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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: The lack of availability of affordable building land is a factor in this, as is the potential for land hoarding. Last week, we saw Dublin City Council's first vacant site register, with 25 potential sites for house building. Half of these were publicly owned sites. The obvious thing in a housing crisis is to make publicly owned land available at a low cost or no cost to provide affordable...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Not with an affordable scheme.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: That is not what I am talking about.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Why does the Minister not have an affordable scheme?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister did not answer.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration Authority Data (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts collected in user fees by the Land Registry in each of the past five years; and the cost of eradicating search fees on its datasets. [17243/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the monthly excise and VRT losses due to the fall in sterling after the UK referendum decision to leave the European Union, by exciseable product, in tabular form; and the detail of the monthly loss of VAT accruing in view of the fact all of these items are also liable to VAT at the standard rate. [17405/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated likely loss of excise duties, VRT and VAT in 2017 and 2018 assuming average euro sterling rates of €1= £0.90 and €1 = £1, as estimated by his department. [17406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he plans to take in 2017 to prevent the loss of trade to Irish retailers as consumers cross the Border into the United Kingdom to purchase goods which are excisable. [17407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the corresponding increase in road tax required to fund a reduction in current VRT rates by 50%. [17408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VRT and VAT forgone by the decline in new private car sales in the first quarter of 2017 over 2016. [17409/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the income criteria that currently apply in the qualifying criteria for local authority housing; the date when the criteria were last adjusted; the full income criteria applying before the last adjustment; and the specific statutory basis for making changes to these income criteria. [17319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the opening hours of a public amenity and visitor attraction (details supplied); and if he will direct the organisation responsible to provide an explanation of the limited difference between summer and winter opening hours. [17182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 362. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount collected in user fees by the Companies Registration Office in each of the past five years; and the cost of eradicating search fees on its datasets. [17242/17]

Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (11 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: For a police force to have authority it must have the respect and confidence of the civilians it polices. While traditionally that has been the case in this country we are getting very close to reaching a tipping point in terms of public confidence in the Garda. The public will not accept too many more scandals before the rule of law and the authority of the Garda is completely disregarded....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (11 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce maternity or parental leave for persons who have conceived through a surrogate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17892/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (11 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the precise nature of the ownership and governance structure of the new national maternity hospital. [17895/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Schemes (11 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 716. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of a scheme (details supplied); the areas in which it is operational; and the steps he is taking to draw the attention of the general public to its existence. [17894/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (12 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to curb the use of mobile phones by drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18510/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason he has refused to introduce an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18612/17]