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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with physical and sensory disabilities that are on waiting lists for a personal assistance service; the number of hours it will take to clear the backlog; if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy periods persons with disabilities are waiting for a personal assistant service; his views on the waiting list; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the principal response agency the Irish Coast Guard falls under for the purposes of emergency planning. [3207/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement recipients, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Refunds (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of water charges repayments due; the amount repaid to date, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3114/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional supports available through the rural water programme arising from recommendations of the joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3115/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the criteria for private well grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3116/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3117/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sales under the tenant purchase scheme since 2011, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3118/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 26 October 2017, if he will address the anomaly between housing targets and the targets outlined in the social housing report 2017 published on 15 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3119/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the bodies which will be responsible for the drafting of metropolitan area strategic plans for the five cities. [3203/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned that the executives of the local authorities in the Dublin metropolitan area will be responsible for drafting the metropolitan area strategic plans; and if not, if this will be a sole function of the executive of the east and midland assembly. [3204/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the elected representatives that will be responsible for passing the metropolitan area strategic plans for the Dublin metropolitan area; if it will only be elected councillors from the metropolitan region affected by the plan; and if not, if it will be councillors from all areas in the ERMA. [3205/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Planning (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation that designates each of the three principal response agencies here, that is, the Health Service Executive, the local authorities and An Garda Síochána as principal response agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the per annum target and delivery of the repair and lease scheme in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3242/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change eligibility for housing assistance payment recipients on the social housing waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3336/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (23 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: 665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP and RAS recipients respectively by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3337/18]

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: It is taking too long to develop land where planning permission has been secured and no objections have been received. Procurement is also taking too long. I could name many sites in my constituency and others that were identified three years ago and for which planning permission has been granted but nothing has been built.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: The Government keeps going back for more. There is nothing new. The Minister referred to the €750 million announced in the budget in competitive finance. That would help, but it has gone nowhere.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: It is another example of an announcement or pronouncement that solved the problem for the day that was in it in the hope people would walk away without getting responses. The Government needs to do this differently.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)

Barry Cowen: A new sense of urgency is required. The Government needs to do things differently in order to get results.