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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff deployed full time in her Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38002/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Construction Costs (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by her Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which she monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms her Department employs to establish this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1697. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to allow adopted persons access their personal files and information regarding their adoption and origins; when she plans to allow adopted persons such access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38938/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1728. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to recent publicity regarding an organisation's (details supplied) work here regarding the establishment of a public banking network; if the organisation invited officials from the Department for Finance and his Department to participate in a field trip to Germany to examine the public banking...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1736. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to recent publicity regarding an organisation's (details supplied) work here regarding the establishment of a public banking network; if the organisation invited officials from the Department of Finance and his Department to participate in a field trip to Germany to examine the public banking network...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1729. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the public banking investigation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37769/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1737. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the public banking investigation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38101/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1735. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff deployed full time in his department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38014/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of increasing the living alone allowance from €9 to €15 per week; her views on the fact that persons living alone have higher costs than couples; her plans to increase the living alone allowance in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37039/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payments Data (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1867. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement that have transferred to the housing assistance payment in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37991/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff deployed full time in her Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38007/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the drafting, completion and publication of the report investigating bogus self employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38035/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1948. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress his Department has made in respect of the EUROSTAT investigation into the establishment by the Government of a bond to finance social housing investment suitable for credit unions to invest their surplus funds in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38048/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 2018. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress his Department has made on the reintroduction of the affordable housing scheme that was suspended during the recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38083/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 2017. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to modernise and consolidate legislation governing commercial rates; the status of the drafting of the Rates Bill approved by Government on 11 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 2012. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 2013. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff deployed full-time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Costs (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 2014. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which he monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms his Department employs to establish this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38027/17]