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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I apologise. I have to depart. I think the discussion is coming to a conclusion. I thank the members for their consideration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister need me to stay? I do not think so.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), there is no specific preclusion to the development of log cabins as a housing type. All development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Any person may lodge an application for permission to a planning authority in accordance with section 34 of the Act for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist the authorities in providing such accommodation, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (19 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Local Authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operation of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in their functional areas. The table contains the information requested regarding the operation of the derelict sites levy, as per the most recent returns from local authorities relating to the year 2022. Returns are awaited from 4 local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (19 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the reply to Question No. 710 of 18 April 2023 which sets on the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 699 and 751 together. The Minister is empowered under section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to direct a planning authority to take measures to ensure that its development plan complies with national or regional planning policy, upon receipt of a recommendation on the matter from the Office of the Planning Regulator (the Office). The decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the reply to Questions No. 420, 475, 476 and 513 of 21 March 2023 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Updated Rural Housing Planning Guidelines are currently being prepared by my Department. The updated guidelines will expand on the high level spatial planning policy of the National Planning Framework (NPF), in particular on National Policy Objective (NPO) 19 which relates to rural housing. This objective makes a clear policy distinction between rural areas under urban influence (i.e. areas...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Development contribution charges to be applied on developers are set at the planning permission stage but are not collectable by the relevant local authority until after the development work commences. Commencement notices are issued by the developer to the local authority and these generally trigger the raising of the charge. The normal practice is for the developer to issue a commencement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: In my role as Minister with responsibility for planning, I have no function in relation to the health and safety of telecommunications masts. The Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures Guidelines (1996) which were published by my Department, advise that planning authorities should not include monitoring arrangements as part of planning permission conditions nor determine planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens' Assembly (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Advertising is regulated through the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act) and through the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations). Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations provides exemptions for certain types of advertisements. Under Class 1 of part 2 of Schedule 2, Illuminated advertisements exhibited on business premises, wholly with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the current baseline funding allocation model, every local authority has a minimum level of non-programme funding available to it, known as its baseline. Baseline funding comes from Local Property Tax income (LPT) and is supplemented by the exchequer where a local authority’s LPT income is less than their baseline level. There was a previous review of the baseline funding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: As required under legislation, every local authority published a draft map identifying land liable to the tax on 1 November 2022. Submissions could be made by interested parties, up to 1 January 2023 challenging whether land met the criteria for the tax, identifying additional land which may meet the criteria for the tax or where made by a landowner, a rezoning request to remove the land...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (30 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 provided for an exemption, up until the end of 2021, from the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises, including vacant or under-utilised areas over ground-floor shops and offices, to residential use. This measure was aimed at facilitating the productive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (30 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act), local authorities are required to maintain a derelict sites register, which includes the name and address of each owner and occupier, where these can be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, of any land which, in the opinion of the local authority, is a derelict site. Under section 8(5) of the Act, a copy of the derelict sites register for any local...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am delighted to be back in the Seanad. I was a Member previously and I value its contribution hugely. I have a relatively short time, so I want to address the points Members have raised, as distinct from the contribution from the Minister. I will provide a lot of information about what we have rolled out in our plans. We built 30,000 units last year. We propose to exceed that figure...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have given them additional staff. The Department keeps it under constant review and I am currently embarking on a tour of all local authorities to find out exactly what is happening on the ground. The Department will take on board any additional resource requirements. We want to keep people in their homes. I will move on. Senator Black is not present. However, she spoke about a...