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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 442. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [15731/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 443. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [15732/16]

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: I thank AAA-People before Profit for bringing forward this motion. I agree with much, but not all, of what it contains but I acknowledge the role it has played in bringing this issue to a head and in forcing it to be dealt with in conjunction with other matters. The Minister referred to the debate we had last week on foot of a Topical Issue raised by me and many other Members in the...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: Bring him on at half time if the Deputy wants.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (21 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is illegal under the Equality Act 2015 or other legislation for private emergency accommodation, such as bed and breakfasts or hotels, to specifically deny accommodation to persons on the grounds that they are homeless; or on the basis that they are paying via emergency homeless assistance payments from local authorities. [16678/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 428. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [17184/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 429. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [17185/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 430. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [17186/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (22 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 229. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for speech and language therapy within the HSE in Nenagh. [17557/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis has monitored if waste collectors have weighed waste since July 2015 and provided this information to their customers; and if he will provide this data. [18060/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of households he estimates do not avail of an authorised waste collection service; if he ensures that local authorities investigate whether these households manage their waste in an environmentally acceptable manner in accordance with legislation and waste management plans; and if he can provide statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide statistics and evidence to back the claim made on page three in the Minister's briefing on the introduction of pay-by-weight for household waste that: in areas where pay-by-weight is already operating, householders have become more efficient in preventing and segregating their waste, leading to a reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of references and studies to corroborate the claim in the briefing on introduction of pay-by-weight for household waste that pay-by-weight drives higher household recycling levels of between 27% and 32% and higher diversion rates from landfill of between 28% and 35%, including the margin of error on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have regular waste collection services operating on a pay-by-weight, a flat rate, a pay per lift, or a tag basis, or on a combination of two or more of these, by local authority area, in tabular form. [18095/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department still stands over the credibility and reliability of its claim that 87% of households would receive a reduction in household waste bills under the proposed pay-by-weight system or whether it now questions this claim; how this figure was estimated; and if he believes this claim should have been put into...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the interdepartmental working group recommended in the National Waste Policy - A Resource Opportunity Report 2012, page 7, to suggest measures to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income households was ever established and if so, its recommendations; and if he will make available its report. [18106/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the last formal review of the household waste collection market was undertaken by his Department or a body under its aegis as well as by the Competition Authority; and to provide an outline of the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the review. [18107/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of areas for which the separate collection of organics is currently not a required waste permit condition; and the number of households this affects. [18108/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries Review (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of plans for local authority boundary changes in Athlone, Galway, Drogheda and Waterford. [18547/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries Review (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authority arrangements in counties Cork and Galway; if he is still considering the amalgamation of local authorities in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18548/16]