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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if an environmental impact assessment for a foreshore lease application (details supplied) on Galway Bay was carried out and lodged with his Department; and if his attention has been drawn to the large number of submissions that have been lodged with the foreshore applications unit of his Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated completion date of the national plan for septic tanks based on the current rate of inspection. [6890/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that most local authorities do not publish or make the monthly chief executive report publicly available online; his views on whether it would facilitate the monitoring of service performance in each local authority if they did so; and if he will issue guidance to each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an itemised breakdown of all expenditure to date on the development of the national planning framework and the Ireland 2040 Our Plan campaign, including expenditure on external consultants, marketing, communication, advertising, social media and website development. [7143/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it will require an amendment to existing legislation to put the new national planning framework on a statutory footing; if so, the anticipated timeframe for this legislation; and if the Houses of the Oireachtas will get to vote on the plan in its entirety for it to be put on a statutory footing. [7318/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 349. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 1 February 2017, in which he stated that his Department has not submitted any projects for consideration to the EFSI, the way it is the case that despite this, 14 primary care centre PPP projects are being financed with funding from the EIB under this programme; the way in which the funding for these projects...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 367. 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 Tallaght Hospital. [6711/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there have been no orthopaedic surgeries carried out in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, since before December 2016 [6893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Closure (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 469. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the motorised transport scheme grant will be replaced in view of the fact this scheme was discontinued in February 2013 and has not received any application since this date. [7126/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied), including when they can expect an appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [7168/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: This time last year, during the course of the election campaign, it was obvious people wanted to improve their lot and that of their families from an income and taxation perspective but not at the expense at the provision of health services, especially for children. It was against this backdrop that we negotiated an agreement with the Government and insisted on the restoration of the...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: The situation will be made worse in the coming weeks when nurses go on strike. We must address the urgency and need in this instance. Gardaí have a special relationship with the public, and their concerns were addressed recently. Nurses' concerns must be addressed in the same light.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Will the Minister assure us there is a new urgency to address the issue of pay and conditions for nurses in order that they can carry out their vocation and assist society in dealing with the crisis in the health service? Has the Government moved any closer to allowing nurses to contribute as they are trained to do and as they wish to do?

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government spoke this morning about amending and making good the failed voluntary mortgage-to-rent scheme that has been in place for the last number of years with very little, if any, success. He talked about opening the scheme up to private equity funds, giving them the opportunity to buy mortgages and properties in bulk from the banks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: This country has spent €500 million on individual metering but Scottish Water has spent €600,000 on 600 of them. What has it spent on district metering? Conservation, or the lack of it, is a matter for a policy decision but that is the beauty of this committee - it has the potential to determine what the policy will be on water conservation into the future, what methods to use...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Just installation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: There is a factor of 20%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: That is a phenomenal result from where Mr. Jones started. Some 20% is the European norm for it to be economically viable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: If one gets down to 10%, it is not economically viable. That is the contradiction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: Would it be possible for Mr. Jones to provide us with details of the installation costs of district metering?