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Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: I raise this issue on foot of an ongoing review of the peat briquette production end of Bord na Móna's business. The review is clearly the result of a decline in sales of peat briquettes, although production continues by virtue of the need to stockpile. The review is centred on the operations in Littleton and Derrinlough. Many Deputies are well aware of the history of Bord na...

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I had hoped the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment who has an oversight role relating to Bord na Móna among other semi-States, would be present to deal with the matter but I take it his Department felt it was more appropriate for the Department of Finance to respond considering its responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (30 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the working group review of a company (details supplied) and regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (30 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the commercial rates system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15961/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of businesses that are being revalued for the purposes of commercial rates in each of the nine local authorities currently undergoing systematic revaluation by the Valuation Office; and if she will provide a statistical breakdown showing the length of time in years that each business was last revalued, for example, the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale and legal basis behind the decision of the Valuation Office to reclassify racing stables and other bloodstock operations that have traditionally been classified as agricultural operations as commercial leisure operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16777/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Valuation Office (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the amount by which the annual rate of valuation will have to be reduced by in each local authority as advised by the Valuation Office in circumstances in which initial revaluations have been undertaken by the Valuation Office in order for the revaluations to be revenue neutral in comparison with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that operate a long-term vacant property incentive scheme for commercial rates; and if his Department encourages local authorities to operate such schemes. [16313/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Rural Development (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the commercial rate alleviation schemes currently being considered by his Department as part of the Action Plan for Rural Development. [16316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the commercial rate waivers and or rate alleviation schemes that are used in each local authority to date in tabular form. [16317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that allow and do not allow respectively, businesses to pay their rates by monthly direct debit. [16318/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason that retained fire fighters have to retire at 58 years of age; his views on whether this is discriminatory; and his plans to change this. [16747/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 549. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [16623/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 566. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16754/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 272. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment for orthodontic treatment. [16885/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (6 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's engagement with the European Strategic Investment Fund on social housing PPP investment; and his views on whether the finance for the 2,500 social homes submitted to the Department of Finance task force can be attained through these sources. [17119/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commercial Rates (6 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for reforming the commercial rates and valuations system in local authorities; the details of progress being made on the rates alleviation measures mentioned in the rural action plan. [17419/17]

Other Questions: Housing Policy (6 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress being made on the Government's vacant housing strategy; the reasons for the delays in forming this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (6 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if approval will be provided to owners of vacant properties for refurbishment scheme to apply directly to local authorities rather than AHBs to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17120/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (6 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the 10% increase in the commercial rates burden on average across local authorities since 2010 and his views on local authorities increasingly over relying on commercial rates revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17117/17]