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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the constrained assessment criteria for primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8254/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to add the Drogheda and greater Louth area to the rent pressure zones, RPZs, in view of the new information (details supplied) that shows the correspondence between Louth County Council and the Housing Agency during the consultation period to choose suitable areas for RPZs, in which Louth County Council...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will revisit the decision and designate Drogheda and the greater Louth area in the rent pressure zone, in view of a report (details supplied) that shows the year on year increase in the Louth area now at 17.3% and quarter to quarter 4.2% and average monthly rents at €952; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the Drogheda boundary review; when the final decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the OPW's plans for the Westgate House in Drogheda; if the OPW will invest much needed funding to restore the building due to its historic value and position in an area of Drogheda that is in need of revitalisation investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8249/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 419. To ask the Minister for Health how many of the nine speech and language therapists allocated to the Louth and Meath services in 2016 that have started in their roles; if any other staff allocations have been made in this section to date in 2017; and if there are plans to allocate any further resources to the area in 2017 for the Louth and Meath area [8258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the waiting list for counties Louth and Meath for speech and language therapy assessment and intervention for each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8259/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 432. To ask the Minister for Health if under existing legislation products containing CBD oil could be provided to patients here without breaking the law under the Misuse of Drugs legislation. [8277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to the HPRA report on cannabis for medical use [8664/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed Ardee bypass; when work on the bypass will take place; the available details surrounding the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8250/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the witnesses today. I am concerned about the way decisions on the rent pressure zones are made. I have specific questions if I may put them to the people present. I have spoken to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, the Housing Agency, the Minister's office and many other people. I remain unconvinced that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not want to interrupt Ms Nic Aongusa but my question was more fundamental to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I apologise. I will come back to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I spoke to the director of RTB, Ms Carroll, who said she would get back to me on this issue, but I did not hear from her on the formula the RTB uses to calculate the average rent. I know it is a complicated issue. I have discussed it with the ESRI as well. I am not being critical of what was said, but the point is that 15 areas were recommended, but County Louth was not included.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I cannot understand why County Louth was not included. That is the nub of the question, particularly when the information that was forwarded was that there were 20 applicants for every single house, rents were spiralling out of control and the council said the rents were unaffordable. What was the reason it could not be recommended that housing in County Louth be looked whereas other areas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: The RTB did not pay attention to the case that Louth County Council was making and did not take it into account because it did not refer to the third quarter of 2016, notwithstanding the statement from the PRTB at that time about rents in County Louth being especially high and the increase in rents being greater than 15% in the previous 12 months. Am I correct that this is what the Housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: My understanding of what he is saying is that Louth County Council did not meet the formula that he had. The facts were that people could not pay the rent, that rent was unaffordable and unsustainable and there were 20 applicants for each house. Rents were shooting up and the evidence supports this. The formula missed the poorer families getting support. Those in County Louth were getting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am, indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: My question is whether all of the 12 to 15 areas that were recommended met the criteria.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of the other three, what were the issues? Did they meet the criteria that Louth County Council met, even though it was not included? I do not think they did. They did not.