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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 396. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment with the pain management clinic, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [3784/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (27 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons who applied under the public application process for each of the vacant positions on the board of Ervia; the number selected from the public application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3835/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Bank Branch Closures (22 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for his attendance and his response. I join with the Minister in acknowledging the efforts of other Deputies in the House, particularly my constituency colleague, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy who has been to the forefront in seeking to address this issue in a manner favourable to the community. The Minister said that 14 branches are due to close, bringing the total...

Topical Issue Debate: Bank Branch Closures (22 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: I imagine the Minister is well aware that Ferbane is a small town in west Offaly. For almost a century it has had a branch of Ulster Bank at its centre. Long before RBS took over Ulster Bank or it grew in size and strength the people of Ferbane supported their local branch of Ulster Bank. They kept their savings in it; they borrowed from it to build their homes and finance their children's...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (22 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form his Department's allocation for the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability, mobility aids housing grant scheme and aid for older people from 2011 to date in 2015 by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3093/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (22 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number and total value of housing adaptation grants for persons with a disability, the housing aid for older persons and the mobility aids grant in 2010 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3127/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (22 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the number of inspections of private rented accommodation carried out by local authorities under the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 in 2010 to 2014, inclusive. [3146/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (21 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 23. To ask the Minister for Health the way waiting times for children inpatient day cases at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly, may be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2399/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the overcrowding problems at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2400/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (21 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of the roll-out of water meters to date; and the number of additional water meters to be installed. [3037/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Regulations (21 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the correspondence his Department has had to date with EUROSTAT in respect of the off balance sheet test; if concerns have been raised with his Department on the issue by EUROSTAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3038/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the repayment schedule for the National Pensions Reserve Fund loan used to finance the roll out of water meters. [3039/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: Mr. Fitzpatrick needs to quantify that. It is a great statement. We need to see some hard and fast examples and comparisons. What funding was directed towards those providers last year? Massive funds are supposedly being directed towards them in the coming years. I say that on the basis of the Minister's announcement before Christmas of the housing policy that is to be pursued in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: That is why Mr. Fitzpatrick cannot say there will be a better accrual to the State. It cannot be done without quantifying the figures. That is all I am saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: I know that, but they were for a different day at a different time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: It is not the case that everyone has the same view on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: Yes. If the delegates wish to respond, they are more than welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: Both speakers have touched on these issues. From my perspective and that of my party, for a new planning and development Act to work effectively, we must learn from the lessons of the past and present in terms of how permission is enforced. That is the big issue. Even if a local authority in my county, for example, has the best will in the world and the best intentions, only one person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: I thank the bodies for making these submissions. They should not take it as read that what they hear today is the general consensus of the committee. We will digest and investigate all that has been recommended before making recommendations of our own. It should be taken as read that any new planning and development Bill should take cognisance of the recommendations of the recent...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 151. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical or career break, broken down by zero to six months, six to 12 months, one to two years, two to three years, four to five years and more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2480/15]