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Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Question No. 89 is identical to this one. Why could they have not been grouped together? We are going to come back to the same question and answer when we take Question No. 89.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of units that have so far been turned over to local authorities and approved housing bodies, AHBs, as part of the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of persons seeking to take part in the scheme; and the number of homes that are expected to be turned over to local authorities and AHBs over the course of 2014....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons currently on the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will provide a breakdown based on local authority area. [5620/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown based on local authority area of all the emergency accommodation beds available for persons experiencing homelessness here specifying those which are exclusively for use by a particular demographic. [5612/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons that have reported as homeless for the first time across the State between the years 2011 and 2012. [5618/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of National Asset Management Agency housing units that are now occupied; and the status of all other identified NAMA units for social housing. [5613/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount the National Asset Management Agency housing scheme has cost the State to date; and the amount it is expected to cost over the lifetime of the scheme. [5619/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Application Numbers (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to providing a regular update to the Houses of the Oireachtas on the numbers of people on housing waiting lists here and his Department's progress in tackling these numbers; and if he will not make this commitment, the rationale for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5615/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he expects the new housing assistance payment scheme to work; the persons that will be eligible to avail of same; and when it will come on stream. [5616/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts he has made to investigate the possibility of introducing measures to tie private rents to the cost of living in order to ease the difficulties faced by many private tenants at this moment and secure better value for money for the State in its use of private accommodation to house people. [5617/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of moneys spent on consultant fees relating to the Ballymun regeneration from its beginning to the present day. [5664/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 28 January 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of the areas on which the €755,399,650 was spent. [5665/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences Renewals (4 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any special provision will be made for a person whose SPSV licence has lapsed over the course of an ongoing insurance dispute which has left them temporarily without a vehicle. [5597/14]

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I was going to mention the tenants housing purchase scheme. Section 62 of the Housing Act needs to be repealed as a result of a Supreme Court decision which is causing serious problems for local authorities in dealing with anti-social issues. The Taoiseach previously said that the housing Bill would be published early this year. At what stage are we? Has the Cabinet discussed it and when...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (29 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Dublin Bus Nitelink passengers in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 respectively; the amount that was made from the Nitelink service in these years; and the number of Nitelink services that ran in each of those years. [4398/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Private Bus Operators Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the tendering of 100% of contracts for bus routes in the Waterford city area when other areas are only tendering 10%; if he will provide a breakdown of these routes; and the way they will be decided on. [4530/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (28 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to integrate schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [3822/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (28 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a non-denominational school in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [3823/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (28 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has supported or ever received a request from Dublin City Council for repairs to a community centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11 where pyrite has been discovered. [3719/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €800 million spent on the Ballymun regeneration project to date. [3786/14]