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

Barry Cowen: 1359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason circular letter PL 10/2017 which was sent to planning authorities and stakeholders seeking guidance on planning applications for short-term lettings only relates to apartments and not to houses in multi-unit developments or stand-alone houses; and his views on whether only applying such planning restrictions on...

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

Barry Cowen: 1360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the social housing PPP programme; the expected cost of this to the Exchequer in terms of availability payments; if private co-financing partners have been selected for the project; the identity of these partners; when he expects construction on the first and second bundle to commence; the structure of the PPP;...

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

Barry Cowen: 1361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there is a risk that the finances of approved housing bodies could become classified under the general Government heading in statistical accounting due to their role in the social housing PPP programme; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that EUROSTAT has requested the CSO to examine the...

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

Barry Cowen: 1362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units that are targeted long-term lease arrangements of the 47,000 targeted in total under the action plan for housing and homelessness; and the number of these that have been delivered to date in each year. [47128/17]

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

Barry Cowen: 1363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units that are targeted under long-term lease arrangements of the 47,000 targeted in total under the action plan for housing and homelessness that are planned to come from additional supply, that is, supply built by private parties for that purpose rather than coming from existing...

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

Barry Cowen: 1364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 11,000 social housing units that are planned to be acquired from the market; if this includes units acquired under Part V; and if so, the percentage of the targets planned which will come from this source. [47130/17]

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

Barry Cowen: 1365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish the ESRI baseline model used for the regional population and jobs growth targets in the national planning framework, NPF, in advance of the publication of the final NPF. [47131/17]

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: This brings to a conclusion what has been a contentious matter over the past number of years when a Labour Party-Fine Gael Government implemented a water charge regime. It not only implemented it but railroaded it through the house.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: Deputy O'Sullivan might allow a bit of space and time to listen. She might not like what she hears but, despite the fact that I have said it on numerous occasions, it has to be said again.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: In government, the Labour Party and Fine Gael implemented a botched regime. They did not just implement it but railroaded it through the House without due consideration or due deference to other Members during the passage of various legislation associated with the implementation of charges. They guillotined legislation and led the House down a path where it was not properly abreast of...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: -----and the harm associated with it. After the last election we embarked on a process that would seek to resolve the mess that they created. It was not easy and there were other more pressing issues to be dealt with. However, as I said last night, a Government needed to be formed in order to bring some stability to the nation and, as convoluted as the numbers might have been, give...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: Thankfully, after today I will. This legislation is a result of the process we, with Fine Gael, put in place. In the first instance, a committee of experts sought to make recommendations on how water services would be funded in the future. That in turn fed into an all-party committee, of which Deputy Jan O'Sullivan and others were part, and this committee in turn made recommendations by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 142. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [47158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken arising from recommendations of a review (details supplied) of homelessness services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47549/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Finance: Discussion (9 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: I will be very brief because I do not want to go over what has already been said and well articulated by various speakers. The greatest crisis facing the country at present from a social and economic respective is housing. Councillor Owens and Deputy Cassells have made very pertinent comments. There is a feeling out there that local authorities are not building in the way in which they...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: I welcome the Bill from Deputy Jan O'Sullivan and the Labour Party and confirm that it is Fianna Fáil's intention to support it and to impress upon the Government the need to address this matter within the existing Housing Act. The reference to the State's intention to house applicants - the primary applicant and those who normally reside with him or her - is something that needs to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (15 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 175. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [48414/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: That is the Minister of State's job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: My questions are very straightforward. On the commentary on nothing being done, quoted by the Minister of State, Deputy English, I do not believe is the case. It is the case that what is being done does not appear to be working, unfortunately. That is the commentary. The crisis is escalating and the figures bear that out. It was poor judgment on the part of the Taoiseach to say what he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: Am I to take it, then, that 1,000 units have come from a spend of €243 million? Is the cost €243,000 per unit?