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Other Questions: Rental Sector Strategy (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop a cost rental model of public housing; when the expert group on same will report to him; his further plans to ensure the sites in the ownership of local authorities that have been identified as suitable for housing will be prioritised for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of entries on the vacant sites register of each local authority on 1 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4337/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to require local authorities to comply with the requirement for them to list vacant sites on their vacant sites register by January 2018 in order that the levy which will come into force in January 2019 can be applied; if he has received an explanation as to the reason a significant number of local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Deposit Protection Scheme Establishment (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the statutory provision to establish a deposit protection scheme will be implemented; his plans to ensure that the maximum deposit required by landlords will be not more than one month's rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if the introduction of free Wi-Fi will be made available to inpatients and outpatients at University Hospital Limerick; the estimated cost of such a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received correspondence (details supplied) in regard to the purchase of a house in Bray, County Wicklow, by Wicklow County Council for the purpose of providing car parking spaces; his plans to intervene under the Part 8 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4746/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties acquired by each local authority under the purchase and reuse scheme in 2017, in tabular form; the number of these homes that have been let to social tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4793/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a system to facilitate city families who are seeking social housing to relocate in rural areas in which there are vacant homes similar to Rural Resettlement Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/18]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the motion, which we support. I thank Deputy Ó Broin for indicating that Sinn Féin will accept our amendment, which seeks to implement the recommendations of the Kenny report that were designed to stop land hoarding. There is evidence that people are sitting on land to make a greater profit. This would be a long-term way of ensuring affordable land is available for...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not sure why the party is so sensitive given how I could respond to what was said about the standing down of the affordable housing scheme in 2012. The reason for that was that few houses were being built, although they were affordable. Under Fianna Fáil, the cost of houses was very high and many people had bought at the top of the bubble and were in negative equity. Prices then...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas that will be included in flood defences in a location (details supplied) in County Limerick; the indicative timeframe for the completion of defences in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4373/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 469. To ask the Minister for Health the introduction of free Wi-Fi for the use of patients will be made available to inpatients and outpatients at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Drogheda; the estimated cost of such a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4537/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to arrange with Transport Infrastructure Ireland and a company (details supplied) for the temporary lifting of the secondary road tolls on the M1 at Drogheda for the duration of the Fleadh Cheoil 2018; the estimated costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4271/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her plans to make the back to school clothing and footwear allowance available to families of children that qualify for ECCE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4202/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not a member of the committee; I know I can attend but I was not present because I had a clashing commitment. I have very much the same position as the previous speakers. I do not think there are any particular issues with the regulations that deal with water or antennae and broadband. I do not have anything particular to say about those. The regulation on the conversion of vacant...

Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Labour Party will be supporting this legislation. I welcome the Minister to her brief and I also wish to let the House know that I have been appointed as spokesperson in this regard. The Minister now faces three Limerick spokespersons from the Opposition but whether that bothers her, I am not quite sure.

Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: In welcoming this legislation I thank the Oireachtas Library and Research Service because I needed its guidance and data to understand a lot of the technicalities. It is a long Bill with much technical detail in it. The overall purpose of the Bill is very important and I very much welcome it, along with the EU audit package on which the Bill is based. Some of the measures are already in...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018 Second Stage: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputies Shortall and Murphy of the Social Democrats for bringing forward this Bill. We will be supporting it fully. I note that the Government is not opposing the Bill but I reiterate what has been said, which is that we would like to see the Bill implemented and not just be unopposed. The Bill adds to the protections that are so urgently needed for those in the private rental...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Those amendments are in my name. They relate to the membership of the governing body of the technological university. They are similar to previous amendments which were allowed and I do not understand why my amendments have been disallowed. I am asking for one external member nominated by the Minister following consultation with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and so on. I do not...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is it not the case that the other amendments add people to the governing body? I do not understand.