Results 3,941-3,960 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that have participated on the homeless HAP scheme that have transferred from the HAP scheme to other forms of social housing support. [27508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the review of the methodology for rent pressure zone designation will take place; and if public submissions will be sought by his Department on same. [27315/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined proposals to introduce tiered development levies with the intent of stimulating residential construction activity in the short term such as to allow local authorities to give preferential development levy rates to builders that build on a site quickly; and if local authorities are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the €300 million social housing PPP project that is currently progressing; and the estimated unitary payments that will be incurred, location of sites, number of units, ownership, maintenance structure and so on. [27381/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if officials of State organisations such as local authorities or fire services are authorised or empowered to enter a dwelling and direct or impose fire safety provisions on the persons living in a premises occupied as a single dwelling if the dwelling is attached to another dwelling such as, for example, terraced...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a regulatory impact analysis of the proposals to require all active builders to be on the construction industry register; and his views on the potential impacts this could have on restricting market entry and reducing competition. [27504/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Construction Industry (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the review on apartment construction costs will be completed; the person or body that is undertaking this survey of construction costs; when he will be making the report available to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if it will be provided in advance of the budget. [27815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Construction Industry (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the housing agency should be tasked with undertaking an annual audit and publishing an annual database on average construction costs in the economy which would be more independent than those undertaken by private firms involved in the construction industry; and if not, the reason therefor....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Property (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis, including local authorities, has undertaken surveys of vacant spaces above commercial properties in Dublin or Cork, which could be suitable for residential use; if so, the results of these surveys; and if not, his views on whether a comprehensive survey should be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Constituency Boundaries (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 2261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the local electoral constituency boundary review for the 2019 local and European elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (1 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the link road N52 on the Kilbeggan to Tullamore bypass at Durrow (details supplied). [26357/17]

Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Valuation Act 2001 to provide certainty to commercial rate payers by creating a limit on the maximum variation of commercial rates and to provide for the staging of the execution of the variation of those rates over a specified period of time. The Government had indicated some months ago that it would bring forward...

Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: It will not be answered in three minutes.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: It has not. The Taoiseach should come clean.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: The next fellow will do it. It will be the next Government.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach's mantra was "Not a penny more" or was that Deputy Leo Varadkar's?

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: Do not take one another out.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has sought approval for the land bank plan from the European Commission under state aid rules; and his views on whether the direct subsidies to developers proposed under the plan could amount to state aid for the purposes of EU law or could amount to a public works contract for the purposes of EU law as was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26165/17]