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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 289. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 9 May 2017, the reason his Department is of the view that it is unfavourable to have two separate VAT rates applying to construction services, especially if the policy objective is to reduce the cost of one form of construction vis a vis another form in view of the high returns on commercial development compared...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the uptake of the Living City initiative has been lower than anticipated or desired from a policy perspective; the reason for the low take up; his further views on the fact that claiming for the LCI is unnecessarily complicated and could be made more user friendly (details supplied); his further views on the fact that the public...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or a body under its aegis conducted research on the success of the living over the shop incentives schemes; the estimated costs of the different schemes since 1994; and the number of refurbishment projects and residential units created in each year under the schemes. [28264/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 304. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or a body under its aegis conducted research on the success of the living over the shop incentives schemes; the reason for the low number of residential units created under the schemes; and the detail of this research. [28267/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Industry (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 334. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of finance for residential and commercial construction that is coming from non-domestic sources and from UK investment companies and financial institutions, in particular; his views on whether this non-domestic and non-banking finance could be put at risk from Brexit. [28811/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1100. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [26865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1303. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27776/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1308. To ask the Minister for Health when the chemotherapy services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore will resume in view of the fact that this service has not been available since March 2017 (details supplied). [27809/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1551. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment. [28905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [28959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Licences (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1732. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 725 of 28 February 2017, the status of the application. [26570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined proposals to further sanction the non-use or hoarding of residentially zoned land; his views on whether the vacant site levy is unlikely to be an effective sanction against land hoarding; and his further views on whether the process of identifying and entering vacant sites onto the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has conducted a review of planning personnel capacity in each local authority; if his attention has been drawn to the shortages of specialist staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27183/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason his Department makes the assumption that 400 new housing units are converted each year when estimating annual completion statistics; and his views on whether this is a wholly outdated statistical practice in view of the fact that there are a number of more accurate measures for counting or estimating...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is a statutory requirement for all design certifiers and assigned certifiers to have professional indemnity insurance. [27305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis or professional bodies retain or have access to statistics on the number or percentage of assigned certifiers that have professional indemnity insurance and on the number or percentage of assigned certifiers that have latent defects insurance; and if so, if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will clarify household eligibility for affordable housing that local authorities are to provide under the land bank plan in view of his decision not to reinstate affordable housing schemes; and the way in which local authorities are to define eligibility criteria for affordable housing. [27307/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the eligibility criteria for affordable rental housing to be provided by local authorities under the land bank plan; and the income levels, housing need and other criteria households will have to meet in order to be considered eligible for affordable rental housing in these new schemes. [27308/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the guidelines for planning authorities on sustainable residential development in urban areas in view of the severity of the social housing crisis and very slow pace of delivery of local authority housing. [27309/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether an over-rigid application of planning principles is impeding delivery of much needed social housing (details supplied); and his plans to implement a review of the reasons local authorities used for rejecting properties offered by NAMA. [27310/17]