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Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Approved housing bodies are provided for within Rebuilding Ireland and, along with local authorities and the private sector, can have a substantial role in the delivery and construction of social housing units to meet the demand that has been placed upon the State. I do not believe that we have explored or catered for the potential that exists...

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: I am informed by councillors that last year some local authorities undertook tender processes known as competitive expressions of interest. I sought information from many local authorities and I would hope to have it soon. I asked if they could definitively lay out to us with regard to their efforts to seek expressions of interest how many proposals were put before them, how many were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposed changes to the social housing current expenditure programme to facilitate larger institutional private investors to become involved in the financing of social housing; and when he expects these changes to be finalised. [9016/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status on the action plan target for removing the use of commercial hotels for short-term emergency homeless accommodation; and the alternatives that will be put in place. [9014/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the progress being made on putting in place a survey and register of vacant private properties in each local authority; and the reason there is no register or database detailing the number of local authority housing that is vacant. [9013/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the potential that refurbished or converted spaces above commercial properties in town and city centres have for increasing residential supply; and if he is considering making changes to the building control regulations to facilitate the use of these spaces. [9015/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Review (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the implementation of the An Bord Pleanála review group report; the actions taken to date; the timeframe for future actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a visa application. [9647/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of local area plans, strategic development zones and county development plans in operation; the number in operation in 2005 and 2010, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large amount of finance that local authorities currently have in their Part V funds; and if he has given any direction to local authorities on the use of this significant pool of funding. [9960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Credit Unions (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 21 February 2017, the dates of the meetings when the Minister of State (details supplied) or officials from his Department met credit union representatives to discuss the potential involvement of credit unions in a new variant of the mortgage-to-rent scheme; the names of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [9645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [9646/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Licences (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 725. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of an application by a fishing club (details supplied) to Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding a lease. [9587/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (1 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reasons given for the 25,000 households that were removed from social housing lists as part of the social housing assessments 2016, in tabular form. [10643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (1 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if all households that have been removed from social housing lists as a result of the social housing assessment 2016 were notified. [10644/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (2 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the commercial rates system; the timeframe for any forthcoming legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11093/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) and when the person can expect an appointment at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [10801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (7 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units his Department estimates will be delivered each year through the Part V mechanism up until 2020; the number delivered in 2016; and the assumptions regarding housing output on which these estimates are based. [12177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital. [11221/17]