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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: So the Minister of State can give me the content of the initial question as to where these 4,400 units will be constructed throughout the country.

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: Could the Minister of State agree to group them together now?

Other Questions: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: It is the Minister's Department.

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: Like other speakers, I am surprised the Minister of State has not seen fit to group many of these questions. They seem to overlap. It is normal practice for such questions to be grouped. The Minister of State might respond to that in her reply. What discussions or negotiations has the Minister of State had with NAMA and the local authorities to seek to reap the social dividend that was...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: The Minister of State said more than half the properties available are unsuitable because they are not in locations where there is a need and a list for local authority houses. There are 100,000 on housing waiting lists throughout the country. The Minister of State would do us all a favour if she were to tell us these areas where there is no need for houses to meet local authority housing...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: I would like to see a list of those that are not deemed suitable.

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: 148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the planned rescheduling of the recoupment of local authority loans; the authorities involved; the amount per authority; the repayments due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44946/13]

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for her response. She stated there would be no effect on local authority finances and I take her at her word in that regard. However, as she stated, €15 million in savings are being made. Will the social housing agencies then come out of this in a worse position? If this is the case, can their tenants expect to see increases in their rents? If the...

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: So it is not a saving at all.

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: Then it is not a saving at all. The Government simply is paying the amount it owes for the period between June and December at a different time of the year.

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: If it is a saving, how does the Minister of State expect the revenue to-----

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: That is fine but if it is an accounting exercise, it should not necessarily be described as a saving because it will be paid, regardless of the time of year at which it is paid. It only builds up people's expectations that if a saving of €15 million is being made, that sum would be available for purchases for some other section of the Department. As I stated earlier, the accounting...

Other Questions: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: People cannot even get a grant.

Other Questions: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: Does the Minister want a list of the applicants? I will send it to him.

Other Questions: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: People cannot even get a grant.

Other Questions: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: Does the Minister want a list of the applicants? I will send it to him.

Other Questions: Fire Safety Regulations (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: Will the local authorities be culpable?

Other Questions: NAMA Portfolio Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: Can I confirm that the list the Minister will give me will give a detailed breakdown of what NAMA and the local authorities deem to be suitable for local authorities to take on board? Also, will the list show what, in the local authorities' eyes, are unsuitable, and the reasons they believe them to be unsuitable considering, as has been reiterated many times in this House by the Minister of...

Other Questions: NAMA Portfolio Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: The Minister could try to get it.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Schemes Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a timeframe for the retrofitting of 14,100 social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44855/13]