Results 4,161-4,180 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) and when the person can expect an appointment at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [10801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (1 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reasons given for the 25,000 households that were removed from social housing lists as part of the social housing assessments 2016, in tabular form. [10643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (1 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if all households that have been removed from social housing lists as a result of the social housing assessment 2016 were notified. [10644/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a visa application. [9647/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of local area plans, strategic development zones and county development plans in operation; the number in operation in 2005 and 2010, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large amount of finance that local authorities currently have in their Part V funds; and if he has given any direction to local authorities on the use of this significant pool of funding. [9960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Credit Unions (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 21 February 2017, the dates of the meetings when the Minister of State (details supplied) or officials from his Department met credit union representatives to discuss the potential involvement of credit unions in a new variant of the mortgage-to-rent scheme; the names of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [9645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [9646/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Licences (28 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 725. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of an application by a fishing club (details supplied) to Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding a lease. [9587/17]

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether approved housing bodies have sufficient staffing or administrative capacity to undertake a larger role in the provision of social housing; and if he will consider giving staffing grants to these bodies to increase their capacity. [9017/17]

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: This question relates to approved housing bodies, AHBs. I asked the Tánaiste earlier about the progress on the regulatory framework and at what stage the Bill associated with approved housing bodies is. For the Minister to be happy, perhaps he could clarify his position on the capacity of approved housing bodies to deal with their responsibilities in contributing towards the provision...

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Approved housing bodies are provided for within Rebuilding Ireland and, along with local authorities and the private sector, can have a substantial role in the delivery and construction of social housing units to meet the demand that has been placed upon the State. I do not believe that we have explored or catered for the potential that exists...

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: I am informed by councillors that last year some local authorities undertook tender processes known as competitive expressions of interest. I sought information from many local authorities and I would hope to have it soon. I asked if they could definitively lay out to us with regard to their efforts to seek expressions of interest how many proposals were put before them, how many were...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Issues (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do detect an effort to get to the nub of the matter by virtue of the working group he has in place that is investigating the matter. He says he hopes recommendations will emanate from the working group by the end of the second quarter. I ask him to ensure this happens and that, based on those recommendations, the working group sees fit to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Issues (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: The commitment was made by the Minister of State further to recommendations over recent months to allow the Housing Agency to conduct an assessment of construction costs. This will identify various aspects associated with what we believe to be excessive costs, one of which will be, I have no doubt, the area of certification. It may well be that on publication of the report, we could enter...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Issues (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the potential that refurbished or converted spaces above commercial properties in town and city centres have for increasing residential supply; and if he is considering making changes to the building control regulations to facilitate the use of these spaces. [9430/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Issues (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: I welcome today's announcement on the expansion of the scheme that was piloted in Carlow and Waterford. It will, in the main, apply to existing commercial properties and will allow them to be converted for residential use. I accept that construction costs that would be involved in those works are excessive enough in their own right. However, the certification and compliance costs,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the action plan target for removing the use of commercial hotels for short-term emergency homeless accommodation; and the alternatives that will be put in place. [9429/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: My question relates to the commitment given in the Rebuilding Ireland document to removing people from a situation in which they have to reside in hotels and emergency accommodation. Will the Minister elaborate on progress in that regard? I am conscious that some of the units into which people are being moved before they get permanent housing are being managed by housing agencies or...