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Other Questions: Housing Data (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for that further clarification. I await with interest the incentives, initiatives and means by which he will seek to encourage more house building in the near future. I will make a number of suggestions in that regard over next weekend and I hope he will listen to and take cognisance of them. They will be the result of much research and reflection on what happened in...

Other Questions: Housing Data (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: I expect the Minister not only to address that issue but also to apologise. Many Members of the Opposition advised against that policy, and we now find we must deal with the mess that has arisen as a result.

Other Questions: Housing Data (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: I urge the Government to lift the rent cap and to commit itself to building homes.

Other Questions: Housing Data (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: Local authorities have been left behind with regard to making suggestions because of the many planning permissions that have not been allowed to be explored.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 1. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the announcement of the result of the EUROSTAT market corporation test of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15771/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: I seek an update as to when EUROSTAT will come back to the Government with its proposals as to the funding model for Irish Water. I am conscious that the Government has based its plan on the premise that it will get the spending associated with Irish Water off-balance-sheet. The CSO recently adjudicated that it should be on-balance-sheet. The Government is paying 1.5 percentage points over...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: This not only defeats the purpose but also proves that, on balance sheet, the Government is paying 1.5 percentage points over the rate the NTMA is paying for regular borrowings on the part of the Government. When will EUROSTAT come back to the Government? Why has the delay arisen?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: I accept the Minister's answer and hear what he is saying. Unfortunately, towards the end of last year we were informed that by February or March we would have a resolution to this issue and a decision by EUROSTAT. The Minister is obviously not aware of the reason for the delay because he believes the Government has adhered to all the rules. In the absence of legislation to give effect...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: That appears to be a gap in the Government's presentation to EUROSTAT. Also, the €100 grant is nothing more than a kickback, to use some of the language that has been expressed about other issues that have been discussed this week.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: It is to turn on the tap.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: Can the Minister confirm, and does he think it is ironic, that with regard to the borrowing of €300 million that Irish Water obtained in the markets at the end of last year, the rate it is paying - and, ultimately, that consumers will pay - is 2.5%? Is it the case that the rate at which the Government is borrowing on a regular basis through the NTMA just 1%? Despite all that has been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the way the social housing targets for 2015 to 2017 are to be met, in particular the amount of new social housing units that will be new builds, and the number that will be leased from the private rental market; and his views that the funding being made available to local authorities will be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for investigations into planning in six local authorities and County Donegal, arising from the June 2013 High Court case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15772/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (22 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns over the proposed full producer responsibility initiatives for waste tyres; his views that the proposed full initiative will lead to increased costs for consumers and retailers; and if he will provide details on the estimated extent of these costs. [15847/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (21 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [15366/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 669. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any analysis of the effect on rent increases in the private rental market of the scale of leasing and acquisitions by local authorities required to meet the social housing targets from 2015 to 2017, resulting in a removal of housing units from the private rental market; if he will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (16 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's definition of minimum activity on marginal land under the Common Agricultural Policy 2014-2020 and the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020; if the European Union Commission has approved this definition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15099/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review regulations regarding the operation of the land aggregation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15044/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (16 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take with regard to home owners and tenants who do not pay their water charges bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15098/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (16 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: 192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the planning consultancy report into planning inquiries in six local authorities; the action that will be taken on the report; the cost of the report to date; if he will commit to a debate in Dáil Éireann on the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15100/15]