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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: The amendment allows me to question the Minister of State in regard to the whole area of refurbishment of vacant units throughout the country. I note the Taoiseach spoke about this yesterday, in particular about his own worries and fears, despite being in office for the last three years, about the length of time it was taking for those houses to be made available by local authorities to...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach is the one in government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: Will that ensure there is no legal impediment to Dublin City Council's rights? Those will remain despite the name change, the transfer of responsibility and so forth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: Under the strategic development plan put in place by An Bord Pleanála for the area, what representation will the locality have in future initiatives or schemes or will that solely be the responsibility of those elected to Dublin City Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: Is Mr. Dunne sure that it will not be a watered down version of what existed previously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: There are issues with the recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: Will the forum require unanimity among its members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: I know, but the less prescriptive, the less authority or input its members may have. Perhaps this should be stated in the Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: Consultation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: Tabling amendments, if necessary, is something members can adjudicate on when the Bill is published. This proposal should not be a watered down version of what existed previously and people should be given a forum in which to voice their opinions and aspirations. I am particularly conscious of the matter raised by the Acting Chairman, in that those who remain in the area after being housed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: It is important to add weight to the Acting Chairman's comments on the clawback issue. It is the view of the majority of committee members that it is incumbent on the Department to go to the Minister and seek the insertion of a provision in the Bill to deal with this issue. It is not fair or proper to leave it hanging and something should be laid down in the Bill so that this specific issue...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: 465. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment with the orthopaedic department, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin. [24164/14]

Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: It has actually been for 18 months.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 54: In page 65, after line 7, to insert the following:“Provision of housing units 52. In the provision of housing units, a local authority shall give priority to persons that have been responsible tenants in leased accommodation under the Rental Accommodation Scheme.”.I tabled this amendment as a safeguard in the event of the Minister not accepting the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: Would the Minister of State consider alternative wording, such as "due and weighted consideration" based on the systems in place in the local authority?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: There should be due weight attached to the people who fall into that category in the local systems that exist. Most local authorities have a points system.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: The Minister of State is saying that anybody who enters these agreements goes off the housing list, therefore, there is no permanent housing solution for those people.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: Okay. All of us have examples but I came across a case only yesterday. It involves a recently separated young woman with two children who cares for her mother also. She was offered short-term rental accommodation under RAS in a location that did not suit not just because of the situation with her mother but the difficulty for her children and not wanting to move them at such a distressing...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 22: In page 48, line 3, after "shall" to insert "not".The Bill proposes that when clients have received HAPs, their housing need will be deemed to have been met. Unfortunately, this will remove many people from local authority waiting lists and it disregards the wishes of many who would enter into short-term agreements as a step towards being accommodated on a more...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 21: In page 47, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 44 of the Act of 2009 33. Section 44 of the Act of 2009 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):“(1A) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in circumstances where a local authority and an approved body agrees that to dispose of a dwelling...