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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: A decision on the substitute consent application for the Derrybrien Wind Farm in County Galway was signed by An Bord Pleanála on Friday 4 February 2022. In their decision, the Board refused to grant substitute consent for ESB’s wind farm, which ends the statutory process seeking to retrospectively regularise the environmental impact assessment status of the wind farm. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 207 together. In January 2022, my Department communicated with local authorities outlining that it is increasing the funding made available since 2018 from €50,000 to €60,000 per annum from mid-2022 to support the work of a Vacant Homes Office including a vacant homes officer to support the commitment in Housing for All to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government commits to a change to the allocation model for Local Property Tax (LPT) and specifically to 100% local retention of LPT in the area in which it is collected. Seperately, I have also commited to reviewing baseline funding for all local authorities following the first revaluation of LPT by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. That Office is continuing its work...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: The Maritime Area Planning Act 2021, which was enacted in December 2021, includes provisions to establish a new agency, the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA). I aim to have MARA up-and-running by Q1 2023 and to facilitate this, a dedicated Unit has been set up within my Department to progress the Implementation Plan to establish this new agency. Early priorities for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Addressing vacancy and dereliction, and maximising the use of the existing housing stock, is a priority objective of the Government, as evidenced by the recently published Housing for All - A New Housing Plan for Ireland where one of the four pathways in the plan is specifically dedicated to this area.   My Department continues to liaise with local authorities on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2018, which came into operation on 8 February 2018, provide for an exemption from the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises to residential use, including the conversion of vacant areas above ground floor commercial premises to residential use. This measure was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: On 31 December 2020, which is the latest date for which data is available in my Department, Wicklow County Council had 4 sites listed on its Derelict Sites register. Data in respect of the end of 2021 is due to be collected in the coming months. While the Derelict Sites Act 1990 does not require local authorities to publish their Derelict Sites Registers on their websites, section 8(5)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: The e-Planning project was commenced with the aims of developing a relatively simple system closely aligned to the already developed Building Control Management (BCMS) system. However, as the detailed analysis for the project progressed, the differences between the standalone nature of the BCMS system and the complexity of e-Planning, including the level of integration required with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 to 271, inclusive, together. The Town Centre First (TCF) policy, jointly developed by my Department and the Department of Rural and Community Development, sets out 33 actions which will provide a co-ordinated framework across established national policy objectives (in particular the National Planning Framework, Housing for All and Our Rural Future) to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/service/9e4ee-get-planning-statisti cs/. The data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and planning...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I will address amendments Nos. 2 and 13. I must oppose amendment No. 2, which would provide that the Minister shall provide a report examining the establishment of a statutory skills register. The Bill provides for a register of providers of building works. The competence criteria for registration in each division of the register are determined by the board and approved by the Minister and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: We will first look at builders and then go through the various trades stage by stage. That is what is intended.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Yes. For clarity, we are saying builders of buildings will be first and trades will follow. I am advised that by mid-2024, the register of builders will be complete, with trades to follow.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I am advised that the Department is working with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science surrounding what Deputy Ó Broin mentioned. It is very keen to point out that this is on competence. We just want to be careful in terms of the parameters when we are talking about a register. Work is going on across Government in line with the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: That is okay. I can do that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Absolutely. That is the intention.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for their amendments. I will address amendments Nos. 3 and 4. Section 8 of the Bill provides that the Government may make an order appointing a body to perform the functions of the registration body. It sets out that the body can be a public body or otherwise and it provides that the body must be capable of performing the functions conferred. I must oppose amendment...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Deputy Ó Broin referred to the voluntary register. In the main, it would obviously be compliant members who registered on the voluntary register. It is unfair to make some of the suggestions that have been made. The reason infringements are lower and cases are not taken against members is that it is a voluntary register. The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and the Society...