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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: Is it possible to submit a new application, taking cognisance of the conditions associated with the refusal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: We will agree to differ. On decommissioning of the plant, is it still the intention to take it down brick by brick such that what remains will be a brownfield site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: Is it not the case that when it was built 15 years ago at a cost of €450 million for both stations, it was designed, supposedly, in a way such that it would have capacity to burn other alternatives when we arrived at this juncture ten years hence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: I note one of the conditions of permission is that the plant be demolished. Is that the plan?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €40 million spent on remedial work at education facilities was paid for; if it was allocated in budget 2019; if not, if the €40 million has come from within the Department of Education and Skills capital envelope in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47258/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €40 million in remedial work for education facilities was paid for; if the €40 million came from within the education capital envelope in 2019; if so, the projects from which the €40 million came from; if the projects were delayed as a result of the reallocation; if not, the reason the project has not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is on his major projects buildings works programme; if not, the reason therefor; when the school will be listed on the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47857/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is on the school designs building works programme; if not, the reason therefor; when the school will be listed on the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47858/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tenders for the construction of a new school building (details supplied) will be published; the reason no tender for such works has been published on e-tenders.gov.ie; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47859/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the creation and construction of nursing home facilities under the national development plan; the number of nursing home spaces that will be created; the amount allocated to the creation and construction of dementia specific nursing home facilities; the number of spaces that will be created from the allocation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds Data (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia specific spaces in nursing home facilities here by county, by public and private nursing homes, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 421. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [47582/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 464. To ask the Minister for Health the budget in 2019 for the fair deal scheme; the amount spent under the fair deal scheme to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of open applications for assistance under the fair deal scheme; the average time it takes between application and the completion of the application in cases in which funding is released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47767/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 466. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for the fair deal scheme in each year since its establishment; the amount spent under the scheme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47768/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Data (19 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount received by Offaly County Council from commercial rates in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47130/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2020 (14 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there has been an under-provision for demographics in 2020 in view of the fact the new demographics provision in the, Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, IGEES, analysis is €511 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46824/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Development Agency (14 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the acreage of State land managed by the OPW that has been transferred to the Land Development Agency for the development of residential units; the number of units that have been delivered; the number of acres that will be transferred to the agency in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Estimates Process (14 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when Supplementary Estimates will be brought forward for 2019; the estimated amount required for Supplementary Estimates in 2019; the Departments that will require extra funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46823/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (14 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered updating the format of the capital tracker to mark projects as delayed; the date on which construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46826/19]