Results 2,601-2,620 of 8,073 for speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. The Maritime Area Planning (MAP) Act 2021, enacted in December 2021, establishes a new marine planning system, which is underpinned by a statutory Marine Planning Policy Statement guided by the National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF), consisting of a new licensing and development management regime from the high water mark to the outer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: The Climate Action Plan, 2021 sets out an ambitious course for national decarbonisation to deliver a scale-up in emission performance across the sectors over the coming decade to meet 2030 targets and to set a trajectory to meet 2050 objectives. The plan recognises that climate change is a complex issue that requires transformative responses from every sector in society and that all measures,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: Since 2018 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 derelict sites returns are collected in Q2 of the following year. The information requested in respect of 2020 is provided in the following Table. Figures for 2021 and 2022 are not yet available. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. The review is addressing a number of key aspects including noise, setback, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid connections. Guidance on the noise aspect is currently being finalised by my Department in conjunction with the Department of Environment, Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are funding streams available for professional development courses for teaching staff to support them and enable them to upskill. [10610/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the situation in which a co-habitating couple who are not married or in a civil partnership are not entitled to claim the widow's pension on the death of one of the couple; her views on whether there is an anomaly to qualify for the (non-contributory) widow's pension given that the assets of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant for State pension (contributory) who has been unsuccessful in their application due to the failure to reach the minimum requirement of 520 full paid contributions can now reclaim the portion of employee contributions paid in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10556/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 341. To ask the Minister for Health when the €1,000 bonus will be paid to healthcare workers. [10615/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: Under the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission.  Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations), set out various exemptions from the requirement to obtain planning permission. Any...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (23 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 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: Derelict Sites (23 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 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 derelict sites returns are collected in Q2 of the following year. The requested information in respect of the years 2018-2020 is provided in the attached Table. Comprehensive derelict sites returns were not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (23 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (23 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: The requested information is provided in the Table below. This data relates to the number of derelict sites on local authority registers at 31 December 2020 which is the latest data available in my Department. Data in respect of the end of 2021 is due to be collected in the coming months. Local Authority No. of Derelict Sites on Register at 31 December 2020 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (23 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: Data in relation to the implementation of the vacant site levy by local authorities is collected by my Department a year in arrears. The most recent data available in my Department in this regard is in respect of the year 2021. The Table below indicates the number of sites by local authority area which were liable to the vacant site levy in 2021 in respect of 2020. Sites are required to be on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are regulations in place which stop farmers removing waste from buildings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9086/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when persons will be able to sell electricity back to the grid. [9246/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (22 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the use of section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1961; the regularity with which this mechanism is used; if his attention has been drawn to any increased use in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the appeals process will be open for those that were unsuccessful on the sports capital programme announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9500/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when new applications will be accepted for sports capital funding 2022. [9501/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application for funding under the sports capital programme will be reviewed and the appeal process outlined for a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [9502/22]