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- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his forbearance on this most crucial issue facing the country.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: Is that a permanent solution?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: Whoopee.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Government has not staffed An Bord Pleanála.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: This is nothing new.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: The housing crisis continues to get worse. When Deputy Coveney was Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in 2016, he said that it would get worse before it gets better and, unfortunately, he has proven to be correct. The number of homeless families has increased by 26% while the number of homeless children has increased by 30% in the last year alone. The bottom line is that...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for his response and for correcting the discrepancies in last Monday's announcement and for confirming that only 2,200 new social homes were made available. There was nothing wrong with the Government's targets, its plan or the work that went into devising that plan. The issue was always going to be implementation, and the slow pace and lack of urgency is all too...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (18 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State owned properties that are estimated to be eligible for the vacant site levy; the estimated liability to be paid in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2418/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 762. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their application for home help. [54813/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 825. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [54970/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1035. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment [1406/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term social housing voids returned to stock by each local authority in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the amount and source of the funding allocated to each local authority in each year to restore these units to use, in tabular form. [1095/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department distinguishes between social housing units that are vacant for a short period of time between tenants and those vacant for longer periods of time for the purposes of managing its social housing stock; and if so, the way in which this distinction is made. [1096/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the average period that units refurbished under the local authority voids programme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 were vacant prior to their refurbishment, in tabular form. [1097/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that received energy efficiency upgrades under the local authority voids programme in each of the years since 2014. [1098/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a minimum period that a social housing unit must be vacant before it is eligible for funding under the local authority voids programme since 2014. [1099/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the types of refurbishment works that are typically funded under the local authority voids programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1100/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the function of the local authorities void programme, as distinct from local authorities own refurbishment works and if he will account for the way in which his Department defines additional support over and above that local authorities provide. [1101/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the eligibility criteria and application guidelines that are provided to local authorities seeking to make applications to the local authorities void programme. [1102/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)
Barry Cowen: 1755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 131,132 and 135 of 13 April 2017, the details of the 47,000 social housing units planned under Rebuilding Ireland, broken down by refurbishment, lease, acquisition and build; and if he will provide a detailed explanation as to the way in which his Department plans to monitor the...