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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of Exchequer funding provided for homeless services between 2006 and to date in 2016 in tabular form. [29308/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government whether, as part of the Limerick regeneration programme, Tipperary County Council provided costings of its proposal for a town park in Newport; and if his attention has been drawn to the purchase price that Tipperary County Council paid for the proposed town park in Newport [29856/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (6 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of applying a 9% special rate of VAT on the purchase of all new residential properties for use as a primary dwelling only; and the cost for applying a 9% special rate of VAT to such properties with a purchase price below €350,000 only. [29176/16]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on how the restriction under HAP, whereby recipients are taken off the normal social housing waiting list and placed on a transfer list, is discouraging persons from taking up the scheme. [28632/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Staff (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the additional funding and staffing allocations his Department is making to local authorities and planning authorities to increase social housing output and quality planning outputs in the context of the new targets under the action plan for housing; his views on whether housing and planning units in local...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Staff (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: The last Government failed drastically to address the housing situation. It made huge commitments in terms of enabling local authorities to build houses but, as the Minister has just said, they only built 75 last year. What resources is the Minister now making available to local authorities to enable them to build 1,200 units this year, let alone the increased numbers for subsequent years...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Staff (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for his reply. I have a number of supplementary questions and would like specific answers, if at all possible. Have the local authorities specifically requested extra staff as part of the resources needed to meet the demands being placed upon them? Is there a staff resourcing issue that needs to be addressed? Have the local authorities identified it and made...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Staff (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: I ask the Minister to consider strongly reverting to the old serviced land scheme that used to be in place under which councils could recoup funding spent on providing infrastructure through local levies. I also ask the Minister to front-load much of the available funding because, in the long run, it is cost-neutral and is badly needed at this time.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Building Control Management System (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: I remind the Minister that the special housing committee considered this. After the election it met and made recommendations to the Minister that fed into his Rebuilding Ireland programme. We welcome the commitment he made to produce that plan and I look forward to various legislation emanating from the plan so we can debate, analyse, scrutinise and, I hope, amend legislation in order to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: A plan of Deputy Kelly's.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: An endorsement of the former Minister, Deputy Kelly.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Building Control Management System (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a requirement that his Department undertake an annual audit of construction costs as recommended by the housing and homelessness committee; his views that the current system of building control is appropriate and provides for safe and cost-effective oversight of building during design and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Building Control Management System (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: The Minister has acknowledged that the problem with the housing situation is the lack of supply. Key to holding back supply is the cost of building. The special housing committee acknowledged this during the course of its deliberations. All known stakeholders in and experts on this area have also acknowledged it. Yet, remarkably, there is no specific Government research on construction...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Building Control Management System (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not agree with his assertion that ongoing consultation with the sector regarding the costs associated with building and the provision of housing is adequate in the space in which we find ourselves, particularly in light of the fact that supply is key to addressing this issue. It is remarkable that there is no State-sponsored reporting....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects to publish individual targets for each local authority with regard to local authority targets for social housing, new builds and acquisitions; and the way in which the targets for the number of new build and acquisitions to be provided in each area will be determined. [28635/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in the proposals being developed by his Department for mixed development on State-owned lands as part of Pillar 2 of the action plan on housing, there are mechanisms to be put in place which will ensure that the funds received from the disposal of former social housing estates for new mixed developments, which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish the new rental strategy; and his plans to make amendments to legislation to give further protections to both tenants and landlords. [28633/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the suspension of water charges from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017. [28808/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (5 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of the suspension of water charges in 2016. [28809/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: 299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on an application for disability allowance. [28560/16]