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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current total number of Traveller families accommodated as a percentage of the targets set in the local Traveller accommodation programme, by each local authority, in tabular form. [23544/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the difference in planning enforcement procedures and powers of local authorities under the new building control regulations compared with the pre-2014 regulations. [23545/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected in motor tax receipts by each individual local authority in 2015 and in 2016. [23546/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Yield (21 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected in commercial rate receipts by each individual local authority in 2015 and in 2016. [23548/16]

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: Then he went on to state that he supported the many reasons the Department or experts gave to him for the exclusion of Part V housing. He is pre-empting the work of any review group when he gives an opinion this far out from the review taking place at all, let alone giving it during this debate. That convinces me that in no way should we support the amendment, which commits to a review of...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: -----the only way to address this is for those in rented accommodation to swap with those who do not have accommodation. They are to have turns living in it. Is that the only way to address this crisis? It is not. We are dealing with people who have established themselves in communities and are entitled to seek to reside in those communities with their families for time ever after.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: That should not be taken away from anyone. There should be no discrimination against anyone, irrespective of colour, gender, class or mental or physical being.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: I am talking about what the Deputy and his colleagues said here earlier, which is that our stocks should not be sold off in this manner or that the opportunity should not be given to someone because there are people on waiting lists who might want those homes. The only way they will get them is if one moves out and the other moves in. The Deputy wants them to share the homes.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: What is nonsense is that sort of mantra. That is the old nonsense the Deputy goes on with all of the time. The problem is that if this strategy works, and I hope it does----

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: -----this issue will be addressed, solutions will be found and people will have homes. What will the Deputy do then?

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: He thought he had seen the end of us.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: I take this opportunity to thank all Members who contributed to the debate on the Bill. In particular, I thank those who sought to support the Bill. For those who do not support it, I make the following observations. The Minister stated he had sympathy for us as proposers of the Bill. However, he stated that he could not support it because he was constrained by a commitment in the...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: Four thousand.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to introduce this short Bill and my colleagues, with whom I will share time, will elaborate on its contents and the reasons behind it. They have suggestions which I hope the Minister will consider when initiating a review of the tenant purchase scheme which came into effect earlier this year under the previous Government. It was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the level of information provided by private waste collection companies to residential customers regarding the new pay-by-weight scheme; the number of meetings his Department has held with the industry since the 1 July freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23295/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the latest figures produced by the Central Statistics Office for the first quarter of 2016 for planning permissions for apartments, have declined by 20% compared to the same period in 2015; and the reason for such a large decline, given the fact that standards for multi-unit developments were changed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Construction Sector Strategy (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis provides any ongoing independent Government research into construction costs; and his views that implementing such an ongoing review should be a priority. [23217/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason, in the context of the large capital allocations available to local authorities under the Social Housing Strategy 2020, 2015 was the worst year on record for local authority own builds with only 75 new social housing units built by local authorities. [23218/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or a body under its aegis has estimates for the number of weeks it takes from the granting of planning permission to commencement on site for social housing units. [23219/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Jul 2016)

Barry Cowen: 214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the final estimated unit cost for the rapid-build units in Poppintree in Ballymun; if on the basis of this project his Department will be recommending the roll-out of this model elsewhere; if a cost-benefit analysis has been or will be undertaken to compare rapid-build housing with other methods of housing...