Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

244. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to grant a person (details supplied) early entry into the HAP scheme to prevent them from becoming homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35759/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for affordable lettings in the context of rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35915/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

250. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the delivery of the Part V requirement at the Cherrywood SDZ is front loaded in order that a minimum of 800 council managed and owned units will be delivered in the first tranche of 2,000 homes due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35916/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of plans for public private partnerships in housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35917/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if councils should proceed with traditional build social housing in order to ensure there are no delays with regard to councils that are awaiting details of the rapid delivery procurement procedures before they proceed with housing plans on specific sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35918/16]

Traveller Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been available for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to draw down and the amount that has been drawn down for capital spending on Traveller accommodation over each of the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and the way these figures compare with all other councils across the country. [35919/16]

Departmental Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

380. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the advice he would give a person (details supplied) who would like an inquiry into the death of their baby infant in Temple Street hospital in 1966 shortly after birth in view of the fact there was no autopsy and the fact that they never received any remains and did not receive a birth or death certificate until 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35943/16]

Medicinal Products Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

431. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics report that the drug Orkambi prolongs life by a median 7.4 years, 2.45 QALY and the cost-effectiveness threshold of €30,000 per annum, if he will advise of the average cost and lowest cost per annum charged for the drug in the EU; if the HSE will make an offer to the manufacturer in view of these facts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35958/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of council houses owned and managed by local authorities that will be delivered in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 under the Rebuilding Ireland plan; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35506/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the plans for 8,000 homes in the Cherrywood SDZ will deliver sufficient social housing and affordable homes for low and middle income earners to rent and buy for this planned new town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35479/16]

Rent Controls

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether rent controls are urgently needed considering the further dramatic increases in rent in Dublin and other urban centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/16]

Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for rapid-build housing; the planned per-unit cost of these homes; the speed at which they can be delivered; the comparison in both cost and delivery time with traditional-build council houses; if he will provide a breakdown of plans for these kind of houses, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35480/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the housing assistance payment scheme, HAP, across each local authority; his views on whether it is on target to reach the numbers planned in Rebuilding Ireland; his further views on whether this scheme faces more challenges in areas of the country where rents are particularly high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35481/16]

Library Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

83. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider the plan for opening libraries without the necessary skilled staff in view of the nationwide ballot of librarians on the issue of staffless libraries and the widespread public opposition to this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35478/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to equal pay for all teachers regardless of the date they started working in view of recent school closures due to industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35194/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing the way in which pupil-teacher ratio, PTR, is organised to ensure that no class in any school is above the agreed PTR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35193/16]

Hospital Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

182. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will consider employing a liaison officer in hospitals for victims of institutional abuse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35295/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform has met; and if he will provide its forward schedule of meetings. [33563/16]

Direct Provision Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of all companies involved in contracts for direct provision, including moneys paid to these companies each year over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34854/16]

Direct Provision System

Richard Boyd Barrett

94. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for changing the system of direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34853/16]