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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: I cannot accept this proposed amendment as section 177D is being repealed, as per section 21 of the Bill, and the exceptional circumstance criteria from section 177D(2) are being moved wholesale to section 177K, to a new subsection, section 177K(1J), as inserted by section 16 of this Bill. It is important to note that all of the text of the exceptional circumstance criteria previously...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: I will speak to amendment No. 13, as tabled, which seeks to amend the Bill by deleting the provision that repeals section 177B of the principal Act. I cannot accept the proposed amendment, as one of the key objectives of the Bill is that the current two-stage substitute consent process - which includes various alternate initial steps prior to applying for substitute consent, such as that...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: This amendment seeks to insert a provision that provides for the laying of a report by the Minister before both Houses following the introduction of these proposed legislative amendments. Specifically, amendment No. 14 seeks to impose a ministerial obligation to lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas within 18 months of the passing of this Act, outlining data on substitute consent...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: Amendment No. 15 seeks to insert a provision that provides for the laying of a report by the Minister before both Houses of the Oireachtas following the introduction of these proposed legislative amendments. Specifically, amendment No. 15 seeks to impose ministerial obligations to lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas within 18 months of the passing of this Bill outlining the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: Amendment No. 16 seeks to insert a provision that provides for the laying of a report by the Minister before both Houses. Specifically, amendment No. 16 seeks to impose a ministerial obligation to lay a report before both Houses within 18 months of the passing of the Act with the report having previously reviewed the Act, including having sought the views of city and county councillors and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: Following the publication of the Independent Review of the Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Elected Members, led by Ms Sara Moorhead SC, I established a working group of local government stakeholders to examine the non-pay related recommendations of the Review and to draw up an Action Plan in that regard. This includes actions to examine the possibility of video conferencing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: 858. To ask the Minister for Health if radiography treatment will be resumed at Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry to facilitate cross-Border patient treatment, given the shared island Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34141/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: As I have said, repetition in the Dáil, unfortunately, does not make something true. As I have said-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: As I have said, 6,000 voids were brought back into use. That is the evidence over the past number of years.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: There is a significant programme going forward, as I also referenced. With regard to Deputy Stanton's question on the current suite of measures, in the first instance we are ensuring that by the end of June there must be full-time vacant homes officers within local authorities. With the Croí Cónaithe scheme, we are awaiting regulations that will be launched shortly to try to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: It is true what they say about empty vessels. They absolutely make the most noise. Will the Deputy stop interrupting?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: Can the Deputy stop interrupting?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: If the Deputy keeps interrupting, I will not respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: I gave the answer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: I assure both Deputies that this is being treated with the most urgency within the Department. The Minister has been engaging with other Departments, as well, to try to finalise an approach that will ensure the most vulnerable in society are protected. That is our modus operandiin trying to get these regulations right. There are three bands throughout the network of 31 local authorities...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: Housing for All, which was published in September 2021, provides a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030. Its overall objective is that every citizen in the State should have access to good-quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations, with economic, social and environmental sustainability built into the system. The strategy sets out, in four pathways, a broad...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: We clearly outlined the target numbers in the parliamentary question response for local authorities in terms of vacancy. We have had the biggest voids programme in the history of the State to bring in 6,000 voids over the past two years. It is highly inaccurate to say that the Department does not have targets when the evidence does not back up that assertion. Unfortunately, sometimes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 9 together. Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated social housing assessment regulations. The regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: I absolutely understand the concerns of the Deputies. Every week at my clinics I meet very vulnerable people who are concerned about inflation and the risk to their position on the housing list. We are committed to ensuring we get the right answer. As I outlined in my contribution this has to be balanced with the amendments we have made through Housing for All, having record delivery of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: First, I acknowledge the very egregious case outlined by Deputy O’Callaghan. I am aware that last Friday the Deputy communicated with the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, in respect of that particular example and he will escalate that within the RTB. In the main, the RTB is doing its job. The legislation which this Dáil has put through is very strong on the sanctions that...