Parliamentary questions

Rent Controls

Barry Cowen

53. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposals other than increasing supply, he is considering to try to stem inflation in rent prices in the private rental sector in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35470/16]

Building Regulations

Barry Cowen

62. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he plans to revise the SI 9 Building Control Regulations for multi-unit dwellings; his views on whether the self-regulatory assigned certifier system is the safest and most cost-effective building control system. [35467/16]

Vacant Sites Levy

Barry Cowen

149. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if vacant properties owned by Government bodies, local authorities and semi-State organisations will be subject to the vacant-site levy in 2019; and if not, the reason for the exemption. [35581/16]

Development Contributions

Barry Cowen

150. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the development contribution rebate scheme including the cost of the scheme; and the number of properties the scheme is estimated to have had an effect on incentivising their development. [35582/16]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Barry Cowen

31. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department is taking in conjunction with other Departments, to address the skills deficit in the construction sector and the measures being taken to encourage more young persons into apprenticeships or on incentivising businesses to get involved in apprenticeship training. [28636/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Barry Cowen

137. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent and is to be spent on marketing, advertising and holding press conferences for the Rebuilding Ireland initiative. [35370/16]

Housing Data

Barry Cowen

145. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department collects statistics from local authorities on homeless presentations for families with dependants as well as single households and households without dependants, as opposed to persons living in emergency accommodation; and if not, his views on whether his Department has an accurate picture of the true scale of homeless needs in different areas. [35371/16]

Housing Provision

Barry Cowen

146. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that has been made available to each local authority in 2016 and 2017 for building rapid build units; the number of projects and the number of units that will be built. [35385/16]

Housing Issues

Barry Cowen

147. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's estimates for the average cost of a rapid build unit. [35386/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

184. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [35299/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

195. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect an appointment to be scheduled. [35353/16]

Crime Levels

Barry Cowen

32. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Offaly are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the county; if all Garda stations in County Offaly have access to the PULSE system; if not, the details of the stations without access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34719/16]

Garda Deployment

Barry Cowen

52. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Offaly on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the proposed 800 additional recruits in 2017 that are likely to be assigned to County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34720/16]

Probate Applications

Barry Cowen

137. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for each probate office to provide a grant of probate and a grant of letters of administration; her views on whether probate offices are providing a timely service in all areas; her further views on whether they have adequate resources and staff to provide a timely and efficient service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34463/16]

Housing Agency Portfolio

Barry Cowen

282. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has provided funding to the Housing Agency to buy portfolios of vacant properties for sale and leasing to local authorities; and the status of the implementation of these proposals for reducing the vacant rate of residential dwellings. [34496/16]

Local Authority Expenditure

Barry Cowen

290. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Tipperary County Council has purchased and signed a contract on a property under the Limerick regenerate proposal. [34908/16]

Planning Issues

Barry Cowen

292. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the strategic designated zones that have been designated to date and the year in which they were designated. [34983/16]

Referendum Expenditure

Barry Cowen

421. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of each referendum held in the State since 2000, in tabular form. [34571/16]

Election Expenditure

Barry Cowen

422. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of each by-election held from 2010 to date in 2016 in tabular form. [34572/16]

Election Expenditure

Barry Cowen

423. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of each recount in any by-election held from 2010 to 2016 in tabular form. [34573/16]

Election Expenditure

Barry Cowen

424. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the general election held in February 2016 in tabular form. [34574/16]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Barry Cowen

556. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when an additional general practitioner will be appointed to the areas of Cloughjordan and Borrisokane following retirement of a previous general practitioner. [34907/16]

Ambulance Service Accommodation

Barry Cowen

576. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred obtaining planning permission for the ambulance station in Edenderry. [34968/16]

Departmental Funding

Barry Cowen

114. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the purchase price of a property (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [33896/16]

Legal Aid Applications Data

Barry Cowen

88. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications there were for legal aid for home repossession or home eviction cases in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and the number of these that were successful in obtaining free legal aid. [33423/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Barry Cowen

176. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the regulations regarding the work local authorities can carry out in the event of vegetation or blockages posing a threat of flooding, including damaging properties and risking structural damage to the road network. [33290/16]

