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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The ‘Programme for Government - Our Shared Future’ commits to ensuring that, where new developments are being provided, there is an appropriate mix of housing design types, including universally designed units, and accommodation for older people and people with disabilities. In addition, the Government is also committed to supporting older people to remain living in their own...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: I assume that the Question refers to general purpose grants (GPG) from the Local Government Fund. The Local Government Fund historically provided local authorities with finance for funding some of their day-to-day activities, including elements of water services costs, through General Purpose Grant allocations; for non-national roads; and funding for certain local government initiatives. As a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: I wish to first clarify that reduced standards in respect of the building of apartments related to fire safety, apartment size, outdoor space or mix of apartment size, were not introduced in 2015 or 2018. Updated planning guidelines for planning authorities in respect of apartment development were introduced in both 2015 and 2018. The new elements of these guidelines primarily addressed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: 2126. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [36595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: 2383. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a dermatologist (details supplied) at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [37656/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: 3358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a planting ash dieback scheme application by a person (details supplied). [39205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (15 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department does not hold data on the amount of vacant and derelict housing units in the State. Each of the 31 local authorities have prepared a Vacant Homes Action Plan for their administrative area. The Vacant Home Action Plan identifies the scale of vacant homes in their jurisdiction and sets ambitious but realistic targets for the number of vacant homes that can ultimately be brought...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (15 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The Property Registration Authority (PRA) registers land/property transactions which, on registration, can be accessed by the public as part of the National Land Register. Information on the Register and the registration process is available on the PRA's website at www.prai.ie. The consideration (price paid) is not shown on the Register. However, this may be available on the Property Price...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: Firstly, it is important to note that it is settled Government policy to support older people to live in their own homes and communities with dignity and independence for as long as possible, as this has the best outcomes both for the individual and for society as a whole. I recognise, however, that there are some people who, for various reasons, may wish to move from larger houses to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The continued operation of the Apartment Guidelines and the Building Height Guidelines are separate to the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process and it is important to clarify that at the outset. National planning guidance provides important clarification and detail of Government policy regarding urban residential development in order to ensure a consistent approach to decision...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (15 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department is committed to ensuring that existing housing stock is utilised to its fullest extent including providing a targeted, effective and co-ordinated approach to identifying and tackling vacancy across Ireland. There are a range of measures to assist in meeting housing needs by ensuring that our existing housing stock is used to the greatest extent possible. My Department published...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 introduced the vacant site levy, which is aimed at incentivising the development of vacant, under-utilised sites in urban areas. The Act provides that the levy shall apply to vacant sites exceeding 0.05 hectares on residential land or regeneration land, as designated in local development plans, which meets the relevant criteria set out in the Act....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (15 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, 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 local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/service/9e4ee-get-planning-statistics/ . However, the data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and planning...

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

Peter Burke: I am informed that the digitisation of the Property Registration Authority (PRA) map record took place between December 2005 and August 2010. During this period, approximately 2.5 million registered land parcels, comprising approximately 15 million line entities, were digitised from 36,000 PRA paper map sheets. Having completed the digitisation of the PRA map record, a comprehensive...

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

Peter Burke: All local authorities acquire land on an ongoing basis for a wide range of uses, including housing developments. My Department provides funding to local authorities also on an ongoing basis where they use their land for social housing developments. Specific allocations of funding are not made to local authorities for land, rather each local authority makes its own decisions regarding land...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (14 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: At my Department's invitation Louth County Council requested a meeting for further feedback on its Urban Regeneration Development Fund (URDF) application in respect of the Port Access Northern Cross Route (PANCR) proposal which was unsuccessful under both Call 1 and Call 2 of the URDF. The meeting between officials of my Department and officials of Louth County Council took place on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (14 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: Given the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and the associated public health restrictions, and in order to continue supporting ratepayers and local authorities, the Government introduced a commercial rates waiver for the first nine months of 2021. This waiver applies to businesses most seriously affected by ongoing restrictions. The businesses eligible for the waiver include: - retail; -...