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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reduce the public service pension deduction beyond 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49579/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of removing the public service pension deduction in 2020 for public service pensioners that retired pre-March 2012; the estimated cost of removing the public service pension reduction in 2020 for public service pensioners that have retired post-March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49580/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [49264/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 429. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [49302/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (22 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of replacing all nursing home facilities with retirement villages; if a detailed impact assessment has been undertaken on the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48711/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (22 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in nursing home care facilities nationwide. [48712/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (22 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons requiring nursing home care in five, ten, 15 and 20 years according to demographic analysis. [48713/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (22 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for nursing homes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48714/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan (20 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact on the national development plan if the tendering process for the national broadband plan is cancelled and an alternative roll-out plan is initiated; the amount of extra resources that would be required for the national broadband plan; the body the savings would be obtained from within the national development plan resource...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (15 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the next report from the Public Service Pay Commission on recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47599/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (15 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to meet with representatives of a union (details supplied); the outcome of those discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47609/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (15 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with representatives of a union (details supplied); the outcome of those discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47608/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Relations (15 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if he is engaging with a union (details supplied) regarding its rejection of the recruitment and retention proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47601/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (15 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism he is planning to put in place to deal with anomalies in pay structures for nurses and midwives relative to other professions working in the health service as recommended by the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47603/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (15 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the poor data given to the Public Service Pay Commission, which hindered its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47605/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (15 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 145. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a medium and long-term national workforce plan based on service need as recommended by the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47607/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of publicly owned lands suitable for residential units; the number of residential units built on publicly owned land in each of the past five years; the steps he has taken to enhance the construction of residential units on public land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43921/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: I understand. I will be as brief as I can. I do not want to repeat what has already been said. The ramifications and repercussions of decarbonisation for the region have been and are great. If Deputy Pringle were here, I would remind him about the closure of power stations in Ferbane and Rhode and the loss of the associated harvesting jobs. A decline has been evident in the region,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: That brings me to another point. When Mr. Donnellan was interviewed at the time of the announcement - it may have been last week - he spoke about this acceleration. It is an acceleration rather than a cliff edge. He said that the workforce and the communities get it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: Unfortunately, he is now saying he cannot commit exclusively because planning permission has not been applied for. I would have thought that there is a blueprint for permission to be repeated at the Shannonbridge and Lanesborough plants because of the process that was initially gone through for Edenderry. I hope and expect that those who cast doubt on the potential for Edenderry to meet its...