Results 3,721-3,740 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of reducing VAT on professional fees in the construction sector. [33986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of reducing VAT on professional fees on residential construction only and not on commercial or industrial construction. [33987/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of allowing local property tax as an allowable expense for the purposes of rental income relief. [33988/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of abolishing section 48 development levies in budget 2018 if the Government was to cover the shortfall in local authority budgets. [33989/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of abolishing section 48 development levies in budget 2018, if the government was to cover the shortfall in local authority budgets just for new apartment buildings. [33990/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance if developers can avail of both the development contribution rebate scheme and the help to buy scheme simultaneously. [33991/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new single dwellings constructed since 2007 which have a BER certificate; and the estimated number which do not have a BER certificate. [33846/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households with children that have become newly homeless each month in Dublin since January 2014 to date in 2017. [33710/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless households that have progressed from temporary emergency accommodation to permanent housing in the social housing or private housing sector in each month since January 2015 to June 2017 or latest date available for the Dublin region. [33712/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tax Code (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has explored the number of potential development sites held by investors due to the seven-year capital gains tax exemption; and his views on whether this is a significant source of land hoarding. [33708/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of HAP persons to date in each county and year. [33709/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding for current and capital housing programmes from his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2016. and to date in 2017. [33711/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vacant social houses brought back into productive use with aid from his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2016, and to date in 2017; the estimated number of long-term voids and short-term vacant social housing units to date in each local authority. [33713/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent under the local infrastructure housing activation fund to date in 2017; if he will provide a list of projects, a brief description and the locations of each; the areas in which funding was allocated; and the number of housing units each funding allocation has facilitated or will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the assessment on page 81 of the expert report on concrete bricks (details supplied); and his plans to remove the opt out from the BCAR regulations. [33992/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on housing demand assessments in relation to local area development plans (details supplied). [33993/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Construction Costs (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the independent audit of housing construction costs to be published; and the stakeholder groups and independent experts whose views have been surveyed for the audit. [33994/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the vacant housing strategy to be published. [33995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Data (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated number of section 5 declarations given by each local authority in the latest year available; and the estimated number nationally each year. [33996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has a statutory or rule of thumb definition guiding policy proposals for affordability limits in terms of household income for renters. [33997/17]