Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funds for emergency accommodation in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to prevent the relocation of homeless people to emergency shelters in the city where they are away from family and support networks. [17027/16]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused payment under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16786/16]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

574. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will respond to allegations that some members of the Defence Forces serving on missions, such as Operation Pontus in the Mediterranean, are being paid less than the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17052/16]

Overseas Missions

Richard Boyd Barrett

575. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of operations the Defence Forces are involved in abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

576. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence why the Defence Forces use the anti-malaria drug Larium, despite its known side effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

577. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will justify the enforcement of the use of the anti-malaria drug, Larium, which has serious side effects, by the Defence Forces abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17055/16]

Exploration Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on the exploratory drilling at Woodburn Forest in County Antrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16155/16]

Hydraulic Fracturing

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a national ban on hydraulic fracturing, given the international evidence on its dangers; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16154/16]

Wage-setting Mechanisms

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to examine the sub-minimum wage rate for young persons and bring it up to the standard minimum wage rate in the interests of ensuring that young persons are not discriminated against; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15839/16]

Joint Labour Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she will take to ensure the joint labour committees sit, formulate and impose employment regulation orders where the joint labour committees have not met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15840/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Construction 2020, Housing, Planning and Mortgage Arrears in 2016 to date; and the proposed dates for any upcoming meetings. [14507/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on health in 2016 to date; and the proposed dates for any upcoming meeting. [14508/16]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his plans to establish a Cabinet committee on justice reform; and, if so, when it will meet. [14509/16]

Harbour Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he met with or will meet with the chief executive or any senior officials of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council regarding the future governance of Dún Laoghaire Harbour as legislated for in the Harbours Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15609/16]

Harbours and Piers

Richard Boyd Barrett

78. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet a delegation of different interest groups from the greater Dún Laoghaire area to discuss plans for the future governance of Dún Laoghaire Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15610/16]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the advice she will provide in the circumstances of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15555/16]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

197. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the refusal by the primary staffing appeals board for an additional teacher outside the allocation for a school (details supplied). [15562/16]

School Enrolments

Richard Boyd Barrett

198. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a secondary school placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15570/16]

Education and Training Boards

Richard Boyd Barrett

211. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans and timescale for a senior college on Eblana Avenue in Dún Laoghaire; if these plans are contingent on funding from his Department; if the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board made an application for such funding if it is opposed to entering into an arrangement with St. Nicholas Montessori College Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15933/16]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will re-establish the Economic Management Council. [10153/16]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet sub-committees he will establish. [10154/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his plans to implement the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11576/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on his meetings with the new chief executive of Coillte Teoranta (details supplied) including his plans for future meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14503/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the appointment of a person (details supplied) as executive director of Coillte Teoranta heralds a further commercialisation of the company; if this is appropriate for the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14504/16]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

294. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive the full SWA payment of €186 per week, rather than the reduced rate of €100 per week, while the person is awaiting a decision on a disability allowance claim. [14357/16]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason he no longer provides back to education allowance payments for students studying outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14805/16]

Medicinal Products Supply

Richard Boyd Barrett

52. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a State pharmacy to source best value pharmaceuticals for supplying hospitals, general practitioners and pharmacies, and to estimate the savings that would be made to the Exchequer with this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13766/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

161. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13842/16]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on any meetings he held during his recent visit to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11577/16]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in any of his meetings on his recent visit to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11578/16]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of recruitment in the public service since the moratorium was lifted; the number of persons who have been recruited across each section; the procedures management has to follow to obtain sanction to recruit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/16]

Visa Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time persons (details supplied) will be waiting for long-stay visa application in order that they can be reunited with their spouse and father. [13445/16]

Public Expenditure Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

557. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount accounted for by projected demographic pressures and by projected inflation in respect of the projected fiscal space to 2021; the space which remains beyond these requirements on a year by year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10204/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

629. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the support he provides for the replacement of prosthetic limbs which have a price tag of €11,000 for those in full-time work with an average annual salary of €30,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12603/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the support he provides for the replacement of prosthetic limbs which have a price tag of €11,000 for those in full-time work with an average annual salary of €30,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12604/16]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of Ireland's housing and homelessness crisis at the most recent meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10150/16]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the discussions he had with the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, at the most recent meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10151/16]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the issues he will raise at the meeting of the European Council in June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10155/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to make the rent allowance scheme available to low-paid workers in order to ensure tenancy sustainment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/16]