Homelessness Strategy

Barry Cowen

177. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines his Department has issued to local authorities advising them of the maximum amount of time a family with children experiencing homelessness should spend living in emergency hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation; and his plans to issue new guidelines to local authorities in this regard, in view of the pledge to remove all families from this form of emergency accommodation by mid 2017. [33295/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Barry Cowen

178. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines his Department has issued to local authorities advising them of the way they should define voluntary homelessness compared to involuntary homelessness; if his Department has issued guidelines to local authorities on the way they are to record presentations that are deemed to be voluntary homeless; and the number of presentations in 2015 where persons presenting are deemed to be voluntary homeless. [33296/16]

Housing Issues

Barry Cowen

179. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the housing needs assessment in each local authority will be completed; the common assessments that are being undertaken across all local authorities; and when the results of these assessments are due to be published. [33297/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Barry Cowen

180. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details on local authority transfer lists for HAP recipients; if the transfer lists that HAP recipients can apply to within two weeks of taking up the scheme are general transfer lists or HAP specific transfer lists; and if a HAP recipient who applies to a transfer list within two weeks of taking up the scheme will retain the same level of housing allocation priority on the transfer list as on the general social housing waiting list. [33298/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Barry Cowen

181. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether there is a problem with the homeless HAP scheme whereby persons refuse the scheme due to the perception that they will lose their place on the social housing waiting list; and if his Department has undertaken any research regarding the perception of the homeless HAP scheme among potential candidates for the scheme. [33299/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Barry Cowen

182. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons that have been offered the homeless HAP scheme who have refused to participate in the scheme to date. [33300/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Barry Cowen

183. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of HAP recipients in each local authority in tabular form; and if he will provide columns showing the number of HAP recipients in full-time employment, in part-time employment, in training and who are unemployed. [33301/16]

Local Authority Housing Evictions

Barry Cowen

184. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of eviction orders under section 12, in addition to under sections 13 and 17, of the Housing Act 2014 that were issued to local authority housing tenants in 2015 and 2016 in each local authority, in tabular form; and the number of tenancy warning notices under sections 7 to 10, inclusive, that were issued in each local authority in 2015 and 2016. [33302/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Barry Cowen

185. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless presentations and applications to access the social housing waiting list that are transferred to another local authority based on local connection tests; his views on whether such local connection tests can have negative consequences on applicants who are going from one local authority to another; and if he is considering any proposals for improving guidelines on case management in this area whereby local councils should have to confirm a local connection before referring an applicant. [33303/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Barry Cowen

186. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the use of the criterion that a person is intentionally homeless as grounds for refusing homeless priority by a local authority has no basis in legislation and that the use of this criterion is a misapplication of the homeless definition under the Housing Act 1988. [33304/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Barry Cowen

187. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is a statutory obligation on the part of local authorities to inform HAP recipients of the need to apply to the transfer list within two weeks of being taken onto the scheme in order to retain their position on the social housing waiting list under the HAP scheme; and if he is satisfied that local authorities are informing HAP recipients of this. [33305/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

361. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned will receive an appointment. [33592/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

371. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person will receive an appointment. [33619/16]

Waste Management

Barry Cowen

465. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the reports of the interdepartmental group that was established under A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland on the possible introduction of a household waste collection waiver scheme; if he does not publish these reports, his views on whether the Houses of the Oireachtas can make an informed decision on issues pertaining to waste waivers without knowing the contents of his Department's reports; the way he proposes to resolve the issue of waste waivers by July 2017 when the voluntary agreement with waste sector companies on pay-by-weight charging ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33610/16]

Waste Management Regulations

Barry Cowen

466. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is currently examining proposals to establish a regulator for the domestic and commercial waste sector; his views on whether the sector is in need of a regulator; the advice he has received from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on the establishment of such a regulator; if he will follow this advice; and the approximate cost of establishing such a regulator. [33611/16]

Consumer Protection

Barry Cowen

496. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases involving price collusion that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, as well as its predecessor the Competition Authority, have prosecuted since its establishment; the number of these cases that resulted in a successful prosecution for price collusion; and the sectors and industries in which the alleged price collusion took place. [33426/16]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Barry Cowen

74. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of wet and dry hostels in Dublin; and the location of same. [33120/16]

