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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the figure 25% of the entire complex or does it only apply to a block? If it refers to a block then I would accept that. However, what if there is a block of eight and there is one on every landing?

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is an interesting debate and it is a pity the matter has not been teased out more. However, I did not attend Committee Stage for which I apologise. There is no recognition in what has been presented thus far of the length of time for which the individuals in question have requested purchase. They have been discriminated against from the time they expressed an interest to the council and...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of the 300 new staff sought by her to process welfare claims who have been transferred to welfare offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23147/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish a new national programme of wet facilities on the basis of a harm reduction approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25759/09]

Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an item of the new prison officer uniforms is to be manufactured here; the countries of origin of the new uniforms; and the cost of the contracts to provide the uniforms. [25655/09]

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details on the forms of equality proofing, rural proofing, environment proofing and public health proofing he applies to housing policy and practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25755/09]

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will initiate legislation to establish a housing ombudsman to provide an administrative remedy short of the Courts, in the interest of quicker and less expensive resolution of housing disputes and redress of violations of the right to housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25756/09]

Written Answers — Homelessness Strategy: Homelessness Strategy (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to develop an all-Ireland strategy on homelessness in conjunction with his counterpart in the north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25757/09]

Written Answers — Homelessness Strategy: Homelessness Strategy (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish an all-Ireland housing needs monitor to annually assess the extent of homelessness and housing needs, including the flow of people in and out of homelessness which would utilise several methods and combine different sources, and conform with international best practice; and if he will...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a fully enforceable right to maintenance and repairs of social housing within a reasonable timeframe, and a national standard of maintenance of social housing, by way of regulation. [25760/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will impose a legal obligation on local authorities to refurbish all publicly owned derelict houses within three months of vacancy to prepare them for new occupants. [25761/09]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a national standardised differential rent scheme to ensure fairer rents for all people in the social housing sector. [25762/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of enforcement orders to prevent dereliction of properties which have been issued by local authorities for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25763/09]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a system of rent control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25764/09]

Written Answers — Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a statutory all-Ireland traveller accommodation agency, as recommended by the Report of the Task Force on the Travelling Community 1995 which would ensure that the Traveller accommodation programmes are of a quality standard that is uniform across the country; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish an all-Ireland programme for provision for nomadism, in co-operation with all local authorities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25766/09]

Written Answers — Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria used to assess progress in Traveller accommodation programmes. [25767/09]

Written Answers — Housing for People with Disabilities: Housing for People with Disabilities (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will develop a strategy for accommodation in respect of people with intellectual disabilities and for people who experience mental illness. [25768/09]

Written Answers — Housing for People with Disabilities: Housing for People with Disabilities (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will fully integrate supported housing for people with intellectual disabilities and for people who experience mental illness in the community, and increase support for sheltered accommodation schemes. [25769/09]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure all new social housing is fitted with energy efficient alternative energy sources. [25771/09]