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Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 3 to amendment No. 68:In section 24A(2), to delete “no later than 2 weeks” and substitute “no later than 1 week”. The Minister accepted amendments Nos. 3 and 4 to amendment No. 68 earlier.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Barry Cowen: We are supportive of that amendment.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 4 to amendment No. 68:In section 24A(3), to delete “As soon as practicable” and substitute “Within 2 weeks”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 5 to amendment No. 68: In section 24A(4), to delete “and” at the end of paragraph (a) and substitute “or”.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (16 Dec 2016)

Barry Cowen: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the figures from the RTB on the number or percentage of private rental tenancies that are fixed term agreements and the number that are Part 4 tenancy agreements. [40496/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: I thank both bodies for their submissions. Despite the best intentions of Irish Water and the regulator, public confidence in the entity or utility is not what one would expect. The manner in which it was constructed, the funding model and charging regime confirm that. Subsequent efforts by Government have only compounded this issue. It is not the entity or the utility that is in question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: In regard to efficiencies, does the removal of direct customers change the potential in meeting efficiency targets? That question is directed to the regulator in terms of his contention that they will reach 20% and have reached 14% to date. In the regulator's estimation and based on the indicative figures provided to him by Irish Water to date, will the cessation of the water metering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: It is interesting to hear Mr. Grant state that in the years from 2000 to 2010, some €130 million was spent on district metering as a form of leakage detection and that one now sees district metering as part of an overall solution and a great percentage of it in doing the same thing. What percentage was spent then compared with what has been spent since or is likely to be spent? Was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: What funding remains committed by Irish Water for the provision of district metering considering that it is the road it will travel from now on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: On top of what Irish Water has done and on top of the €130 million between 2000 and 2010?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: The spend on domestic metering, therefore, was huge in comparison.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: The bottom line is that it is cheaper for the State to borrow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: End of story.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: That is in the case of full compliance. It is not estimated or actual on the basis of customers having paid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: The cost to the State and to Irish Water are two different things. Is that not correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: The cost to the State is different. Irish Water collects the charge and that determines how much the State pays in subvention thereafter. There is a water conservation grant that has been done away with too. For fear that people might think there is a €270 million loss to the State, that is not necessarily the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: It has been stopped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: Yes.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: While there are elements of this Bill that we agree with in principle, in the round, we believe it to be flawed. It takes an over-simplistic approach to solving a complex problem, namely, the crisis in the rental sector, the rental market and the lack of tenant security. In particular, the proposal to force landlords to provide for compensation of six months' rent where a tenancy is...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: While many might not like to hear that, it is the reality. While it might be a sad truth, it is nonetheless the truth. A blunt approach such as this, which is bound to fail from the start, is a recipe for further chaos in the rental sector. While doing nothing to improve security for renters, this Bill would nevertheless create massive uncertainty for investors and for existing landlords....