Results 6,121-6,140 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 to make provision whereby the current level of local property tax shall not be increased and the valuation date in relation to a relevant residential property shall not be changed unless otherwise determined by both Houses of the Oireachtas.This Bill is necessary and should be...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: We are not against Deputy Gerry Adams.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes planned to the building control regulations introduced on 1 March 2014; the time frame for such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6707/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the Departmental review of the building regulations introduced on 1 March 2014; if the review will be published; the time frame for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6708/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated additional cost the building regulations have generated for one-off units; the original anticipated cost of the regulations according to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6709/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions his Department has held with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and Construction Industry Federation on the introduction and operation of the building regulations, introduced on 1 March 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6710/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regional Development (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the urban regeneration measures that will be rolled out as part of the next round of European Union structural and regional development funding; the measures he is considering, to attract investment and to create new creative clusters, to generate sustainable economic investment, and employment in the heart of Dublin...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form and on a county basis, the total funding available for the social inclusion and community activation programme in 2015, 2016 and 2017. [6717/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated total administrative costs per annum of the new social inclusion and community activation programme. [6720/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form and on a county basis, the total funding available for the local community development programme per annum in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [6718/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated total administrative cost of the local community development programme for the years 2010 to 2014. [6719/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for existing local development companies that are unsuccessful in their bids, under the new social inclusion and community activation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6721/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department received correspondence from the European Union Commission or European Court of Justice in relation to the European Union Directive on Procurement, in relation to the roll-out of the Social Inclusion Activation and Community Activation Programme; if concerns were raised about compliance with the...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, on a county basis the amount of motor tax collected in each local authority and paid into the local government fund to date. [6744/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (17 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that are used to decide the level of contribution from the Equalisation Fund that each local authority receives in a given year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6745/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the independent review of inquiries into planning irregularities in six local authorities; the action he will take; if inquiries will be extended to other local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6487/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: 245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to publish advice received from the Attorney General in relation to alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal; the action he will take on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6488/15]
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: Yes, give or take. The Minister just said that the Government made a commitment to bring in legislation to address climate change - to introduce the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill. We would have hoped that any such proposals and anything contained within such a Bill would address the issues in their entirety and get it completely right - that it would not get it half right...
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)
Barry Cowen: He is like Jimmy Magee, commentating.