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Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Is there any concern about the locations of properties or the stock the housing bodies take on? Can they refuse an application in theory if they feel the property may be unsuitable for them in the future?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: What has changed that will lead to an improvement in the figures?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Mr. McCarthy is talking about a private investor entering the market on a major scale. The State would rent the property from the investor. Is that it?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: For how long?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Would that have implications for the State's balance sheet?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: What about maintenance and all of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: How far advanced is that?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: As to scale, are we talking about massive private investors?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: From private finance?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Can the witnesses go through the staged process a local authority housing scheme must go through to get final approval from the Department? If one starts with a greenfield site, what stages does it have to through? I am not talking about massive scale. If there are ten houses, what path does that take through the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: How long on average should it take to go through the four stages?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Fifty-nine weeks.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: Is that a guideline?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: So the Department is now working to 59 weeks. What was the average turnaround during the past two years or beyond that?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: I know Mr. McCarthy said the Department had changed to a four-stage process. While I am someone who would not compromise on quality of work, value for money etc., I also am conscious that we pay directors of services and county managers in this country very well. They are paid to take responsibility. I am concerned about what I hear anecdotally from talking to and meeting people that some...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to examine the pay scale that employees are returned to in the public service and HSE when they opt to stay on past the age of 65 years of age; his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been returned to a lower pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to the possibility of the imposition of a tractor testing system for professional agricultural tractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the possibility of opening a test centre for DOEs can be examined; if a person can apply for a licence for this testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (8 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new provider for the park by text system which covers stations in County Longford (details supplied) will update their mapping system to allow customers to pay for parking in advance at Irish Rail stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11387/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 153. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [10489/18]