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Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: What is nonsense is that sort of mantra. That is the old nonsense the Deputy goes on with all of the time. The problem is that if this strategy works, and I hope it does----

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: -----this issue will be addressed, solutions will be found and people will have homes. What will the Deputy do then?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the level of information provided by private waste collection companies to residential customers regarding the new pay-by-weight scheme; the number of meetings his Department has held with the industry since the 1 July freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23295/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the latest figures produced by the Central Statistics Office for the first quarter of 2016 for planning permissions for apartments, have declined by 20% compared to the same period in 2015; and the reason for such a large decline, given the fact that standards for multi-unit developments were changed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Construction Sector Strategy (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis provides any ongoing independent Government research into construction costs; and his views that implementing such an ongoing review should be a priority. [23217/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason, in the context of the large capital allocations available to local authorities under the Social Housing Strategy 2020, 2015 was the worst year on record for local authority own builds with only 75 new social housing units built by local authorities. [23218/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or a body under its aegis has estimates for the number of weeks it takes from the granting of planning permission to commencement on site for social housing units. [23219/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the final estimated unit cost for the rapid-build units in Poppintree in Ballymun; if on the basis of this project his Department will be recommending the roll-out of this model elsewhere; if a cost-benefit analysis has been or will be undertaken to compare rapid-build housing with other methods of housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis undertook a regulatory impact assessment of the BCAR SI.9 system changes before being introduced; if so, the results of this assessment; and if not, the reason this is the case. [23221/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a review of the negative effects of BC(A)R SI 9 on the multi-unit sector as there was for the once-off build sector; and if not, the reason this is the case. [23222/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that costings by his Department in its review of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 were rejected by the professional stakeholder bodies including Engineers Ireland, Society of Chartered Surveyors in Ireland and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland as underestimating...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Resettlement Scheme (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on plans to develop a rural resettlement programme; the timeframe for such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23294/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) and when the person will receive an appointment. [23131/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Yield (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in local property tax receipts by each individual local authority in 2015 and in 2016. [23547/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities directed to prepare an assessment of applicants on the housing waiting list; the number of local authorities which have already completed this exercise. [23535/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next national survey of social housing waiting lists held by local authorities will be undertaken and when this will be published. [23536/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Oversight and Audit Commission (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next national survey of performance service indicators from all local authorities will be published; his views on whether it is good practice that no national audit of local authority service indicators has been published since 2013 or since the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, was set up to take...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Oversight and Audit Commission (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the budget and number of staff of the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC). [23538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Management Agency (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the budget and number of staff of the Local Government Management Association (LGMA). [23539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of children's playgrounds per 1,000 population directly provided by each local authority and the number of children's playgrounds per 1,000 population facilitated by each local authority; the funding provided to each local authority to provide playgrounds for each individual year from 2011 to 2016 inclusive....