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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Planning legislation places no specific restrictions on the species or height of trees or hedges, nor does it make any particular provision for remedy from any other nuisance which may be caused by trees in an urban residential area. However, a civil remedy is available through the Courts concerning branches or roots of neighbouring trees encroaching on a person’s property. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Rural Housing 2005, were issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and require planning authorities to frame the planning policies in their development plans in a balanced and measured way that ensures the housing needs of rural communities are met, while avoiding excessive urban-generated housing. The Guidelines...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: A key outcome of both of the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the National Development Plan (NDP) is the compact growth of cities and towns of all sizes, in a manner that creates more attractive places in which people can live and work. The preferred approach is to focus on greater reuse of previously developed ‘brownfield’ land, consolidating infill sites, which may not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department has noted the increasing number of judicial review cases being taken against decisions of An Bord Pleanála (the Board) over the last couple of years, as well as the number of cases that have been lost arising from such legal challenges, many of which relate to Strategic Housing Development (SHD) cases but also cases involving environmental related issues. This upward trend...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 334 and 335 together. The local authorities where an interim Chief Executive is currently in situ and the date of appointment in each case are listed in the table below. Local Authority Date of appointment of temporary Chief Executive Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council 12/05/2021 Galway...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: 741. To ask the Minister for Health if an update can be provided regarding proposals to accommodate those who are medically deemed unfit to be vaccinated to be allowed partake in society; if he will consider exemptions on certified medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61856/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [61645/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (9 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a lone parent's payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) given the family is in considerable financial distress. [60978/21]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: These amendments propose to deem the entire State a rent pressure zone, which has been debated numerous times and which I cannot accept. Having regard to the constitutionally protected property rights of landlords, including the right to receive an income from their properties, a blanket extension of the rent pressure zone rent predictability measure to rental properties across the entire...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. Unfortunately, at this moment in time I am unable to accept amendments Nos. 11 and 12, which propose to impose restrictions on the operation of section 19B of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. Section 19B was introduced into the principal Act by the Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 in July of this year, as outlined by the contributors....

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for their comments. I cannot accept amendment No. 10, which proposes to impose various reporting requirements on the Minister. My officials, the Residential Tenancies Board and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, keep the Residential Tenancies Acts under constant review to ensure the provisions, including the grounds for termination and associated notification and...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies. Unfortunately, I cannot accept amendment No. 8 as it is unnecessary. Section 19(5), referred to in the proposed amendment, provides for limited exemptions from the rent pressure zone rent control, including where a substantial change in nature of the accommodation provided under the tenancy occurs. Section 76 of the Residential Tenancies Act provides, inter alia, that...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I cannot accept amendment No. 1, which proposes that the setting of a rent under a tenancy of a dwelling may not occur in a period of three years from the commencement of section 3 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021. Besides the difficulties with a blanket ban on rent increases, which I will address presently, the amendment as drafted would have significant unintended...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The requested information is outlined in the attached spreadsheet. The information contained therein was collected by my Department further to the issuing of Circular Letter PL 03/2021 on 8 March 2021 requesting the submission of a progress report on the collection of the levy by each local authority. It should be noted that the vacant site levy is collected in arrears. Accordingly, demands...

Seanad: Maternity-Paternity Leave for County and City Councillors: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank those who have contributed to the debate, and Senator O'Loughlin and her colleagues for proposing the debate, which is very important in terms of where we are in the process. I want to reflect on where we were on July 2020 when I took office as Minister of State with responsibility for local government and planning. We had the local elections in 2014 where around 21% of candidates...

Seanad: Maternity-Paternity Leave for County and City Councillors: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: It worked well for the Senator.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (7 Dec 2021)

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 such...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (7 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. The Land Development Agency Act was recently signed in law and, on commencement, the LDA will be established as a commercial State agency. The LDA is currently developing a register of all relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (7 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Section 34(4) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), provides for the attaching of a range of conditions to planning permissions by planning authorities as may be deemed necessary, including in relation to the following: - the emission of any noise or vibration from any structure or site comprised in the development authorised by the permission which might give...