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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the main headings of his proposals to reform the system of commercial rates; if there is a timeframe for the introduction of the legislation required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21748/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the county council administrative boundary of counties Kilkenny and Waterford corresponds with their county boundary. [21774/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to his statement of 3 April 2017, which suggested the need that new management solutions are in place to facilitate the cohesive expansion of Waterford city which will include areas of south Kilkenny, if this will mean a new joint Waterford/ Kilkenny management structure for the area in question and not an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will change the administrative boundary as per the commentary of Senator Paudie Coffey on a radio station (details supplied). [21782/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to his stated ambition for Waterford city to double in size by 2040, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a strategic plan in place, adopted by both Kilkenny and Waterford local authorities, to provide for Waterford city to double in size, with 42% of the planned growth provided for in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether Kilkenny County Council has not in any way impeded the growth of Waterford city, in view of the fact all of Kilkenny's plans correspond with the adopted PLUTS. [21777/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as the lead authority and the gateway city of the south-east region, Waterford has ignored Kilkenny's many requests to set up the implementation group to progress implementation of the PLUTS. [21778/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Waterford County Council, despite giving assurances to the south-east region authority as far back as 2012 that it would meet its obligations under the national retail planning guidelines published by his department to prepare a joint retail strategy, has not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will use his powers under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Local Government Act 2001 as referenced by the boundary committee, and put the PLUTS and or its successor on a statutory footing or require a joint plan be prepared and adopted by both authorities. [21780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the five local authorities in the south east have endorsed a joint submission to the national planning framework for the south east Waterford city east and that all five local authorities in the region share the same objectives in relation to the growth of Waterford...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the process involved and the legislation which covers the process for changing the administrative boundary of a county council. [21783/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Public Appointments Commission will not recognise a diploma in management and employee relations awarded in 2002 through a college (details supplied) as a HETAC level six or seven in view of the fact another college (details supplied) has been affiliated with HETAC since 2001 and the course was advertised as a major...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an urgent appointment at St Vincent's University Hospital for a person (details supplied). [21740/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of claims made by persons or others against his Department and the HSE that were settled or not settled, respectively, before a court hearing, in each of the past six years; the cost to the State of the settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Freedom of Information Requests (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an FOI request submitted on 14 February 2017 in the name of a person (details supplied) has not as yet been responded to. [21746/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address issues raised by a person (details supplied); if a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21741/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

John McGuinness: Before we proceed, I wish to record in public session the decision taken by the committee on item 6, an EU proposal. The committee agreed that COM (2017) 133, a proposal for a Council decision regarding the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the joint committee of the regional convention on pan-Euro Mediterranean preferential rules of origin with regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I welcome to the meeting Mr. Andrew McDowell, vice president of the European Investment Bank, EIB, and Mr. Cormac Murphy, head of the Dublin office, and from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, Mr. Nick Ashmore, CEO, and Ms Gillian Mahon, head of funding and strategic initiatives. This meeting arises from the committee's interest in determining the level of investment being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of reports and complaints made to her Department by a person (details supplied); if the reports and complaints were ever investigated and, if so, the outcome; if the same reports were investigated by the Department of the Taoiseach before being sent from that Department to her Department; if the person was ever interviewed by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the wards of court and their representatives will be given a comprehensive report on a regular basis on the way their funds are managed; the balance in each account; the way the funds were spent and administered; if she has received complaints from the representatives of the wards of court in relation to the absence of transparency and...