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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (26 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the review of local government constituencies and a review of local government structures as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45569/17]

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: We are talking about it for 18 months and getting a result. That is more than Sinn Féin ever got.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: If the Deputy is trying to bait me, he is doing a good job.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: I do not see that in the Deputy's amendment.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: The Deputy should speak to the one to which he is supposed to be speaking instead of trying to take swipes at me.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: It was the personal nature of the comments from the Deputy across the Chamber.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: Amendment No. 34, in the name of Deputy Catherine Murphy, was one of the better and more obvious amendments. I supported it on Committee Stage, but withheld my support on foot of the commitment of the Minister to refer to Government with a view to elaborating on the contention that, for this to be the case, it would require an amendment to the Comptroller and Auditor General Act rather than...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: One would not want to rush it.

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “notes:— the disturbing evidence of gross breaches of minimum standards regulations in the private rental sector uncovered by the RTÉ Investigates documentary ‘Nightmare to Let’; — that according to the National Oversight and Audit...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: General Government Debt (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 88. To ask the Taoiseach the estimates for the potential change to the general government deficit and debt of the reclassification of approved housing bodies from non-profit to general government under the European system of accounts (details supplied). [47133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Data (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and value of investments made in the area of social and affordable housing by investors under the immigration investor programme since 2012; and his views on whether the doubling of the applications threshold from €500,000 to €1 million in 2017 will deprive the State of investment in social housing...

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

Barry Cowen: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with a consultant. [46158/17]

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

Barry Cowen: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with a consultant. [46159/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 706. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [46183/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the findings of the working group on rural housing; the timeframe for the publication of new guidelines on rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46323/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Emergency Plan Implementation (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the attendees at each national emergency committee meeting from 13 to 18 October 2017; the number of meetings held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the statutory definition of overcrowded housing in legislation; the statutory standards that can be used; the standards that are used for calculating the permitted number of persons for a dwelling; and the regulations that relate to statutory standards for overcrowding. [46450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Inspections (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of improvement notices, prohibitions orders and or fire safety notices there have been in each local authority or in selected ones for which there is data relating to overcrowding of rented households. [46451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis has statistics on the estimated number of overcrowded households in Dublin city and suburbs and the number nationally. [46452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 19 October 2017, if the definition of Dublin city and suburbs matches that of the NTA in the greater Dublin transport strategy encapsulating the inner metropolitan and outer metropolitan areas of Dublin. [46453/17]