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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (31 May 2018)

Barry Cowen: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the grant aid for capital investment for food and drinks companies as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the €5 million allocation that has been utilised; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (31 May 2018)

Barry Cowen: ..., Food and the Marine the status of the investment in public sector research equipment and facilities for the prepared consumer foods sector as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the €5 million allocation that has been utilised; the projects that have been completed as a result of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24210/18]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: ..., however? Where is the help and assistance for the cohort who cannot qualify for a council house and who cannot afford a mortgage, let alone rent, especially when some people must pay up to 50% of their income on it? There is nothing specific in the budget to deal with that. I am told affordability measures will be introduced in the coming weeks. Local authorities used to assist this...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: ...contained therein. Fianna Fáil contends and independent assessment has confirmed that previous budgets by Fine Gael-led Governments over the last five years were regressive and unfair, with a 50-50 split between taxation and the provision of public services. It is quite obvious that this approach failed miserably because public services broke down in the areas of health, housing...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Barry Cowen: ...in some cases, to access funding that must be made available for such development. There must be greater discretion given to local authorities on capital projects. I understand it is capped at €2 million at present but it should be increased to €5 million. There should be some aspect of generic design for different-sized developments in different regions of the country....

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Barry Cowen: .... The Government and Taoiseach now claim, as usual, that the social housing strategy is working, something which could not be further from the truth. Fewer than 274 homes have been built since 2015, 90% of which were provided by social housing agencies and 28 by local authorities. The Government claimed during the course of the election that 30,000 keys were handed over to applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (13 Jan 2016)

Barry Cowen: 864. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the €5 million emergency funding being disbursed by Red Cross has been recouped. [1105/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2015)

Barry Cowen: 669. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been claimed by local authorities for construction of new social housing units from his Department in 2015 to date, as part of the €312 million social housing construction programme announced on 5 May 2015, that is, the euro amount in actual receipts that has been submitted by local...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Barry Cowen: ...credit union movement. Some years ago I heard the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, say it would take up €1 billion to supplement the losses expected in the sector. The net loss was €11 million. This Government spoke about how it would burn bondholders on entering office but the only bonds I am aware of that were burned by this Government were credit union bonds to...

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

Barry Cowen: ...midst of a housing crisis. Rental prices are now approaching levels they were at during the peak of the boom. Rents have risen in all cities, with Cork and Galway experiencing a 6% rise, Limerick a 5% rise and Waterford a 1% rise. Dublin has experienced the largest annual increase in rent of 14%. Supply of accommodation needs to quadruple in Dublin; otherwise, those on lower incomes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Barry Cowen: A total of €5 million was spent in respect of other areas. Is that the case?

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...promised that the funding of local authorities would be most transparent by virtue of the property tax being available to local people who pay it, and the services they expect. However, €600 million of it has already been taken for Irish Water and 20% is being taken for the State, but not for the provision of local services. This highlights the folly of the process and the...

Local Government (Town Centres) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...businesses struggle to entice customers and to keep their doors open. Government public relations are promoting the slow signs of recovery. However, it is obvious to many of us that outside the M50, towns are struggling under an incessant stream of closures. It is a vicious circle of reduced spending, declining trade and a move to out-of-town shopping centres, leading to what I call a...

Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...of a broader agenda by Government to emasculate local government and strip it of its powers. Limiting the potential for motor tax evasion can bolster the State coffers. Motor tax raised €992 million for the local government fund in 2011 and this had declined from €1.045 billion, or by 5%, since 2009. In 2010, the Local Government Efficiency Review Group recommended that...

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (21 Feb 2013)

Barry Cowen: Ordinary motorists who are already struggling with increased fuel costs have been hit by significant increases affecting all 1.359 million motor owning households in the country. These increases in the Bill to give effect to the changes announced in the budget are expected to yield an additional €100 million yearly. The choice to buy clean and green vehicles has been hit with further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Barry Cowen: ...low despite the recent announcements. Mr. Horgan mentioned that the company has approximately 1,800 staff throughout the country, across core and non-core facets of its operations. This week's announcement affected 5% of that workforce. As chairman designate of Bord na Móna, does Mr. Horgan feel that restructuring of this nature is fair and proportionate? I remind the committee...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Barry Cowen: ...the health service has become. As early as last April, the all-party Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children was informed that budgets were overrun, in some cases in the order of up to €10 million. The regional hospital in Limerick had an overrun of €9 million and the hospital in Cork had an overrun of €5 million. The hospital in Galway had an overrun of €7...

Commission of Investigation Report in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Barry Cowen: .... There had been a sixfold increase in a ten-year period. The number of social workers was doubled from 1,000 to 2,000 on the day mandatory reporting was introduced. In Ireland today, between 5% and 10% of children in the care of the State do not have an assigned social worker. There is already pressure on our system and this is before putting in place the correct facilities,...