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

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government - Our Shared Futurecommits to the establishment of a statutory, independent Electoral Commission. The legislative provisions for the Electoral Commission are being progressed as part of an Electoral Reform Bill, which also provides for the modernisation of the electoral registration process, the regulation of online political advertising during election periods...

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank all Deputies who contributed to this important motion. I am certainly conscious, as we all are this evening, particularly in light of the storm, of the incredible resource of our emergency services and fire services across the country. We thank them all for the work they are putting in. There has been extraordinary work across the country to keep people safe, to get services up and...

Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 24th November, 2021.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Services (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Senator Garvey for bringing these questions to the House. It is one Commencement matter but I will try to address a number of points raised by the Senator. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has responsibility for the overall policy relating to water services and Irish Water but the Water Advisory Board is independently tasked under the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Services (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: We do indeed. That is why the Government has committed a record capital funding in budget 2022 to support Irish Water's capital investment programme. There is significant investment. It will take time for projects once they are brought forward to go through tendering and so on. Once local authorities are working with Irish Water and show ambition around delivering those projects, it is...

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

Malcolm Noonan: In March 2021, €121,285,388 was allocated to Dublin City Council in respect of the North Inner City Concept Area 1 under Call 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. The North Inner City project involves the regeneration and redevelopment of several areas of the north city that have experienced a degree of decline and dereliction over a number of years resulting in poor...

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

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to ensure that each Local Authority has a sufficient number of Biodiversity Officers and Heritage Officers among their staff complement. There are currently five Biodiversity Officers employed in local authorities, mainly in the Dublin area. The role of a Biodiversity Officer is prescribed at local level by the employing Local Authority....

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

Malcolm Noonan: The IUCN is a membership based organisation. It is an important actor for biodiversity and provides a forum for discussion and information sharing on how to tackle biodiversity loss. Ireland supports the IUCN as a Government Agency member. The IUCN Congress in September 2021 passed a motion that at least 30% of land and sea should be designated as protected areas to reverse biodiversity...

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

Malcolm Noonan: The Community Monuments Fund is a grant scheme administered by the National Monuments Service of my Department. The National Monuments Service are responsible for the protection of our archaeological heritage and so the Community Monuments Fund is targeted specifically at our archaeological heritage. The eligibility criteria for the Community Monuments Fund are clearly laid out in the...

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

Malcolm Noonan: The Expert Advisory Group were appointed solely to assess the potential Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) and other UNESCO requirements in respect of the six valid applications received in respect of the current review of Ireland's Tentative List of World Heritage Properties. In line with UNESCO guidance to review the Tentative List at least once every ten years, my Department initiated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I would like to thank the committee for the invitation to provide an update of the work across the heritage and electoral reform divisions of our Department. As members can see, I am joined today by colleagues from across the heritage and electoral reform divisions. It has been an extremely busy 18 months since I took office. Much has been achieved to date and, notwithstanding my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: Of course. I thank the members and look forward to their questions. I have not touched on electoral reform but this committee gave great consideration to that Bill earlier this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: To address Senator Fitzpatrick's question, we have made considerable progress in respect of Moore Street. As she knows, the advisory group, which was chaired by Dr. Tom Collins, whom I thank for his fantastic work, commenced in 2017. Its final report was submitted to the Minister and me on 5 May of this year. We are making significant progress. Our officials have been liaising with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Minister and I are committed. The Senator is aware of the progress that has been made to date and the funding that was allocated this year. We want to progress that. We will give a commitment to visit the site early in the new year and we are determined to progress the continuing enabling and conservation works on this critically important national monument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I will, of course. I thank the Chairman and the Deputy. I am keenly aware of the significant interest of Deputy Ó Broin in this area, especially in modern architecture. I thank him for his questions. As regards the national policy on architecture, he is aware the policy is to support and promote architectural quality and sustainability and it will contain policy actions to encourage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I will try to be quick with these responses. We have a significant role to play in Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park. Our National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, for starters, has responsibility for the implementation of the regulations arising out of the zoo directive and licenses these establishments, including aquaria. When Covid hit last year, we reached out directly to zoos and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for his comments and I might ask my officials to come in on some of them. The Deputy asked a question similar to Deputy Ó Broin’s question on the architecture policy that is due to be published shortly. We can seek to get a draft to members ahead of that publication. There were a number of other questions on the energy policy and the national architecture...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for her positive comments, which are most welcome. The question on the Iveagh Market is timely because last week we reached out to the Iveagh Trust to see how we can progress the matter. Like the Senator, I share the concerns of the wider community in Dublin and in the locality about the historic Iveagh Market. It is a beautiful structure with a huge social structure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I would be more than happy to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy. The question on posters is my pet question. I love it because I successfully ran my 2020 general election campaign without a single poster. I am of the view that posters should be banned or restricted. I would love to see candidates and political parties putting their resources into providing good information to the electorate, both online and in print. It would...