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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the use of the criterion that a person is intentionally homeless as grounds for refusing homeless priority by a local authority has no basis in legislation and that the use of this criterion is a misapplication of the homeless definition under the Housing Act 1988. [33304/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the housing needs assessment in each local authority will be completed; the common assessments that are being undertaken across all local authorities; and when the results of these assessments are due to be published. [33297/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details on local authority transfer lists for HAP recipients; if the transfer lists that HAP recipients can apply to within two weeks of taking up the scheme are general transfer lists or HAP specific transfer lists; and if a HAP recipient who applies to a transfer list within two weeks of taking up the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether there is a problem with the homeless HAP whereby persons refuse the scheme due to the perception that they will lose their place on the social housing waiting list; and if his Department has undertaken any research regarding the perception of the homeless HAP scheme among potential candidates...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons that have been offered the homeless HAP scheme who have refused to participate in the scheme to date. [33300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of HAP recipients in each local authority in tabular form; and if he will provide a column showing the number of HAP recipients in full-time employment, in part-time employment, in training and who are unemployed. [33301/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is a statutory obligation on the part of local authorities to inform HAP recipients of the need to apply to the transfer list within two weeks of being taken onto the scheme in order to retain their position on the social housing waiting list under the HAP scheme; and if he is satisfied that local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Evictions (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of eviction orders under section 12, in addition to under sections 13 and 17, of the Housing Act 2014 that were issued to local authority housing tenants in 2015 and 2016 in each local authority, in tabular form; and the number of tenancy warning notices under sections 7 to 10, inclusive, that were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless presentations and applications to access the social housing waiting list that are transferred to another local authority based on local connection tests; his views on whether such local connection tests can have negative consequences on applicants who are going from one local authority to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned will receive an appointment. [33592/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person will receive an appointment. [33619/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the report of the inter-departmental group that was established under A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland on the possible introduction of a household waste collection waiver scheme; if he does not publish these reports, his views on whether the Houses of the Oireachtas can...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is currently examining proposals to establish a regulator for the domestic and commercial waste sector; his views on whether the sector is in need of a regulator; the advice he has received from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on the establishment of such a regulator; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 496. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases involving price collusion that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, as well as its predecessor the Competition Authority, have prosecuted since its establishment; the number of these cases that resulted in a successful prosecution for price collusion; and the sectors and industries in which the...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. My party and I were always committed, and remain committed, to water services and waste water services and the infrastructure network of both being retained in public ownership. This was reaffirmed and stated categorically in our confidence and supply arrangement with Fine Gael when we agreed to facilitate the formation of Government. There...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (9 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the purchase price of a property (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [33896/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (10 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, is launching the third pillar of his Rebuilding Ireland document. It is the third individual launch of five, with two more to go, notwithstanding the fact that they were all launched some months ago. The Minister has been gripped by launch fever. I would have thought greater emphasis would have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (15 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Offaly are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the county; if all Garda stations in County Offaly have access to the PULSE system; if not, the details of the stations without access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34719/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Offaly on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the proposed 800 additional recruits in 2017 that are likely to be assigned to County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34720/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (15 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for each probate office to provide a grant of probate and a grant of letters of administration; her views on whether probate offices are providing a timely service in all areas; her further views on whether they have adequate resources and staff to provide a timely and efficient service; and if she will make a...