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Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: He made the consultants work at weekends.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: People do not want to pay.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: Come on.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: These are RAPID areas to which the Government committed its support. The Government is abandoning them all over the country.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: Seven or eight jobs will go and children will be abandoned in a RAPID area.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: It is a RAPID area that the Government claimed it would support. This is outrageous.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: I do not think the Government understands what a RAPID area is. It has given up on the less well-off in society. That is what has happened. There is no point in passing smart remarks across the floor.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: People are losing their jobs all over the country in other RAPID areas that the Government is supposed to be supporting.

Human Rights Budgeting: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: For years I have been calling on the Government to equality and poverty proof the budget and to bring together the relevant Departments and agencies in a joined-up manner to inform State policy and work in collaboration to achieve change and social justice for all of those living in poverty and social exclusion. The Government is aware of the need to do what is proposed in this motion. The...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: That is way off.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Nov 2014)

John Halligan: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if the design team has been appointed for the 100 unit at St. Patrick's geriatric hospital, John's Hill, County Waterford; if the money has been ring fenced for the building of this much needed facility for the local area; the timeframe that has been set out for the construction and completion of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Administration (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: 82. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that Waterford City and County Council is to recoup next year from Irish Water; the amount of this that is made up of payroll costs to do with water supply and waste water treatment by the council as agents for Irish Water; if he will provide a percentage breakdown of the amount of the overall...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Administration (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: On behalf of the Technical Group I offer my sincere condolences to the family of the young man who died in what can only be described as unacceptable circumstances, namely, without a bed or a roof over his head. It is unacceptable that such a thing could happen in Ireland today, which has a relatively small population of 4.5 million people. I thank the Minister for the initiative he is due...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Administration (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: My understanding is that local authorities will continue to provide water services as agents of Irish Water. The cost of providing these services vis-à-vispayroll costs and a portion of the councils' central management charges will be recouped directly by Irish Water. However, it is likely that Irish Water will seek a reduction in what it will pay councils. There are considerable...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Administration (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: I wonder whether water charges will be used to pay off huge legacy debts incurred by councils over the years, for example, overruns on contract failures on various capital projects. My information is that many local authorities have already had to borrow money to settle contractual claims and legal disputes. For example, in Waterford city, substantial legal costs and settlements of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Rate (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: 104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that have voted to reduce local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45865/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: 111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent announcement regarding the provision of additional social housing here to accommodate the current high level of housing shortage the level of additional housing stock that will be built to accommodate the housing crisis in Tramore, County Waterford; his views that there is a massive lack of housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: 123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be open to setting up a national housing waiting list; his views on permitting applicants to carry time already spent on one waiting list where they need to move county in order to follow employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45863/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of an assurance that was provided to the residents in Passage East, County Waterford, that additional flood defence mechanisms would be put in place, the steps that have been taken to progress this project; the level of funding that will be allocated to the installation; the estimated timeframe in which the project will be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (2 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: 527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of information packs that have been returned to Irish Water marked "no consent-no contract"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46023/14]