Results 4,401-4,420 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: With charges and without the charges it costs the State either €1 billion or €1.2 billion. Is that what Ms Graham is saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: We want clarity on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: If somebody else wants to go first, I just have to check something. That is, if the chairman does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: I agree with the previous speaker that we should deal with each pillar as it arises and take questions on that. On homelessness, I have something similar. The figure mentioned 4,436 adults in emergency accommodation nationally during the survey week. Can that be broken down into the number of housing units? Do we know how many children are involved? On the actions mentioned to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: I have one specific question. The witnesses may have touched on it already in so far as they have elaborated on the commitments made in the document last year about the establishment of new teams within the Department to work closely with local authorities in order to try to fast-track house-building. I tabled a parliamentary question some weeks ago to seek details of what might have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: The witness alluded to my point in his commentary before giving the figures. For us to fully recognise the improvements he states are taking place, we must see on a quarterly basis figures such as those, with details of stages. We had eight stages and that is down to four. I have yet to be convinced that the four stages will happen twice as quickly as the eight stages. I must see that in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority and AHB new build social homes that were completed in quarter 3 and quarter 4 of 2016. [2131/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority and AHB unit acquisitions for social housing purposes that took place in Q3 and Q4 2016. [2132/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 209. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [2194/17]

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: While there are elements of this Bill that we agree with in principle, in the round, we believe it to be flawed. It takes an over-simplistic approach to solving a complex problem, namely, the crisis in the rental sector, the rental market and the lack of tenant security. In particular, the proposal to force landlords to provide for compensation of six months' rent where a tenancy is...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: While many might not like to hear that, it is the reality. While it might be a sad truth, it is nonetheless the truth. A blunt approach such as this, which is bound to fail from the start, is a recipe for further chaos in the rental sector. While doing nothing to improve security for renters, this Bill would nevertheless create massive uncertainty for investors and for existing landlords....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of project approvals under the capital assistance scheme in each local authority, in tabular form; the number of units in each development; the date of project approval and funding approved; and if each project is being run by a local authority or an AHB. [1447/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the revenue from newly built dwellings sold for €400,000 which will go directly to government in taxes, levies and fees, including local and central government; if he will provide a sliding scale for dwellings from €300,000 to €600,000; the revenues that were collected from new builds sold in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the Housing Agency will complete its exercise on their independent estimates on the cost of house construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1521/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 791. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total estimated cost per annum of the town centre health check programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1055. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment [41771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1243. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [1399/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1250. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [1429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: 1310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the ophthalmic department, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. [1685/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Barry Cowen: I thank both bodies for their submissions. Despite the best intentions of Irish Water and the regulator, public confidence in the entity or utility is not what one would expect. The manner in which it was constructed, the funding model and charging regime confirm that. Subsequent efforts by Government have only compounded this issue. It is not the entity or the utility that is in question...