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Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: I would have thought that the water services Bill and what was contained therein-----

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the support and funding being made by the Government to help Sligo County Council resolve its financial difficulties; the conditions his Department is imposing on the county council in return for financial support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9014/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Funding (4 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on reports that local authorities will incur an estimated €40 million expenditure due to the delayed transfer of water treatment plants from county councils to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9018/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (4 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the findings of a recent investigation by Raidio Teilifís Éireann into the allocation of private housing grants, which seem especially favourable to certain Ministers’ constituencies; the measures that are being put in place to ensure the allocation of these grants is being made on the basis...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Administration (4 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in relation to the current tendering process that his predecessor introduced around the social inclusion and community activation programme which is due to launch on 1 April 2015; the provisions he has put in place for staff and the service provided by the 33 unsuccessful local development...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Energy Rating Compliance (4 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the price obtained by local authorities for building energy rating certificates from energy distributors and retail energy sales companies under the energy efficiency obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9480/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by county the take-up of the incremental purchase scheme per year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10065/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, in total and by county, the outstanding number of local authority mortgage holders; the number of mortgages in arrears, broken down by three-month segments, up to one year; the total in arrears for more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for Irish Water to take stand-alone sewer facilities, serving unfinished housing estates in charge ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10067/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-introduce town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10068/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by county the target and timeframe for the provision of social housing units; the costs by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10069/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the independent review into planning irregularities in six local authorities; when the review will be published; if he will commit to a debate in Dáil Éireann on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10070/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by county his plans for library amalgamation; the library services he expects to be amalgamated; the services amalgamated to date; if any closures or service reductions are expected to result as part of the process; the time frame for the amalgamations to be completed; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes he proposes to the group water scheme subvention from his Department; the time frame for the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10137/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by county in tabular form, the expected future subvention rate of rural group water schemes in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and the future expected subvention rate in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10138/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: 527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce changes to new rural group water schemes, as recommended by the National Rural Water Services Committee; the time frame for any such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10139/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Votáil Uachtaráin) 2014: An Dara Céim [Private Members] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: Fianna Fáil supports the proposal of the Constitutional Convention to extend voting rights to Irish citizens abroad and in Northern Ireland for presidential elections. We must acknowledge the appointment of a Minister of State with responsibility for the diaspora, and I belatedly congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment and wish him well in his role. I want to further...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Votáil Uachtaráin) 2014: An Dara Céim [Private Members] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: Maybe that could be divided into three different reviews of the various elements. With regard to the call for another consultative report with reference to issues of complexity, this is something we have had ample time to analyse and consider, and I am sure it was debated during the period of negotiation, consultation and engagement with the diaspora and its representatives abroad since...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Votáil Uachtaráin) 2014: An Dara Céim [Private Members] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Mar 2015)

Barry Cowen: Will we have a referendum?