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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Barry Cowen: 555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total per annum interest payment due under the land aggregation scheme in 2015. [46289/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Barry Cowen: 556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total value of land accumulated under the land aggregation scheme in 2015. [46290/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Sep 2014)

Barry Cowen: 250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated yield from a vacant site levy on unused urban land at a rate of 3% of market value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36329/14]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (13 May 2014)

Barry Cowen: ...household will complete a social housing assessment by the local authority. Once the household has secured appropriate accommodation in the private rented sector, the local authority will pay the landlord directly, with a contribution by the household paid directly to the local authority. As everyone in this House is acutely aware, there is a massive shortage of accommodation in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Apr 2014)

Barry Cowen: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take regarding the future of the windfall tax on rezoned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11880/14]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Barry Cowen: ...questions. To return to the nub of the issue, namely, the timeline of events in the fateful weekend before last, are we to believe, and is Paddy to believe, the coincidence that this issue landed in the lap of the Taoiseach on the Sunday before a Cabinet meeting which had, at its centre, the future of the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice and Equality? Are we to believe, and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (25 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 719. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when will the compulsory purchase order for the lands at the tailing pond at the Silvermines, County Tipperary commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13926/14]

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Barry Cowen: ..., the county and those within them. Particular attention is being given to the area of wind energy, particularly in view of the efforts being made by many companies to progress agreements with landowners in the expectation of making planning applications to An Bord Pleanála. Based on the fact the applications are for permission to export under the Planning and Development (Strategic...

Planning and Development (Transparency and Consumer Confidence) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...spatial legacy of a planning system that was put under immense strain in the past decade. Unfinished housing estates and unsustainable developments on the edge of hollowed-out towns pockmark the landscape. All the while, ordinary people seeking to build a family home on their own land feel frustrated by an expensive and unresponsive system. In County Offaly considerable time is spent by...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...associated with the transfer of ownership of assets not only in the area of public water networks but public parks and buildings and so forth? What are the legal implications? Does the Bill provide for them? Will extra costs land in the laps of the local authorities to meet these transfers?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has undertaken an audit of its property with a view to identifying suitable lands for transfer to sports groups; if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the suitable properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41880/13]

Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (18 Jul 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...we were told a democratic revolution had taken place. A political whirlwind was to sweep through the corridors of Government Buildings and usher in a brave new political world. The citizens of Ireland were clear that the economic crisis demanded a fresh approach to the institutions of the State and a fundamental overhaul of how we do our business. Fine Gael and the Labour Party set out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...the only amendment that can occur is subject to the completion of the CFRAM study. In the meantime, the stakeholders we represent such as the farmers and those who derive their livelihoods from these lands are the only ones left out in the cold with no solution to their problems. They do not agree but they are in the minority and, therefore, they do not have a say.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: ESB Compensation Scheme (17 Apr 2013)

Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of the following policies, agreements or schemes available to landowners who have purchased lands with high voltage electricity transmission lines in place: the Board's mast interference or mast compensation scheme, the ESB/IFA agreement for loss of tree planting rights, clause 7 of the ESB Policy Towards...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Building Regulations Application (17 Apr 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...Natural Resources the compensation that is available to a person when he grants a Building Prohibition Order prohibiting or otherwise restricting the erection of buildings or structures on their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17816/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: ESB Compensation Scheme (17 Apr 2013)

Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the ESB has adopted non-statutory policies and codes of practice, that is, clause 7 of the Policy Towards Landowners for Overhead Lines and the loss of development rights section of the ESB/IFA Code of Practice which purport to describe the criteria under which the ESB will deal with and/or compensate landowners...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 Nov 2012)

Barry Cowen: ...takes cognisance of the 2009 review of the workings of that Act with a view to introducing more up-to-date legislation that is more in tune with the position on the ground. The rental market in Ireland, as the Minster correctly stated, has changed dramatically in recent years. This is hardly surprising in the context of the housing bubble and its subsequent collapse. Some of the...

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Barry Cowen: .... As we said last night, we will hold the Government to account while supporting its efforts to meet its goals. If we feel it is not performing as it should, it will be held to account for that. Ireland has a reputation for green production, with farmers focusing on work that involves environmentally sound practices. There should be no need for them to be punished, considering the...

Flood Prevention Measures (28 Jun 2012)

Barry Cowen: ...and grazing ground. In the week beginning Monday, 11 June, Met Éireann issued a weather alert warning of severe rainfall and floods. Continuous rain on Thursday and Friday resulted in flooding on lands traditionally used for grazing. The deluge has meant that some silage-bearing ground is being used for grazing, resulting in a loss of winter feed, while some farmers are using winter...

Turbary Rights: Motion (6 Mar 2012)

Barry Cowen: ...for his response which goes some way without going the whole way. The real background to the debate concerns issues in regard to fuel poverty and rural incomes. Rural household incomes in the midlands are 9.4% below the national average. The majority of affected bogs are located in counties with the lowest disposable income. This must be a central factor when making arrangements to stop...