Results 7,681-7,700 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total duration of a contract (details supplied); the date it ended; and the final cost for the full implementation of this contract. [3750/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the tasks a company (details supplied) carried out in relation to May 2012 contract. [3751/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria under which a company was selected for the contract (details supplied). [3752/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific areas of expertise a company provided in the contract (details supplied) that Bord Gáis Éireann-Irish Water was not able to provide in-house. [3753/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an open competition was held prior to the awarding of a contract (details supplied). [3754/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if other companies were afforded the opportunity to bid for a project (details supplied); if a number of quotes from other companies were sought prior to signing this project; the companies that bid for the project and reasons given for their rejection. [3755/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that a contract (details supplied) was issued as part of the unbundling provision of the EU Third Directive, if the costs of this project were paid for by Irish Water or by Bord Gáis Éireann or a subsidiary. [3756/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list in tabular form all the contracts a company (details supplied) have received from Irish Water since May 2012; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (28 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: 530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the new building regulations taking effect on 1 March 2014, the training and resources that have been provided to local authority staff in relation to the new building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3814/14]

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: I join the Minister in paying tribute to and thanking the staff of the Department for their work in putting this Bill before the House and their work thereon as it passed through the Houses. I thank them for acquiescing to the wishes of Members and the Minister. I thank the Minister for the manner in which he conducted affairs during the passage of the Bill through the Houses. Many...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: On Committee Stage we spoke briefly about this in the sense that rather than the existing annual report one would have, there could be measurements of success and failures further to the plan being put in place at the beginning of the year in the first instance. Will the Minister confirm that this will amount to much more than what is currently the case? How will performance be measured and...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: So the Minister is now confirming that the charge against non-principal private residences and any multiple that may exist for any property owner is in place and there is legislation to allow it to remain in place for the coming 12 years.

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: We may be contradicting ourselves. So there is no recurring annual charge after 2013?

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: And it is just the arrears that the Minister will be chasing.

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: On a related topic, the Minister referred to various properties and the valuations attached to them. I refer to the abolition of town councils and the amalgamation of city and county councils. With regard to ownership of properties in the names of town councils that move into the ownership of the overarching local authority, are costs associated with this from a probate perspective? Have...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: I note what the Minister said and I welcome the arrangements he has made in regard to the methods by which local authorities collect these funds and the discrepancy that they have in relation to adjudication of the arrears and so forth. For how many years is it expected that the non-principal private residence charge will continue to be enforced? I am conscious of that considering the...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: Will the Minister confirm that the consultative process will start with the municipal authority making submissions to the CEO prior to the draft being issued by him or her thereafter? I presume the entire authority only signs off on the budget after the combined municipal authorities have agreed their budgets. Would that be correct?

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: Will the autonomy rest with the overarching authority?

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: I welcome this if it turns out to be what I think it is. That is the reason I want to tease out the issues and perhaps ask the Minister if his Department would consider publishing a set of guidelines that might be recommended to local authorities as an example of how the consultation process can be improved and can be seen to be more fulfilling and involve more engagement than has been the...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: These amendments are led by amendment No. 61, as technical amendments result from it.