Animal Breeding Regulations

Barry Cowen

175. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress being made on the review of dog breeding regulations; the intended outcome of this review; and the reason there are no breeders, or relevant interests, represented on the review body. [32678/16]

Animal Breeding Regulations

Barry Cowen

176. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of registered dog breeders here; and the number of inspections of puppy farms in 2015. [32679/16]

Animal Breeding Regulations

Barry Cowen

177. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the penalties for being an unregistered dog breeder; the number of enforcement orders that have been taken against breeders for not being registered; and his views on whether there is a lack of enforcement against unregistered dog breeders. [32680/16]

Animal Identification Schemes

Barry Cowen

373. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog passports that are acquired each year for the transporting of dogs to other jurisdictions. [32679/16]

Tax Code

Barry Cowen

188. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners can provide the total number of properties registered by a company (details supplied) under the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 which imposes an obligation on an agent who is in receipt of rent or other payments arising from a premises to provide the information; the status of compliance levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32142/16]

Tax Code

Barry Cowen

189. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has been in discussions with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in relation to the registration of short-term stay accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32143/16]

Tax Code

Barry Cowen

190. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the status of compliance levels with section 216A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in view of the use of short-term guest accommodation websites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32144/16]

Fire Safety Regulations

Barry Cowen

252. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the process by which housing units are classified as single dwellings or as multi-unit dwellings for the purposes of sections 18, 19 and 22 of the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003 from which dwellings occupied as a single dwelling are specifically excluded; and if local authorities have any enforcement and inspection powers under the Fire Services Acts in respect of dwellings classified as single dwellings such as a neighbouring building if there is a risk to public safety. [31717/16]

Local Authority Housing

Barry Cowen

281. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount his Department has allocated in 2016 for the refurbishment of vacant local authority social housing units; the number of applications for funding for vacant social housing refurbishment that were received by his Department in 2016; the local authorities which these were from and the number of units; and the number of applications for individual units which were refused. [32019/16]

Planning Issues

Barry Cowen

288. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to update the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to short-term accommodation use of private residential dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32145/16]

Planning Issues

Barry Cowen

289. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to update planning regulations in view of a decision by An Bord Pleanála (details supplied); the timeframe for any such update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32146/16]

Planning Issues

Barry Cowen

290. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has considered the implications of any proposed changes to planning legislation and regulations in relation to short-term accommodation stays on existing bed and breakfast arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32147/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

421. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a hospital appointment. [31644/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

422. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [31645/16]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Barry Cowen

469. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment for speech and language therapy in Tullamore, County Offaly. [31930/16]

Private Rented Accommodation

Barry Cowen

133. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assessment his Department has carried out on the impact of Airbnb dwelling usage on the rental market; his plans to regulate Airbnb dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31446/16]

Departmental Reports

Barry Cowen

134. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the report of the inquiry into certain planning matters in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31447/16]

Water Charges Data

Barry Cowen

135. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 231 of 14 June 2016 and 133 of 5 October 2016, when funding for Irish Water for 2016 will be decided; the total revenue shortfall in 2016 and 2017 when abolition of the water conservation grant is taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31449/16]

Water Charges Data

Barry Cowen

136. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 231 of 14 June 2016 and 133 of 5 October 2016, if the shortfall in Irish Water revenue is anticipated to impact upon the Irish Water capital investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31450/16]

Water Meters Expenditure

Barry Cowen

137. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total underspend on phase 1 of the water metering programme to date; the estimated final underspend; if this underspend can be or has been re-allocated to other capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31451/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

132. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment with the audiology department, Health Service Executive. [31069/16]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Barry Cowen

34. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 2,964 persons are waiting more than 12 months for an outpatient appointment in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30666/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Barry Cowen

65. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the reason ambulance services in Edenderry have been relocated to Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30667/16]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Barry Cowen

427. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when the person can expect an appointment with the orthodontic department with midlands Health Service Executive. [30391/16]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Barry Cowen

500. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy in Tullamore, County Offaly. [30746/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Barry Cowen

214. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of Exchequer funding provided for social housing across all programmes between 2006 and to date in 2016 in tabular form. [29307/16]

