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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Mar 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if an oral hearing will be granted as part of the appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9949/10]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 29: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that 43% of householders paying loans under shared ownership schemes are in arrears; the steps he will take to deal with this problem; if, in the case of default, the occupants will be permitted to remain in their homes with the option of becoming council tenants; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that there are in excess of 100,000 people on local authority waiting lists, he will use funds available under the European Regional Development Fund legislation, when it is amended, to purchase vacant properties in order to make them available as social housing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be treated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9811/10]

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Around this time last year, the House debated a circular letter that was issued by the Minister requiring local authorities to keep on account whatever incomes they had derived from development levies on foot of the Maastricht criteria. It was suggested that over €1 billion had been acquired by local authorities across the country during the period of the property bubble. The difficulty...

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: We raised this matter with local authorities when county and city managers appeared before an Oireachtas committee last year.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I am simply asking about the moneys acquired by local authorities for the improvement of water services.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: It is not an issue for local authorities. The Minister sent a directive to local authorities to the effect they should not spend money they intended to use to improve water services.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: It was the subject of debate on Question Time around this time last year.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: The Ceann Comhairle was not in the Chair at that time.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: This issue relates directly to the provision of water services across the country. The Minister avoided answering my question at that time and he is avoiding it again today.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Over €1 billion is held on account by local authorities as a result of a circular letter issued by the Minister.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: As I understand it, the circular letter is still in place. Can the Minister tell the House whether it is still the case that money gained by local authorities through development levies to improve water services is still ring-fenced? Is it locked so that it cannot be spent?

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: With respect, Question No. 3 was a priority question to which only Deputy Hogan could ask a supplementary. Not dealing with Question No. 7 deprives us of asking questions on the same matter.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I would appreciate it still if the Minister would read the reply into the record.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: It was so long ago that the Green Paper was launched I cannot remember when. Much fanfare was given to it at the time but much has changed since then. There was a consultation period leading up to the publication of the Green Paper, of which the Minister has made much mention. Since then the bord snip nua report has been published which had significant findings on the future of local...

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I welcome the indication that we will see a document between now and the summer. The reform of local government is ultimately about providing a better service to the citizens. At times, public representatives, managers and others seem to be the main beneficiaries of reform. From my examination of being in local government, one of the matters is the value of SPCs and the roles they play,...

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: It could be a Deputy or Senator but for strategic thinking it makes sense to have a parliamentarian as a member of SPCs.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: SPCs contain more than just local councillors; they contain directors of services in CIE and Bus Éireann and others. There is a strategic blend to an SPC and it makes sense for Members of Parliament to sit on the committees.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: It would be an insurance policy.