State Pension (Contributory)

Richard Boyd Barrett

183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [11911/16]

Motor Tax

Richard Boyd Barrett

345. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy of the Road Safety Authority on driving test participants' cars being taxed. [11997/16]

Harbours and Piers

Richard Boyd Barrett

611. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the decision his Department has made or that is pending on the governance of Dún Laoghaire Harbour under the Harbours Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11878/16]

Harbours and Piers

Richard Boyd Barrett

612. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a copy of the due diligence that is, or has been, carried out in relation to Dún Laoghaire Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11879/16]

Adoption Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

622. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to request Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to establish a task force to process retrospective cases so that persons seeking information about ancestors in care will have a specific point of contact. [11270/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills to review the pay of teachers and ensure that new entrants are paid the same as those who were previously employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10767/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the changes that see new-entrant teachers being paid at a different rate to previously employed teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10766/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the rent allowance scheme. [10883/16]

Public Sector Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of salaries across the public service, including the number of employees affected by financial emergency measures in the public interest who are earning up to €22,000, from €22,001 to €30,000, €30,001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €60,000, €60,001 to €70,000, €70,001 to €100,000, €100,000 to €120,000 and €120,000 to €500,000. [10882/16]

Independent Review Mechanism

Richard Boyd Barrett

26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to commit to a full-sworn commission of inquiry into allegations of rape and abuse made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10148/16]

Stardust Fire

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to acknowledge the new evidence that was presented to her before the dissolution of the Thirty-first Dáil in relation to the cause of the fire in the Stardust tragedy; to agree to the request of the Stardust families for a new commission of inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10149/16]

Legislative Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; if the regulator has been established, the name of the regulator; and the procedure for lodging a complaint. [9367/16]

Tax Reliefs Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of income tax foregone in each of the years 2011 to 2016, to date, and the projected amount in 2017 through tax breaks on private health insurance; the income brackets of the beneficiaries of these tax breaks, by every €10,000 of earned income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/16]

Home Care Packages Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

883. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out intensive home care packages in south County Dublin under the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/16]

National Strategy on Dementia

Richard Boyd Barrett

884. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the amount of the health budget he is ring-fencing for the dementia strategy and if he should give an automatic entitlement to a medical card to all dementia sufferers [10417/16]

Primary Care Centres Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

901. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres per county; the number and profession of all staff within each primary care centre; the service categories provided in each primary care centre in tabular form; and if these staff are directly employed by the State or private providers. [10457/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the housing assistance payment limit will be raised to an extra €125 per month for a person (details supplied). [8555/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, further to his letter to a person (details supplied), his Department reached the 2015 targets including the 2,000 rental accommodation scheme tenancies; if these tenancies were new tenancies or renewed tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8556/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 20 April 2016, the reason only 19 authorities are rolling out housing assistance payment for all households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8557/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

100. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, with regard to the housing assistance payment for homeless pilot in the four Dublin local authorities, he will put in place the resources within each local authority to assist homeless persons and families and those in immediate risk of homelessness to find a housing assistance payment tenancy instead of the current practice of leaving it entirely up to the vulnerable housing applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8558/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, with regard to the housing assistance payment for homeless pilot in the four Dublin local authorities, he will provide the resources necessary to establish a housing assistance payment landlord recruitment team considering the very low take-up of housing assistance payment in Fingal and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8559/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

102. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the limits for housing assistance payment in each of the local authorities for each different family size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8560/16]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to restore disability allowance to a person (details supplied). [7954/16]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to extend the fuel allowance period due to uncharacteristically low temperatures in early April. [7955/16]

Departmental Investigations

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of investigations carried out by her Department's Scope section between 1 January 2006 to date in 2016, providing figures for each year, into the misclassification of building workers as self-employed; the number of persons investigated; and the number found to be misclassified. [7958/16]

Departmental Investigations

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection where there are cases of the misclassification of workers as self-employed that is bogus self-employment, the penalties imposed on the contractors involved. [7959/16]

