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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government – "Our Shared Future" – contains a number of commitments in respect of electoral reform including the following: - the establishment of an electoral commission; - the modernisation of the Register of Electors; and - the regulation of online political advertising. In December 2020, the Government approved the General Scheme of an Electoral Reform...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Biodiversity Plan (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: A first draft of the Ireland’s 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) has been developed following a comprehensive review of national, European and international biodiversity policies and other relevant plans and strategies. The draft Plan is currently under stakeholder review by government departments, bodies and organisations that are likely to be impacted by the draft...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: In a response to the commitment set out in the Programme for Government, the Marine Institute, which comes under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, commissioned a report, “”, to review and synthesise existing knowledge in relation to blue carbon and marine carbon sequestration in Irish waters, and to identify critical knowledge gaps. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The monument referred to is a recorded monument and is eligible for funding under the Community Monuments Fund.  The CMF is administered by the National Monuments Service of my Department through the Local Authorities and €5 million euro has been allocated to the scheme for 2022.  The closing date for this fund for 2022 has now passed but it is planned that the scheme for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Community-Led Village Design Statement is an initiative of the Heritage Council which is funded by my Department. Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: 1012. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the inordinate waiting times for assessments at the National Gender Service and the alternative, costly routes transgender persons are having to take as a result (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: 1013. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a transgender person (details supplied) regarding the temporal cost of waiting for hormone therapy here and the consequent financial cost of their seeking of alternative routes for same from the UK; the actions he will take on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14694/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The figures the Senator gave are shocking. To have 60 properties in Kinsale is incredible. I will provide some background and come back to him on the supplementary question on the fuel rebate. To provide some background, legislative reforms to regulate the short-term letting sector through the planning code in areas designated as rent pressure zones, RPZs, were introduced under the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: On the €200 rebate, it is something I was not aware of and I will try to get clarification on that. As the Senator is aware, the rebate was introduced on a blanket scale to try to get money out to people as quickly as possible. I know it was criticised in that regard, but it was the most effective and quickest way to do that. We will find out about the specific issue of people with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Working Group referred to by the Deputy, was established following a series of High Court decisions which determined that large-scale peat harvesting requires planning permission and licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Working Group was tasked in particular with examining the potential of alternatives to peat for the horticultural industry. Following on from the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Conflicts (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach agus leis na Seanadóirí. Like Senator Ward, I share that pride that we have in the response of the Irish people and the Government. It has been really touching. We attended an event this morning with the Ukrainian ambassador and ambassadors of other countries and it was chilling to hear the testimonies coming out of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Conflicts (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I, again, thank both Senators for raising this. It is important we continue to respond, as I said, as this evolves. We are in a wartime scenario. As a State, we are putting in place measures to ensure that people of Ukraine who are seeking refuge here will receive all the support they require. They will need psychological and other supports as well and this is something we have to respond...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I will come back to the Senator on Knocklofty House in my summary. In the context of the matter before us, I met with a number of gun clubs, the National Association of Regional Game Councils, NARGC, and other organisations involved that are representing the gun clubs. I recognise the important role they play in conservation, particularly of the red grouse, a very important species. It has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome both comments. I was in the Cooley Mountains last week with an upland farmer. I met the Brandon Hill farmers and people involved in the Blackstairs EIP, European Innovation Partnership, project; they are fantastic people doing really important work. They need to be supported to do that. An initiative like this would be able to tease out all those issues and have a really good...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Presidential Elections (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 383 of 1 March 2022. The position is unchanged.

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan sona go léir. Happy International Women's Day in particular to all the amazing women elected to the Dáil, past and present, as well as all those in the Seanad and all women in politics. We remember in particular the women and young girls of Ukraine today, fleeing conflict and war and leaving behind husbands and fathers. We remember all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (8 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Lough Funshinagh was selected as an a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) taking account of the more drawn-out pattern of drainage than the typical annual rise and fall of other turlough lakes. On that basis, there is no scientific case to remove the site from the SAC list. My Department has no plans at this time to review the SAC designation of the site. 

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Diseases (8 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Since 2019, in total, 38 cases of RHD2 in rabbits and 9 cases of RHD2 in hares have been notified to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department from across seven counties: Clare, Dublin, Kerry, Kildare, Meath, Wexford and Wicklow. The NPWS has not been notified of any cases since July 2021. 

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natural Resources (8 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Hedgerows are an integral part of landscapes in Ireland and play a key role in habitat connectivity as well as being important habitats in their own right. They support a variety of invertebrate, bird and mammal species, and are refuges for biodiversity in landscapes dominated by intensive agriculture. Teagasc has undertaken hedgerow mapping on a national scale, and while no comprehensive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natural Resources (8 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department does not have overall responsibility for hedgerow surveys. Teagasc, however, has undertaken hedgerow mapping on a national scale, and while no comprehensive national survey has been carried out to date, a number of Local Authorities have commissioned hedgerow surveys at county level. According to the Teagasc website, in 2020, there were an estimated 689,000 kms of hedgerow...