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Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Eoin Ó Broin
12. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking to ensure that the Irish Glass Bottle site in Dublin 4 will have the maximum level of social and affordable housing possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18480/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Building Regulations
Eoin Ó Broin
20. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his understanding on the status of a resolution for Longboat Quay residents; and his plans to introduce comprehensive building regulations so this does not happen again. [18479/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Water Services Provision
Eoin Ó Broin
24. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the nature of legal advice both his Department and Irish Water have received relating to article 9.4 of the Water Framework Directive and the derogation within; and if he will publish this legal advice. [18489/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Waste Disposal Charges
Eoin Ó Broin
45. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to deal with price increases in the event that at the end of the 12-month freeze on bin charge increases, bin companies intend to proceed with significant price hikes. [18485/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Waste Management Regulations
Eoin Ó Broin
169. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government where the functions relating to waste management, regulation of waste collection companies and regulation of recycling facilities will be located after the division of the existing Department of Environment, Community and Local Government into two new Departments. [18001/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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EU Directives
Eoin Ó Broin
186. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of infringement action by the European Union Commission against Ireland on the State’s failure to comply with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive; the specific actions required to be taken to meet compliance requirements with the directive; and the amount it could cost to meet the requirements of the directive. [18129/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
Eoin Ó Broin
187. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of design, build and operate water treatment water plants and the cost of these public-private partnerships. [18130/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Members' Remuneration
Eoin Ó Broin
194. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount provided to councillors for conference expenses by local authority in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form. [18207/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Members' Remuneration
Eoin Ó Broin
195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the State and a breakdown by local authority of the representational payment made to councillors in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form. [18208/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Members' Remuneration
Eoin Ó Broin
196. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the State and a breakdown by local authority of the annual allowance made to councillors in each of the years 2012 to 2015, in tabular form. [18209/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Irish Water Funding
Eoin Ó Broin
214. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the composition of the €522 million, including what portion is expected to come from Exchequer funding and what portion from Government borrowing or equity or debt financing, regarding the €522 million allocated for Irish Water capital investment in 2016, as per the Irish Water business plan, in tabular form. [18357/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Irish Water Funding
Eoin Ó Broin
215. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the composition of this €533 million, including what portion is expected to come from Exchequer funding and what portion from Government borrowing or equity or debt financing, regarding the €533 million allocated for Irish Water capital investment in 2017, as per the Irish Water business plan, in tabular form. [18358/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Social Insurance
Eoin Ó Broin
282. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 7 July 2015, why officeholders who pay under the pay-related social insurance payment class of K do not receive any social insurance entitlements; and if he will reconsider his Department's position on this. [18210/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Homeless Persons Supports
Eoin Ó Broin
313. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will issue a response to the concerns raised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in correspondence dated September 2015 on housing and water provision for homeless persons in County Cork; and his approach to the provision of water and sanitation services for the homeless. [17933/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Home Care Packages
Eoin Ó Broin
367. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health why he declined an application by a person (details supplied) under the home care package; and if he will request the Health Service Executive to reconsider providing this. [17935/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Homeless Accommodation Funding
Eoin Ó Broin
253. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he provided to local authorities for homeless services and its percentage of the total local Government spending on homeless services in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17179/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
Eoin Ó Broin
566. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how much it costs per year and per unit, for each of the years from 2012 to 2016 to date, to fund the 141 family accommodation units available in refuges, for those experiencing domestic violence, in tabular form. [17021/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Commercial Rates Valuation Process
Eoin Ó Broin
110. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the local authorities due to be revalued in 2016 as a result of the Valuation Office's global revaluation for commercial rates; and the net effect on local authority revenue of each revaluation that has been carried out or which he expects to be carried out in 2016, by local authority, in tabular form. [16287/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Commemorative Events
Eoin Ó Broin
149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date for the national famine memorial day 2016. [16147/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Commemorative Events
Eoin Ó Broin
150. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to designate a fixed Sunday in order to mark the national famine memorial day every year. [16148/16]