Results 6,981-7,000 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: Where does the Deputy buy his wine?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: It takes years to ferment of course.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: He is sipping his glass of wine watching "Oireachtas Report".
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: He is not adhering to his own rules on pay.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: That is why we never see him hanging around the bar here.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: Thanks for that clarification, at least.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: We did not vote on the issue at all. The Deputy must have been on the wine.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Yield (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the local property tax revenue that is expected to accrue to local authorities on the basis of the phasing out of the exemptions in 2019 for properties purchased in 2013 and for new and previously unused properties purchased from a builder or developer between 1 January 2013 and 31 October 2019. [44372/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Yield (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenues lost due to all exemptions to the local property tax. [44373/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, ISIF or another body under its aegis has received an ex-ante position from EUROSTAT on its plans to invest in the home building finance Ireland SPV. [44375/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA will charge a service fee to home building finance Ireland for use of its expertise in residential development funding. [44376/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications that have been processed to date via the strategic housing development planning applications; and the number of refusals. [44377/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on the national policy objective 3b from the national planning framework; if this means that 50% of development in the greater Dublin region would have to happen in Dublin city and suburbs or County Dublin; and if it could also occur in urban areas in surrounding counties. [44378/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on the national policy objective 3b with regard to the meaning of immediately adjoining suburban areas in each of the five cities. [44379/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will define all suburbs for each city for the purposes of national policy objective 8 in the draft version of the national planning framework. [44384/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the national smart growth initiative will be funded under the existing capital plan 2016 to 2021 and under the capital plan post-2022; the amount of funding that will be available under the initiative; and the planned purpose of the initiative. [44380/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in the event that the Houses of the Oireachtas do not vote in affirmation of the national planning framework as approved by the Government; and if there will be scope for amendments to the initial plan and-or future iterations by the Houses of the Oireachtas. [44381/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time he plans to give the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government to scrutinise the final draft of the national planning framework before submitting it to all Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas for a vote; and if members of the committee will have an opportunity to make amendments to...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are now taking into consideration benefits from the metro north when determining development levies; and if not, when he anticipates they will do this. [44383/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (19 Oct 2017)
Barry Cowen: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken reviews of the potential to broaden the applicability of compulsory purchase legislation in line with the national policy objective 12; the reason and the cases in which his Department is of the view the CPO legislation requires reform; the details of some of the issues with the CPO process...