Departmental Investigations

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average length of time involved in investigations into the misclassification of workers as self-employed. [7960/16]

Departmental Investigations

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the outcome of the visits of the joint investigations unit to sites (details supplied). [7962/16]

Tax Credits

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for his Department's changes to the single parent tax credit which only allows one parent to receive it. [7903/16]

Fiscal Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 14 April 2016, the estimates and sources on the fiscal space for the years 2016 to 2018 that form the basis of his pre-election statements on the fiscal space available. [7957/16]

Tax Collection

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance what exactly the Revenue Commissioners mean when they refer to the estimated value of contract and to the degree should this be accurate as to the actual amount earned by the person to whom that contract refers. [7961/16]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the figures for the number of first, second, third and fourth year apprentices registered with SOLAS for the following construction trades: bricklaying, carpentry-joinery, plastering and plumbing. [7953/16]

Rail Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

158. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to discuss with Dublin Area Rapid Transit services how wheelchair users can be facilitated better so that there is someone available to put the ramp in place when a wheelchair user has made a booking. [7956/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why those in receipt of carer's benefit while signing for credits are not entitled to jobseeker's benefit when their carer's position ends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7758/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Richard Boyd Barrett

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the help in place for those who receive a grant for house adaptations but cannot afford the balance themselves. [7762/16]

Wards of Court

Richard Boyd Barrett

116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide a report on the implementation of the Committee of Public Accounts recommendations in relation to wards of courts' funds that were lost in the crash. [7761/16]

Court Procedures

Richard Boyd Barrett

245. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if court appellants are being charged to acquire digital audio recordings of their original court hearings; if so, the reason, as such costs could potentially make it prohibitive for some persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7765/16]

Home Help Service Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused home help despite being severely disabled. [7759/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

359. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health why the home help hours of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin have been cut. [7760/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is a formal or informal policy operating within the health and emergency services of refusing care to mental health and suicidal cases if the individual is under the influence of alcohol or drugs. [7764/16]

NAMA Portfolio

Richard Boyd Barrett

487. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all the National Asset Management Agency's properties in Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown, by addresses, by occupancy status and by usage type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7763/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

488. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a detailed report on the numbers of landlords and property owners who have signed up under the housing assistance payment scheme, by local authority, in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [7766/16]

Fiscal Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the updated figures for the projected fiscal space for each of the years from 2016 to 2018. [6669/16]

UN Conventions Ratification

Richard Boyd Barrett

326. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6766/16]

Accident and Emergency Departments Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were waiting for admission on trolleys in hospital emergency departments in March 2016; the way in which this number has changed, by monthly average, and by hospital, in the past 5 years; the frequency with which in this period ambulances have been impeded from responding to emergency call-outs because of delays in transferring their patients to emergency departments as a result of overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/16]

Hospitals Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the capacity of hospitals in terms of the number of beds and staff; the way in which has this changed, by monthly average, and by hospital, over the past five years; and the way in which this compares with other European Union states. [6749/16]

Primary Care Centres Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

499. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care teams which are recommended and are currently in place; the recommended and actual level of staffing by community health care organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6750/16]

Hospital Consultant Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

500. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the percentage pay increase for hospital consultants recommended in the 2008 contract by year and cumulatively; the overall cost; and the cost per hospital consultant and of the pay rises foregone from the 2008 consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6751/16]

Local Authority Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

773. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses acquired by each local authority by direct purchase by Part V in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date. [6670/16]

Local Authority Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

774. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations, criteria and price thresholds regarding the acquisition of houses by local authorities. [6671/16]

Local Authority Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

775. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of the rapid build housing programme in Ballymun in Dublin 11; and the length of time the project took from the beginning of the process. [6672/16]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

776. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a list of all emergency accommodation in the greater Dublin area, including hotels that are in regular use by the central placement unit, and those in occasional use. [6673/16]

Emergency Accommodation Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

777. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria the central placement unit uses in deciding on the hotels to be used for emergency accommodation in the greater Dublin area. [6674/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

778. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a progress report on the Social Housing Strategy 2020, including the numbers of houses delivered by each local authority under each category. [6675/16]