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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Sep 2017)

Barry Cowen: 799. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [36976/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Sep 2017)

Barry Cowen: 800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [36977/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Sep 2017)

Barry Cowen: 801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [36978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Sep 2017)

Barry Cowen: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [36979/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Sep 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1046. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detail supplied) can expect an appointment in St. James's Hospital, Dublin, for coronary bypass surgery. [37651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Sep 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1246. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38555/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations Upgrade (11 Sep 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1998. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Killarney fire station extension, County Kerry; and the timeframe for completion of same. [37570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 732. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [35202/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 836. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [35525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) can expect a decision on their TAMS application. [35304/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: With all due respect, the completion statistics are coming from a low base. Also, using ESB connections as an indicator has proved not to be the road to go down, considering that many properties have been brought back into use rather than such connections indicating new constructions. Will the Minister introduce initiatives to address the cost of construction and the criteria associated...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to stem the house-price inflation that was in evidence in the second quarter of 2017. [34099/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: The prices of newly built homes are rising much faster than the prices of existing ones. The latest myhome.iereport indicates 12.4% price inflation for new homes in the second quarter of 2017, compared with 5.3% for second-hand homes. What are the Minister's plans to stem the extreme house-price inflation evidenced in the report for the second quarter of 2017?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: The comparison is plain to see - 12.4% versus 5%. The huge and appalling rise in the price of new houses has to be stemmed. Depending on the actions in Rebuilding Ireland and waiting for supply to meet demand is simply not working without targeted initiatives in supply. The Minister needs to indicate to the House that he will specifically target initiatives that will have the effect of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable rental scheme to subsidise rents for low to middle income households in employment; the reason his Department decided not to use the €10 million allocated in budget 2016 for a pilot scheme for this purpose was not utilised. [34098/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: My question relates to an issue I referred to earlier during the passage of the legislation, which is the absence of an affordable housing scheme. In the Rebuilding Ireland programme it was envisaged that local authorities would look at ways in which they could facilitate and accommodate such schemes and maybe have them on a local authority or regional basis. The time has come for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for his response. Is it a source of personal regret that despite the fact that €10 million was specifically allocated for this purpose in budget 2016, as the Minister alluded to, it is now being redirected to other initiatives? Was that at the request of the previous Minister? As a new Minister in the role, is the Minister disappointed it was the case? Does he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: It is some months since the publication online of the available sites around the country which are in the gift of many local authorities. The public was requested to express an interest in being considered by local authorities to develop sites on a contract or partnership basis into the future. Can the Minister ascertain at this stage the sort of response there has been and if it is from...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: I support the passage of this short Bill to rectify an unfortunate error. It was a grave mistake which might have been unintentional but, to say the least, was careless. During the passage of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act last year, we were adamant that there would be provision in it, among other things, for second extensions to be provided where...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: I did not get to come in at all.