons with intellectual disabilities as outlined in the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17493/19]

2019-04-16

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Asked Rural

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department and the agencies under his aegis track the numbers of employees they have with an intellectual disability; his plans to do so in order to help set targets and increase workplace opportunities for those with intellectual disabilities such as those outlined in the national disability inclusion strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17510/19]

2017-06-27

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when refunds for water charges will be given; if there is a timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29991/17]

2017-06-20

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will end the penalising of persons that can only afford to pay car tax in three-month or six-month instalments, in view of the fact that the annual price for car tax if paid over four three month periods is approximately 10% more expensive than paying car tax in one annual instalment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26520/17]

2017-06-20

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of projects which have been submitted by local authorities under the one stage approval process for local authority social housing construction projects under €2 million in value or under 15 units as set out by his Department in early 2016; and the number of units being delivered by these projects in each local authority area, in tabular form. [26964/17]

2017-06-20

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if adequate funding is in place to meet the remediation costs for all successful applications to the pyrite remediation scheme during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27017/17]

2017-06-20

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are reluctant to sign up for the housing assistance payment scheme in fear they will be taken off the local authority housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28961/17]

2017-05-30

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average waiting times across all four Dublin local authorities to process housing assistance payment applications, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25512/17]

2017-05-30

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are delays in processing an application for housing assistance payment, if he will guarantee that arrears will be paid from the date of application to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25513/17]

2017-05-25

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for a policy to assist persons who are paying rent in excess of an average mortgage for a similar property but are unable to afford to buy due to deposit restrictions and an inability to save due to their high rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24793/17]

2017-05-25

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to raise the limits for costs associated with the pyrite remediation scheme such as alternative accommodation to reflect current market values. [24799/17]

2017-05-25

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding for the pyrite remediation scheme to cover the remediation of pyrite damaged homes for each year since its inception to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24797/17]

2017-05-25

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to broaden the terms of the pyrite resolution board to include level one homes as a matter of urgency. [24800/17]

2017-05-03

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details on the rolling out of a new affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/17]

2017-03-07

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is reconsidering the tenant purchase scheme to allow the tenant and the subtenant to purchase jointly. [11502/17]

2017-03-07

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to make more provision for the inclusion of level 1 homes in the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11954/17]

2017-02-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a source of funding for community groups to apply for CCTV facilities to assist in tackling crime and anti-social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9291/17]

2017-02-14

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications that have been made for the mortgage to rent scheme since its inception; the number of applications that have been accepted or rejected respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/17]

2017-02-14

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the main reasons applications for the mortgage to rent scheme are rejected; if any studies have taken place to quantify the reasons why applications are rejected. [6923/17]

2017-02-09

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Asked Justice

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing forums in existence here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6480/17]

2017-02-09

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Asked Justice

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which community policing forums here are funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6481/17]

2017-02-07

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the franchise for general election voting to Irish emigrants living outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5355/17]

2017-01-19

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the impact a company (details supplied) is having on the housing and homeless crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38848/16]

2017-01-19

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will cease the roll-out of staff-less library pilot schemes throughout the country due to concerns of workers that this scheme is precipitating a race to the bottom in terms of employment standards in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2017/17]

2016-12-08

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the pyrite remediation scheme to homeowners classed on level 1 pyritic damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39355/16]

2016-11-30

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities ringfencing the funds collected through the sale of local authority houses for the purpose of the provision of maintenance programmes to replace windows and doors and provide or improve heating systems in local authority housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37794/16]

2016-11-03

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities which excluded from their scheme tenants who do not occupy every bedroom in their house, with regard to the current tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33127/16]

2016-09-16

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Asked Housing

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the list of all vacancies that existed on 26 February 2016 and all positions that have arisen since including the date they became vacant for State Boards or governing bodies under his control; the names of those appointed since the Government was formed; if the position was advertised and a short-list provided to him by the Public Appointments Service; if the appointments were approved by the Cabinet; the positions under his control which are not subject to the PAS system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26082/16]

2016-06-21

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Asked Defence

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the current recruitment programme for the Defence Forces; the stated objectives of the new campaign to recruit more women and to engage with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, minority communities and new citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17138/16]

2016-05-31

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Asked Environment

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to create a vacant homes register in the short term to help tackle the housing crisis, given that the report form the Housing Agency indicated that there are almost 250,000 vacant properties here, excluding holiday homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12505/16]

2016-05-24

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Asked Environment

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Cabinet will make a decision on the Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend in Dublin 2; if the project will proceed under a strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11658/16]

2016-05-17

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Asked Environment

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he can enact the seventh amendment to the Constitution and extend the voting franchise for the university panels of Seanad Éireann to all university graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9625/16]

2015-09-22

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Asked Environment

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number and names of all operating voluntary housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30515/15]

2015-09-22

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Asked Environment

Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the implementation oversight group, set up under the aegis of his Department to oversee the overall implementation of the October 2013 Priory Hall resolution framework, if he will provide an update on the work of this oversight group; if the group has been in contact with property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30629/15]