Results 19,361-19,380 of 26,430 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: I am looking at the two schemes, the repair and leasing scheme and the Housing Agency acquisition programme. What percentage of the 200,000 vacant properties is the Department seeking to bring into public ownership for social housing over the time period covered by the Government plans for housing?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: I have established that there is a number of initiatives. It is quite a precise question on the percentage and number of houses that the Department seeks to bring into public ownership vis-à-visthe 200,000 which are vacant.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: How many people are in emergency accommodation at the moment?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: Just over 7,000. How many people are on local authority waiting lists for housing?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: Some 91,000 and we have 200,000 vacant properties. That tells its own story. Is the Department looking at making greater use of compulsory purchase orders in respect of vacant residential properties?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: Why not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: We would also, I would hope, want to encourage people who have vacant properties to use them either for the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme or the other schemes. It is an issue that we all raise, in that people find it very difficult. A lot of people are competing for the same houses. We need more houses available for the HAP scheme. Has the Department examined the possibility of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: It would generate revenue.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: I am asking about his Department and whether it has done any work on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: I am not asking the Minister. The Department has a role to play in developing policy on behalf of the Minister.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: As Mr. McCarthy is the departmental head, I am asking him whether the Department has done any work on a vacant home tax. Has it examined the possibility of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: We have heard an awful lot about modular homes recently. Does Mr. McCarthy have the cost of a modular home versus a comparable traditional home?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: How long would a modular home be expected to last?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: At least 50 years. Would they have a shorter shelf life than bricks and mortar?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: What tendering process is used?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: One last question and then we will finish. How many modular homes does the Department hope will be put in place? What is the target in terms of numbers?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017) David Cullinane: A total of 1,500 units?
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to revert to a single tier pay structure across the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10498/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the failures or non-compliance with public procurement rules identified by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10496/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (2 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí assigned to the Waterford Garda division for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10911/17]