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Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: There will be a Minister of State in the area.

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: The Deputy is running around with a bucket. I am surprised the troika is not thrown in as well.

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: On a point of order, who grouped the questions?

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: It will be another six weeks before the Ministers opposite are before us again for Question Time, and the last time they were here was six weeks ago. In the space of 12 weeks, we cannot get answers to the questions we table in the House. They tell us we have openness and transparency but the only change has been for the worse.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle must allow me to proceed. I did not elaborate on the introduction of the question and should be allowed a little time to put this question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: Can the Minister state any question emanating from this side of the House or Government Deputies on the figures of €180 million and €540 million will be answered in the normal fashion because the Minister of State, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, stated, because of the way the money had been raised, that it was not open to the usual line of questioning by Members?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: The Minister is confirming that he is in the process of putting a mechanism in place by which answers may emanate from Irish Water, but, as it stands, in the case of the figures of €180 million and €540 million, it remains the position that the Department is not obliged to answer any question asked of the Minister in the normal fashion by Members of this House on behalf of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 82. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the money that was provided by the Exchequer for the establishment of Irish Water in 2012, 2013 and in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5255/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: I think the last three weeks introduced the question better than I ever could.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for clarifying the amount of funding his Department has provided to Irish Water. He stated on television recently that a figure of €180 million was open to being questioned by an Oireachtas committee, but we now know that is not the case because the money was raised by means of a commercial loan between the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Bord Gáis. A...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 95. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the water charging tariff structure enables additional fees to be levied on households who do not use a certain amount of water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5016/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of former local authority workers currently employed by Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5015/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of the Water Services Transition Office in 2013 and the estimate for 2014; the number of staff employed; if the costs are paid directly to the Local Authorities Members Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5017/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has calculated the rate of natural attrition loss of the 4,300 employees covered by service level agreements over the next 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5018/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he held any discussions with Bord Gáis in relation to the system of bonus payments before establishing Irish Water as a subsidiary of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5014/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies Issues (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 426. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the budget allocated from his Department to Philanthropy Ireland; the number of staff currently employed by Philanthropy Ireland; the total budget allocated for staff in Philanthropy Ireland; the selection process and criteria relating to the chairman and chief executive officer, CEO, of Philanthropy Ireland; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies Issues (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 427. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the expenditure of Philanthropy Ireland on public relations, consultancy fees and external expertise since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4847/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies Issues (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made by Philanthropy Ireland in its mission to increase the level of philanthropic activity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4848/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Collection (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding unpaid water charges due to local authorities in the context of the transfer of functions to Irish Water; if the unpaid charges will be paid to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4920/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (4 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: 676. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly can expect an appointment for MRI Scan at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5400/14]