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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Issues (23 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the review undertaken by his Department, of barriers to housing mobility, and the recommendations that were delivered to the Government on same, as promised in the Construction 2020 document, to be delivered by Quarter 2, 2014. [24685/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (23 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 473. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when this person can expect an appointment with the consultant urologist at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise in County Laois. [24965/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (23 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when the person may expect an appointment with a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly. [25137/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 583. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when we should expect the publication of the national framework for housing supply that was promised in the Government's Construction 2020 document to be completed by quarter two, 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24640/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (23 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the national policy towards professionalising the private rental sector, to include issues such as investment, and the standards and regulations being developed by his Department and the Housing Agency as part of Construction 2020; and when publication of the policy is expected. [24765/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will account for the low broadband penetration rates in the midlands; the actions being taken to address this matter; the timetable for connecting remaining households and businesses to high-speed Internet of at least 30 megabits per second, the minimum the European Commission has set for a viable service; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 630. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way 45% of business premises in the midlands do not have access to high-speed broadband of at least 30 megabits per second; the actions being taken to address this matter; the timetable for connecting remaining premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24531/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 631. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources considering that high-speed broadband is vital for businesses to compete on a level playing field in the online marketplace, if he will provide a timetable regarding connecting remaining businesses in the midlands to high-speed broadband Internet access of at least 30 megabits per second; and if he will make a statement...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: Like others, I welcome the opportunity to speak to this issue. I commend my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, for his work in the area, in conjunction with the credit union movement, and for putting before the House the concerns and fears of that movement. He has offered suggestions and alternatives, and the Government might pay attention to them. It is obvious in listening to much of...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: I wonder on what planet they are living. If everything was as fine and dandy as they believed, would credit union members and volunteers be here today? Would they be worried about their very existence and future? They would not. I wonder what this Government has against the credit union movement, as there are examples that would lead one to believe it has something against the credit...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 9 o’clock Hear, hear.

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: Hear, hear.

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Collection (30 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on reviews undertaken by his Department or the Office of the Revenue Commissioners on the levels of compliance with excise duties imposed on the sale of solid fuels; and if he is satisfied that there are high levels of compliance by providers of imported coal with the solid fuel excise duty. [25917/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 488. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment with the orthodontic department in the Health Service Executive health centre in Tullamore in County Offaly. [26379/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (30 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 611. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form by county, the total amount of funding provided to local authorities by his Department under septic tank remediation grants in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [25848/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (30 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 612. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding provided to the rural water scheme in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 to cover septic tank remediation grant costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25849/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Peat Fuel Burning (30 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: 615. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations restricting the burning, marketing or sale of peat briquettes or turf within specified areas; and his plans to alter the smokeless fuel classification of peat briquettes and turf. [25921/15]

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: On foot of the amendment proposed by Deputy Mulherin, I want to add my voice to those of other Members in placing on the record our trepidation with regard to the workings of NAMA since its inception. There is no doubt that the setting up of NAMA was not without its own controversies. There were many fears on the part of the then Opposition Members, who occupy Government benches now, as to...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: I listened carefully to the Minister of State's response on the amendment and understood it as far as I could. I would like some elaboration on what Deputy Mulherin said, given her legal background. I refer to the management and holding in trust of land belonging to the person or company that took out the loan in the first instance and the same person or company's inability to meet the...