Homeless Accommodation Funding

Barry Cowen

215. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of Exchequer funding provided for homeless services between 2006 and to date in 2016 in tabular form. [29308/16]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Barry Cowen

240. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government whether, as part of the Limerick regeneration programme, Tipperary County Council provided costings of its proposal for a town park in Newport; and if his attention has been drawn to the purchase price that Tipperary County Council paid for the proposed town park in Newport. [29856/16]

VAT Rate Application

Barry Cowen

89. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the cost of applying a 9% special rate of VAT on the purchase of all new residential properties for use as a primary dwelling only; and the cost for applying a 9% special rate of VAT to such properties with a purchase price below €350,000 only. [29176/16]

Building Control Management System

Barry Cowen

9. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a requirement that his Department undertake an annual audit of construction costs as recommended by the housing and homelessness committee; and his views on whether the current system of building control is appropriate and provides for safe and cost-effective oversight of building during design and construction. [28798/16]

Local Authority Staff

Barry Cowen

11. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the additional funding and staffing allocations his Department is making to local authorities and planning authorities to increase social housing output and quality planning outputs in the context of the new targets under the action plan for housing; his views on whether housing and planning units in local authorities are adequately resourced and staffed. [28799/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Barry Cowen

20. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects to publish individual targets for each local authority with regard to local authority targets for social housing, new builds and acquisitions; and the way in which the targets for the number of new build and acquisitions to be provided in each area will be determined. [28635/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Implementation

Barry Cowen

32. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on how the restriction under HAP, whereby recipients are taken off the normal social housing waiting list and placed on a transfer list, is discouraging persons from taking up the scheme. [28632/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Barry Cowen

40. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in the proposals being developed by his Department for mixed development on State-owned lands as part of Pillar 2 of the action plan on housing, there are mechanisms to be put in place which will ensure that the funds received from the disposal of former social housing estates for new mixed developments, which include 50% private housing, will be reinvested by local authorities in social housing elsewhere. [28634/16]

Private Rented Accommodation

Barry Cowen

46. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish the new rental strategy; and his plans to make amendments to legislation to give further protections to both tenants and landlords. [28633/16]

Water Charges

Barry Cowen

133. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the suspension of water charges from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017. [28808/16]

Water Charges

Barry Cowen

134. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of the suspension of water charges in 2016. [28809/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Barry Cowen

299. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on an application for disability allowance. [28560/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

395. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [28214/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

198. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [27839/16]

Planning Issues

Barry Cowen

146. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to publish guidance to residential developers for the revised social provision Part V process. [27660/16]

An Bord Pleanála

Barry Cowen

147. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the number of staff working in An Bord Pleanála and the operating budget for the body in each year from 2008 to date in 2016. [27661/16]

Housing Issues

Barry Cowen

148. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide evidence for the statement made to Westmeath County Council by the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Damien English (details supplied). [27662/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

185. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [27585/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

187. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [27596/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

537. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health to set out the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when the person will expect an appointment. [26439/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

596. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when they will receive an appointment. [26620/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

597. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when they will receive an appointment. [26621/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

631. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [26769/16]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Barry Cowen

542. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the the position regarding funding that was announced under the Limerick regeneration and its hinterland and particularly the amount of €500,000 which was awarded to Tipperary County Council for Newport and its environs. [25445/16]

Water Charges

Barry Cowen

620. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total cost in 2017 and full year cost of abolishing water charges. [25719/16]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Barry Cowen

663. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of NAMA units offered to the local authority in tabular form on a county by county basis; and the number accepted and transferred per annum from 2011 to date. [26395/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

1032. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [24458/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

1033. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (detail supplied) can expect a hospital appointment in the Mid-Western Hospital, Dooradoyle, County Limerick. [24459/16]

Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments

Barry Cowen

1489. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or a body under its aegis, has any concerns regarding the introduction of flupyradifurone insecticide on bees or other environmental impacts; and if his Department has undertaken any investigation into the environmental impact of the introduction of this chemical to Ireland. [25880/16]

Property Tax Yield

Barry Cowen

91. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in local property tax receipts by each individual local authority in 2015 and in 2016. [23547/16]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Barry Cowen

249. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities directed to prepare an assessment of applicants on the housing waiting list; the number of local authorities which have already completed this exercise. [23535/16]