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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: The prices of newly built homes are rising much faster than the prices of existing ones. The latest myhome.iereport indicates 12.4% price inflation for new homes in the second quarter of 2017, compared with 5.3% for second-hand homes. What are the Minister's plans to stem the extreme house-price inflation evidenced in the report for the second quarter of 2017?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: The comparison is plain to see - 12.4% versus 5%. The huge and appalling rise in the price of new houses has to be stemmed. Depending on the actions in Rebuilding Ireland and waiting for supply to meet demand is simply not working without targeted initiatives in supply. The Minister needs to indicate to the House that he will specifically target initiatives that will have the effect of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: With all due respect, the completion statistics are coming from a low base. Also, using ESB connections as an indicator has proved not to be the road to go down, considering that many properties have been brought back into use rather than such connections indicating new constructions. Will the Minister introduce initiatives to address the cost of construction and the criteria associated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will define affordable housing in terms of household income in his Department's plans such as the local infrastructure housing activation fund or the land bank plan; and the way in which he plans to ensure housing units delivered under these plans will be below affordable price points. [33403/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable rental scheme to subsidise rents for low to middle income households in employment; the reasons his Department decided not to use the €10 million allocated in budget 2016 for a pilot scheme for this purpose. [33405/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to stem the extreme house price inflation that was in evidence in Q2 2017. [33404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his proposals for reducing the costs of constructing new multi-unit developments. [33406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on further sanctions and disincentives against land hoarding and speculation in development land, such as some form of site value tax; his further views on whether the vacant site tax is unlikely to be effective. [33407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the seven year capital gains tax exemption introduced in budget 2012 is holding back the disposal of sites for development; if he has considered proposals for introducing a measure to reduce the holding period on these sites to four years; and the approximate costs for doing this in budget 2018. [33637/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties acquired during the period from 7 December 2011 to 31 December 2014 that are potentially subject to the seven year capital gains tax exemption under section 604A of the Finance Act. [33638/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of reducing VAT on professional fees in the construction sector. [33986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of reducing VAT on professional fees on residential construction only and not on commercial or industrial construction. [33987/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of allowing local property tax as an allowable expense for the purposes of rental income relief. [33988/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of abolishing section 48 development levies in budget 2018 if the Government was to cover the shortfall in local authority budgets. [33989/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of abolishing section 48 development levies in budget 2018, if the government was to cover the shortfall in local authority budgets just for new apartment buildings. [33990/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance if developers can avail of both the development contribution rebate scheme and the help to buy scheme simultaneously. [33991/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new single dwellings constructed since 2007 which have a BER certificate; and the estimated number which do not have a BER certificate. [33846/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households with children that have become newly homeless each month in Dublin since January 2014 to date in 2017. [33710/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless households that have progressed from temporary emergency accommodation to permanent housing in the social housing or private housing sector in each month since January 2015 to June 2017 or latest date available for the Dublin region. [33712/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tax Code (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has explored the number of potential development sites held by investors due to the seven-year capital gains tax exemption; and his views on whether this is a significant source of land hoarding. [33708/17]