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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 875: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homes from each of the local authority housing stocks here that were sold to tenants each year since 1988 to date in 2008. [28130/08]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 918: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on amending the planning laws to require developers as well as posting planning applications at the entrance of proposed sites and publishing a notice in the newspapers to notify residents within 400 yards of the site of the planning application. [27388/08]

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 932: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February 2007; the number of its recommendations which have been realised since then; and when the remainder will be addressed and delivered. [27739/08]

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 934: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation in the Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27741/08]

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 935: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation in Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February 2007 which suggested that a review of minimum standards in the private rented sector be completed, and that measures be taken to improve local authority enforcement of these...

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 936: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation in Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February 2007 which suggested that a new incremental purchase scheme be introduced to broaden access to home ownership for lower income groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 937: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation in Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February 2007 which suggested that a sustainable communities fund be established to provide revenue funding to local authorities to support the various steps involved in housing renewal and...

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 938: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation in Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February 2007 which suggested that audits of housing stock be undertaken every decade, with a benchmark audit being conducted in 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 939: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation in Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February 2007 which suggested that supports available to local authorities to tackle anti-social behaviour needed to be strengthened through increasing their statutory powers and actions to...

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 933: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation in the Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February 2007 which suggested that a use it or lose it scheme be introduced through new legislation that would give local authorities powers to accelerate development of land zoned for...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is regrettable the Minister is not taking on board the main points of Deputy Charles Flanagan's amendment. There is a need to describe a nightclub in legal terms. I agree there was abuse of theatre licences and special exemptions. Once a loophole is identified, it will be abused. There may be a need to close some of the existing loopholes but in doing so it must be recognised that...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, before section 4, but in Part 2, to insert the following new section: "4.—Section 17 of the Act of 2003 is amended by— (a) after subsection (3) the insertion of the following new subsection: "(4) Any person other than a licensee who takes intoxicating liquor from a licensed premise for the purpose of its being sold on the account, or for the benefit of...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister and will look at the sale of alcohol Bill when it is produced. This applies not just to the licensee. If I telephone a taxi company and ask a driver to buy drink from an off-licence and deliver it with the agreement that I will pay the taxi fare and the price of the drink, that is a transfer. That taxi driver is selling on alcohol and that is not illegal because the...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I hope the Minister will take these amendments on board. Although there is scope to improve them further, they succeed in addressing an issue of significant concern. This is a problem that exists not only in this city but also in small towns throughout the country where everybody spills out of the pubs and onto the streets at the same time to congregate at the one or two chip shops that are...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is a slight difference in how this relates to motoring offences. A car can be traced to a specific person. People furnish wrong names and addresses too frequently to the Garda and a number of my constituents have contacted my office inquiring as to how they can extract themselves from scenarios where they are being pursued regarding various offences they did not commit. The provision...

Public Private Partnerships: Motion. (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome this important Private Members' motion from the Labour Party. It is not only important for the residents of the affected areas but for the future of Dublin's local authorities and Ireland's social housing plans. The recent collapse of the five urban regeneration projects in Dublin has shown up a failure predicted by many when the State decided to use public private partnerships to...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Cosúil leis an bheirt Theachta eile, tá mé ag cur i gcoinne an mholta atá os ár gcomhair chun an méid ama a bheidh againn chun plé leis an mBille Deochanna Meisciúla 2008 a shrianadh. Tá an reachtaíocht ag iarraidh déileála le fadhbanna sóisialta agus frith-shóisialta. Ní chóir dúinn deifir a chur ar Chéim an Choiste. Ba cheart go mbeadh níos mó ama ar fáil dúinn. De...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ar nós an bheirt Theachta romham, tá mé i gcoinne an srianadh ama atá molta don Bhille seo. Táimid tar éis trí ghilitín den sórt seo a phlé, maidir le trí Billí fíor-thábhachtacha. B'fhéidir go mbeimid in ann déileáil leis na leasuithe lastigh de leathuair a chloig, ach ní chóir go mbeimid ag srianadh an méid ama atá ar fáil. Ba cheart dúinn ligint leis an...

Cabinet Committees. (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Has the cross-departmental committee on housing infrastructure and public private partnerships discussed the disastrous collapse of the public private partnership for the refurbishment of local authority flat complexes in Dublin city in particular? Will the Government now fund the local authority to allow it to complete those projects?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom cead a lorg rún a rith chun an Dáil a chur ar athló chun gné rí-thábhactach a phlé láithreach, namely, the very serious concern that Crumlin children's hospital is putting children's lives at risk with the latest cutbacks which involve closing down a ward which caters for cystic fibrosis patients at weekends and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to...