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Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach had three weeks to get ready and is still getting it wrong.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: It has played a blinder so far.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: There is no scientific basis for that.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: There is not. The Deputy should talk to the senior officials in Irish Water.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach should take this to Carnegie Hall.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: I will acquiesce in the Minister of State's agreement in respect of amendment No. 2 and others relating to the name change and I propose we move on.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an application for a medical card [29389/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 204. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an application for a medical card. [29390/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (15 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the upcoming Local Authority Service Indicators Report will be published. [29237/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Septic Tank Grants (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 1. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to extending eligibility for the domestic wastewater treatment systems grants to include septic tanks that are registered but which have not been inspected by a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29451/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Septic Tank Grants (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: Will the Minister commit to extending eligibility for the domestic wastewater treatment system grants to include septic tanks that are registered but which have not been inspected by local authorities? Many people who have contacted me have recognised an issue with their septic tank and are cognisant of the prospect of it contaminating groundwater sources. As a result, they have sought the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Septic Tank Grants (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: The Minister talked about the availability of the scheme and funds. The bottom line is that if somebody's septic tank is contaminating a water source and he or she contacts Irish Water or the local authority with a view to rectifying the matter, as he or she does not have the funds available to him or her to do so, despite the perception that funding is available in the form of a grant from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Septic Tank Grants (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: I am far from happy. The scheme was portrayed as something it was not. When people who have difficulties with their septic tank go to the local authority to ask if they can access the grant, they are told they cannot. They must be one of the lucky ones to have their septic tank tested in the first instance and it must have failed the test. The Minister says there are thousands of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the knowledge his Department has on the compliance rates for Irish Water bill payment; if his Department is concerned about low compliance rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28996/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the level of progress being made on social housing provision targets for 2015; the number of social housing units that have been constructed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28994/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline Government plans to deal with high rents in the private rental sector; and when he will publish these plans. [28995/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to extending the eligibility for the domestic wastewater treatment systems grants to include septic tanks that are registered but have not been inspected by a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28992/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns regarding the projected shortfall of €18.5 million in the funding allocation from his Department to Dublin City Council for homelessness services. [28993/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the amount spent on rent supplement by local authority in each year from 2013 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will provide estimates on the expected savings to the departmental budget by transferring recipients from the rent supplement scheme to the housing assistant payment scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: 762. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the spending on the household adaptation grant, by county, for each year from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [30198/15]