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Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: I respect what the Minister of State says because of his obligations under the Order of the House as ruled by the Dáil yesterday, but I do not respect the manner in which the Government has brought the legislation to the Dáil and the manner in which it seeks to ram it down our throats. It shows absolute and total disregard for Members on this side of the House and many Members of...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: The Government's decision to take all Stages of the Bill in the space of four and a half to five hours is astounding. It is wholly inappropriate, disrespectful, arrogant and nothing short of shameful. Like everyone else present, I welcomed the country's exit from the bailout programme last week. I join others in paying tribute to the people who accepted the unfortunate but necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution (19 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: 208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of prosecutions secured under noise pollution laws in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54796/13]

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: The report concluded that the remaining 10,300 ground floor dwellings represent the maximum estimated future potential exposure to pyrite problems. Tackling the problem through the laborious method of removing the pyrite requires major intervention, and the typical cost for an average house is estimated at up to €45,000. This represents a massive cost to struggling home owners. In...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: While Fianna Fáil welcomes the Bill, we believe it does not go far enough in remediating the problems faced by thousands of home owners across Leinster. The remediation fund seriously underestimates the scale of the problem, the extent of which has not been fully uncovered and the presence of pyrite will only become fully apparent in the coming years. Home owners who have already spent...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: That is old bluff.

Planning and Development (Transparency and Consumer Confidence) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: All across the country we bear witness to the spatial legacy of a planning system that was put under immense strain in the past decade. Unfinished housing estates and unsustainable developments on the edge of hollowed-out towns pockmark the landscape. All the while, ordinary people seeking to build a family home on their own land feel frustrated by an expensive and unresponsive system. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies Privatisation (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: 361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to proceed to split out ESBN as a separate organisation from ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54263/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies Privatisation (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: 362. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to have the ESB Distribution System Operator constituted and structured as a completely independent organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54264/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies Privatisation (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: 363. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to move to reduce ESB’s market share by forcing it to divest assets and thereby reduce its 40% market share to 25% market share; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54265/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: 364. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explicitly seek to have greater competition in the generation sector by encouraging and facilitating more independent generating players to enter the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54266/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: 365. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to promote smaller players in the electricity market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54267/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: 366. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to replace outdated plants that occupy valuable capacity payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54268/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: 367. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the context of 2020 renewable targets, the action he intends to take with regard to the slow rate of progress of DS3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54269/13]

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: Can the Tánaiste enlighten the Dáil on when we can expect the housing Bill to be introduced to address the housing crisis that exists in Dublin and throughout the country? We have been waiting for three years for this Government to introduce legislation to deal with the lack of available funding for schemes and programmes.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: Everything is next year.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: What part of next year are we talking about?

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: That will not build much.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: We used to have that done by January.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: Would the Tánaiste agree with it?