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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: Living towns and the hubs to which the Deputy has referred will be key elements and tenets of what we do as we assess what will assist workers and communities and as we develop a sustainable model to grow our towns. We have had a number of bilateral engagements with the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Humphreys, and her Department with a view to expanding the network of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Higgins for her comments, for articulating aspects of the affordable housing Bill and for all her good work on the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. She has been very articulate on it. On the comments of the other Members, Deputy Stanton has raised the issue of derelict homes on a number of occasions. We have a stick approach in the form of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: The climate action plan 2019 reaffirmed the important role of planning and the national planning framework in supporting national decarbonisation objectives. A top priority of the national planning framework is compact growth and its inter-relationship with sustainable mobility and transport. Compact growth is also a strategic response to counteract urban sprawl, which results in a high...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: The initial question referred to the overall strategy for the decarbonisation of society. Action 165 of the climate action plan specifically requires the identification of one location or area in a local authority that will be subject to a plan for a decarbonisation zone. Thereafter, follow-up steps could include harnessing the potential to develop a low-carbon town project for future calls...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I accept the question from the floor. It is difficult to comment, given that I do not have in front of me the detail on a particular town and I am talking about the broader policy. I will engage with the Department and revert to the Deputy on the matter. As I stated, each local authority was mandated to put forward one area for selection as a decarbonisation zone. We can discuss Drogheda...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 44 together. While our towns and villages have shown remarkable resilience through the recent crisis, they require specific policy supports to ensure they will continue to function as viable, vibrant and attractive locations for people to live, work and raise families, to act and serve as cultural and recreational hubs for the surrounding areas and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for her question. Similar to other sectors, the local authority sector will continue to make available flexible working, remote working and family-friendly arrangements that facilitate work-life balance while ensuring the delivery of all local authority services. Consideration of family-friendly working practices is particularly important in ensuring that elected councils...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy. It is great news that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is reflective of society at large. It is important to have a gender balance in our local authorities that reflects the communities they serve. Councillor Lorraine Hall is on our committee. On foot of the Moorhead report’s recommendations on the non-pay items, we have established a sub-group to examine maternity...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for her comments. As she rightly stated, flexibility is so important for our local authority workers. They can avail of many family-friendly, supported policies that will be enhanced and continued. We are talking about career breaks, flexible working, the work-sharing scheme, parental leave, paternity leave, parent's leave, maternity leave, carer's leave and associated...

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: As the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, stated at the outset, to give this topic the attention it deserves would take more than is available to us today so many actions will speak a lot louder than words. I genuinely welcome the opportunity that has been provided by Deputies to discuss the private rental sector. I look forward to debating this topic further when the Government publishes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: At its meeting of 20 April 2021, the Government approved the General Scheme of a Bill providing for a Directly Elected Mayor for Limerick, which is now published on the Department's website. On foot of this Government approval, I am keen to advance this legislation as quickly as possible and have now requested the Chairperson of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 104 together. The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the Act) introduced new streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHDs) of 100 housing units or more, or student accommodation or shared accommodation developments of 200 bed spaces or more, to be made directly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Inshore Fisheries (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 and 62 together. I note the concerns outlined by NIFA and NIFO, particularly in relation to the potential impacts on their livelihood as a result of Off Shore Renewable (ORE) developments. Specifically, I am acutely aware of the issue of diverse levels and standards of communications between the fisheries and ORE industries, having first been raised by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: Under section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, the holder of a planning permission may apply to the planning authority for an extension to the period of permission, prior to the expiration of that permission. On application, the authority shall extend the appropriate period by such additional period not exceeding 5 years as the authority considers requisite to enable the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49 and 89 together. 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 half of 2021. This waiver applies to businesses most seriously affected by ongoing restrictions. The 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: On 20 October 2020, my colleague, Mr Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage signed a Ministerial Order under Section 29 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 allowing meetings of local authorities to be held remotely. The Order means that any decisions made or votes taken at such remote meetings shall be considered the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department is not in discussions with Iarnród Éireann in relation to lands at the CIÉ Works, Inchicore, Dublin 8. Any state body seeking to dispose of land must first consult with the Land Development Agency (LDA). A letter issued to all Government Ministers in 2019 asking that they advise all State bodies under their aegis that prior to seeking Ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: The National Planning Framework (NPF) is the national planning policy document providing overall strategic policy for the future development of Ireland. The NPF fully supports the concept of the sustainable development of rural areas and the need to ensure their continued function as places to live, work and invest in. The NPF seeks to encourage their growth and to arrest the decline of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), provides for the taking in charge of housing developments by planning authorities. The legislation sets out the process to be followed when a development is considered to have been satisfactorily completed, as well as where it has not been completed to the satisfaction of the planning authority. The Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88, 92 and 318 together. My Department has engaged extensively with representatives of the local government sector and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform over the past year concerning the financial challenges facing local authorities as a consequence of the pandemic. In 2020, €900m was allocated by Government to fund the cost of a...