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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has not received a response to an application under a National Council for Special Education scheme; what is an acceptable timeframe to process such applications, given that this person is attending school with parents and cannot be supported by a teacher outside of the classroom as there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Closed Circuit Television Systems (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost incurred by his Department in the Laois Closed-Circuit Television Pilot Project Scheme, by year; his future plans for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2132/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units provided in each of the years 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2134/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Energy Rating Compliance (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of the administration of the Building Energy Rating system for 2015. [2135/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why the latest routine monthly updates (details supplied) of the homeless statistics for November and December 2015 have yet to be published on his Department's website; if he will provide these figures in a spreadsheet format; and what the protocol is within his Department for publishing these figures on a regular...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of extending the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland electric vehicle grant until 2017 and until 2020, assuming the 2020 targets for electric vehicle usage are met, and not assuming they are not met. [2124/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Building Energy Rating Administration (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the administration of the building energy rating system for 2015. [2136/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Staff (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in the National Roads Authority in each of the years 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1970/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administrative costs of operating the National Roads Authority from 2010 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1971/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Automatic Number Plate Recognition Cameras (19 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of installing automatic number plate recognition cameras; the number of cameras in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2131/16]

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach should walk into an RTE studio with him.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: The Government left them high and dry in the past five years.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: It is the chopping board that Deputy Derek Keating will be on.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (21 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 119. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment. [2558/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (21 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 121. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment. [2566/16]

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that there are over 1,600 children and up to 780 families in emergency accommodation; accepts that families and children being placed in hotel rooms rather than proper accommodation is totally unacceptable; further accepts that due to lack of action the number of people on the social housing list has been allowed to rise to 130,000; agrees that...

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: Should I wait for the Minister, Deputy Kelly?

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: Okay. Five years ago, Fine Gael and the Labour Party came into Government with a massive majority. They promised a softer and easier way to continue to close the gap between Government revenue and expenditure. Decent people voted for them. Even some decent Fianna Fáil people chose to lend their votes to them. Five years on, 800 families are homeless and 1,600 children live in...

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: That is three years old.

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: What is the variance?