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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with a consultant. [46158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with a consultant. [46159/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 706. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [46183/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the findings of the working group on rural housing; the timeframe for the publication of new guidelines on rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46323/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Emergency Plan Implementation (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the attendees at each national emergency committee meeting from 13 to 18 October 2017; the number of meetings held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the statutory definition of overcrowded housing in legislation; the statutory standards that can be used; the standards that are used for calculating the permitted number of persons for a dwelling; and the regulations that relate to statutory standards for overcrowding. [46450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Inspections (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of improvement notices, prohibitions orders and or fire safety notices there have been in each local authority or in selected ones for which there is data relating to overcrowding of rented households. [46451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis has statistics on the estimated number of overcrowded households in Dublin city and suburbs and the number nationally. [46452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 19 October 2017, if the definition of Dublin city and suburbs matches that of the NTA in the greater Dublin transport strategy encapsulating the inner metropolitan and outer metropolitan areas of Dublin. [46453/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason circular letter PL 10/2017 which was sent to planning authorities and stakeholders seeking guidance on planning applications for short-term lettings only relates to apartments and not to houses in multi-unit developments or stand-alone houses; and his views on whether only applying such planning restrictions on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the social housing PPP programme; the expected cost of this to the Exchequer in terms of availability payments; if private co-financing partners have been selected for the project; the identity of these partners; when he expects construction on the first and second bundle to commence; the structure of the PPP;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there is a risk that the finances of approved housing bodies could become classified under the general Government heading in statistical accounting due to their role in the social housing PPP programme; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that EUROSTAT has requested the CSO to examine the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units that are targeted long-term lease arrangements of the 47,000 targeted in total under the action plan for housing and homelessness; and the number of these that have been delivered to date in each year. [47128/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units that are targeted under long-term lease arrangements of the 47,000 targeted in total under the action plan for housing and homelessness that are planned to come from additional supply, that is, supply built by private parties for that purpose rather than coming from existing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 11,000 social housing units that are planned to be acquired from the market; if this includes units acquired under Part V; and if so, the percentage of the targets planned which will come from this source. [47130/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (7 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish the ESRI baseline model used for the regional population and jobs growth targets in the national planning framework, NPF, in advance of the publication of the final NPF. [47131/17]

Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (26 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: That means the funds have been allocated but there is no scheme to match them. The Government is continuing to deliberate on devising a scheme which might meet what it wants to do but one is not yet in place. No target is known as to how many houses will be delivered. The Minister of State mentioned the repair and leasing scheme, to which another €32 million is being allocated on...

Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (26 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: It is a total and abject failure. While there were 500 applicants, only seven were approved because the criteria associated with the scheme do not meet the market demand. There is no harm putting one's hands up and saying it did not work out and will be changed to encourage the market to get involved in the scheme. I have told the Minister of State that there is universal approval of the...

Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (26 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual housing unit targets for the urban renewal fund announced in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45249/17]

Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (26 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: The recent budget announced an urban renewal fund whereby funds would be set aside to work with other State organisations, local communities and the private sector to address dilapidation, to provide rebuilding programmes and to help incentivise regeneration in towns and villages. Will the Minister of State indicate how much funding was put in to that fund and what targets are associated...