Results 4,021-4,040 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 299. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23463/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (16 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the Housing (Rent Books) Regulations 1993 are arcane and require updating, in view of the widespread non-compliance with rent book rules and entitlements; and his further views on whether the regulations were designed for payment of rent in cash rather than via electronic transfer and direct...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (16 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of introducing a new system of inspection by an authorised person in each local authority to ensure compliance with fire safety and building regulations for all properties newly offered as private rental accommodation. [22834/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has sought a legal opinion as to whether Part V obligations on developers 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 considered by the European Court of Justice in the Flemish decree case; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of CPO decisions made in each year since 2008 and to date in 2017 under the housing Act. [22889/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (11 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2014 to 2016 for Traveller housing; and the amount that was recouped by each local authority. [22438/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on concerns expressed by local authorities (details supplied) that councils are at risk of being sued by persons that were turned down for planning or persons that wanted to sell sites due to the application of locals only planning permission criteria. [22509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether local needs criteria contained in a number of county development plans for the granting of planning permission for one-off dwellings in rural areas are compatible with Articles 43 and 56 of the EC Treaty. [22517/17]

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

Barry Cowen: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the extremely low allocation to Galway city local authority for the capital housing programme, which is 97% below 2009 levels. [22516/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (11 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a new residential development has to be fully compliant with schedule 2 of the building regulations to attain a certification of compliance and a certificate of completion; and if it is possible to be partly non-compliant, excluding those for which there is an exemption attained with some standard before a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (11 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the building energy regulation cert database provides an accurate data source to count the completion of new build dwellings on an annual basis, in view of the fact that all new builds require a BER since 2007. [22520/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (11 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to update electoral law in view of the impact of digital spending in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (11 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the Standards in Public Office Commission will take to address digital spending in election campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22543/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Professional Qualifications (10 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department, or a body under its aegis, can provide figures on the number of professionals removed from professional registers maintained by Engineers Ireland, the RIAI and the SCSI in each year since 2000; and the general reasons for these removals. [22225/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (10 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number and percentage of developments that are exempt or availing of the opt out clause under the building control regulations including new single dwellings, domestic extensions greater than or equal to 40m2 and extensions of less than 40m2 that have been inspected in each local authority since the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (10 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of building inspections by building control authorities of multi unit dwellings carried out in each local authority in each of the years 2015 to 2016. [22228/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (10 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department monitors that building control authorities are fulfilling their roles as described in section 3.6.1 of the Code of Practice for Inspecting and Certifying Buildings and Works (details supplied); and the way his Department measures an appropriate level of assessment and inspection....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (10 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of notifications by a building control authority to builders that a commencement notice does not comply with article 9 of the Building Control Regulations, as provided for under section 8 subsection (b) of the Building Control Regulations, in each year since the Building Control Amendment 2014. [22227/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Construction Industry Register Ireland (10 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated percentage of construction industry professionals and tradespersons active in the market here that have signed up to the Construction Industry Register Ireland to date. [22230/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (10 May 2017)

Barry Cowen: 141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department is monitoring the progress being made by local authorities in implementing the recommendations on improving fire safety made by the report on the programme to review and enhance local authority provided Traveller accommodation published in September 2016; his views on the fact that has been made...