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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is no matter where they are in their planning permission.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is a two-year period and then any new planning permission will have to be applied for under the provisions of this Act.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that because these provisions will not be enacted for two years? Why is there a two year period? Is it a possibility that this permission could be enacted but existing planning permissions would have to apply under the old Act or would they have a choice?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise and I do not want to hog the discussion but most of the transitional mechanisms that we have agreed to date are notwithstanding the fact the existing Act no longer exists-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay, but most of the transition provisions we have dealt with recognise there will be a period between the ending of the old Act and the enactment of the new Act and therefore during that interregnum the old Act applies. In this section the Minister of State is actually saying it is a definite two-year period. Does this mean these provisions will not be enacted for two years or could they...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean that no permission granted under the old Act would ever be able to avail of the provision under the new Act?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: After two years.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not clear on that but I might ask one of the officials to explain it outside.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a build for a school (details supplied); if a contractor has been appointed; if a timeline is available for the commencement and completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13669/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the key factor for determining the level of staffing resources for a school is based on enrolments on the previous 30 September 2024 given children can and do enrol in schools throughout the school year; and if this will be taken under review in light of the impact it is having on teaching allocations for schools that have currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for pupils in special classes for the summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022 to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024, and what evidence was used to inform this 50% cut. [14374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process of planning, construction and delivery of major projects for schools, including the typical timeframes for each stage of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14375/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to increase capacity at primary school level in the Dublin 22 area to meet demand in the coming years. [14712/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 584. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline all pathways through which adult women's football teams can access funding from her Department; and the dates on which the next rounds for applications for available programmes will open. [15188/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to explain the delay in publishing and introducing the Marine Protected Areas Bill, and to set out the impact this delay will have on the development of offshore wind energy projects. [13950/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Department's audit of vacant and derelict homes across the State; the number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into active use in 2023, broken down by delivery stream, that is refurbishment grant, council CPO, and so on, in tabular form. [14373/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Department's audit of vacant and derelict homes across the State; the number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into active use in 2023, broken down by delivery stream, that is refurbishment grant, council CPO, and so on, in tabular form. [14373/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list the dates on which he or any of his advisors has met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) since May 2023; to detail the issues that were raised by the organisation; and to confirm whether issues related to Wicklow County Council’s refusal of a planning application by the organisation for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he, any of his advisors or any of the officials working on the Planning and Development Bill 2023 revised written or oral submissions from an organisation (details supplied) or its representatives on the wording of Government Amendment No. 605 to the Planning and Development Bill 2023, as discussed at Select...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the 1830 social housing acquisitions in 2023, by categories, vacant acquisitions, tenant-in-situ acquisitions, buy and renew acquisitions and mortgage-to-rent acquisitions; and to provide a breakdown of each category, by local authority. [14999/24]