Results 3,781-3,800 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the help-to-buy initiative; the number of households that have availed of it; the average and the median value of the grant given to each household; and the number of recipients in each county. [30947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing VAT on commercial construction to the standard rate. [30999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 350. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [30925/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Payments (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) regarding an application for a 2016 organics payment. [30845/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the development contribution rebate scheme to build to rent units by introducing a full rebate on all rental units built in developments of 50 units or more; and the estimated cost for extending the scheme for only units rented at affordable or below market...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of the development contribution rebate scheme to date in 2017; the number of projects and units availing of the scheme; and the primary reasons for the low take up of the scheme. [31001/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the ongoing situation regarding local authority members terms and conditions. [30879/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the assertion of his predecessor that the social housing capital programme is adequately financed in view of the scale of the housing crisis, years of drastic underspending and the fact that the capital housing budget is still 72% below 2008 spending levels or 65% below the historical average levels...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the infrastructure projects that have received a contribution from the local infrastructure housing activation fund. [30996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of amendments (details supplied) regarding the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016; and if he has consulted with the Minister of State with special responsibility for housing and urban development on these amendments. [30998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new dwellings which will be required each year over the coming 15 years based on headship rates and demographic projections and taking account of obsolescence, in view of under-supply of new housing compared to demand for the past number of years. [31084/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new dwellings his Department estimates that will need to be built per year before supply begins to have an impact on enhancing affordability on rental prices and house prices. [31085/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether new housing supply in the coming years will have a downward impact on house purchase prices and on renting prices as opposed to just having an effect on stemming the upward inflation in both house prices and rents; and if reversing the price level rises in both is a policy goal of his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of the pyrite remediation scheme; and the portion borne which has been covered by a company (details supplied) and his Department. respectively. [31282/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of the expert panel on concrete blocks; and the estimated costs of remediation of the defects identified in its report. [31283/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of the Millfield Manor fire defects report; and the estimated costs associated with remediation of same. [31284/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Priory Hall Development (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the full costs of remediation of the building defects at the Priory Hall development in Dublin; and the amount borne by his Department and Dublin City Council respectively. [31285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: 672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of remediating building, fire safety or disability access defects in properties in use as social housing in each of the four Dublin local authorities over the past three years; and the portion of these costs that were borne by his Department and the local authorities respectively. [31286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the statutory or legislative definition of affordable housing used by his Department. [30250/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: I would like to ask about pillar 3, building more homes. A sum of €200 million was allocated to what used to be called a serviced land initiative, an infrastructure fund for the provision of opening sites and so forth. How much has been drawn down to date? What percentage has been used? My second question concerns the publication of the sites in the ownership of public...