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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: A wide range of exemptions from planning permission are already provided for under Section 4 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, (the Act) and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, (the Regulations). Such exemptions are provided for when they are considered to be consistent with proper planning and sustainable development. Under Class 1 of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Sector Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: Section 13 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides for disqualifications from local authority membership. This includes, under Section 13(1)(g), a member of An Garda Síochána or a wholetime member of the Defence Forces. Section 13(1)(h) provides that a civil servant who is not by terms of employment expressly permitted to be a member of a local authority shall be disqualified...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: Local authorities are entirely independent corporate entities having full responsibility under law for the performance of their functions and the discharge of their governance and other responsibilities. As Minister, I have responsibility for policy, legislation, Oireachtas accountability and, at a broad level, oversight, in respect of the local government system and in relation to some but...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: In order to continue supporting businesses and ratepayers, and in recognition of the ongoing impacts of COVID 19 and the associated public health restrictions, the Government put in place a commercial rates waiver for the first three months of 2021and recently extended it for a further three months. The waiver applies to businesses most seriously affected by ongoing restrictions, with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: On foot of the restrictions introduced by the Government on 30 December 2020, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) implemented its Business Continuity Plan Level 5 response for the continued provision of essential services. The PRA is operating a high level of service, with all services remaining available, excluding public counter access. In February 2021, 17,388 Land Registry...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: In order to continue supporting businesses and ratepayers, and in recognition of the ongoing impacts of COVID 19 and the associated public health restrictions, the Government has put in place a commercial rates waiver for the first half of 2021. It applies to businesses most seriously affected by ongoing restrictions. Automatic eligibility is extended to retail, hospitality, including hotels,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (10 Mar 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, pending the enactment of the Land Development Agency Bill. On establishment, the LDA had access to an initial tranche of 8 sites that have near term delivery potential for approximately 3,400 new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: Legal registration of seaweed harvesting rights, such as those held by traditional seaweed harvesters is a matter for the Property Registration Authority of Ireland (PRAI), accordingly, my Department has no role in that process. Those wishing to register related rights should engage directly with the PRAI who can be contacted at: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 introduced legislative changes in relation to the regulation of the short-term letting sector through the planning code to help address its impact on the supply of private rented accommodation, particularly in urban centres of high housing demand i.e. rent pressure zones (RPZs). The planning system...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the role of school secretaries will be upgraded to clerical officer status; and if there is a timescale for this transition. [13187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: 1017. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application to the ash dieback scheme by a person (details supplied). [12877/21]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (5 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Cummins for raising this matter and giving me with the opportunity to address it. I assure Members that the Government is committed to ensuring that people in rural areas are supported in accessing good quality water and waste water services, as committed to in the programme for Government. Following on from the recommendations contained in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (5 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: Senator Cummins's point is very well made. I will give it serious consideration with the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, as it is directly under his jurisdiction. I accept the pressure that is on local authorities and their staff due to the level 5 restrictions. The Senator's case has merit. We do not want people to suffer because of the restrictions that have been imposed. We will take a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Ward for raising this issue and giving me an opportunity to update the House. The national ports policy, as set out in 2013, provides for the transfer of certain ports to the relevant local authority and sets out the arrangements for giving effect to this. In that context, the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company transferred to the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: Again, I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this very important matter. As I articulated, a report is being carried out by two independent agencies at the request of the council. We will have to wait and see what comes back. This is a strategic asset and we want to see what its future direction of travel will be. I do not want to predetermine that. We need to discuss the...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank all the Senators who contributed. I acknowledge the heroic efforts made on a daily basis by the outdoor staff in our local authorities, by our litter wardens and by the Tidy Towns groups who work so hard in our communities to keep things looking so well under very difficult circumstances, as outlined by many contributors to this debate. We are very grateful to them for their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (4 Mar 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, pending the enactment of the Land Development Agency Bill. On establishment, the LDA had access to an initial tranche of 8 sites that have near term delivery potential for approximately 3,400 new homes....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (4 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76, 77 and 78 together. The National Planning Framework (NPF) sits at the top of a hierarchy of statutory spatial development plans, the purpose of which is to ensure the sustainable development of urban and rural areas, secure balanced regional development and to support and co-ordinate proper planning and development throughout Ireland. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (4 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 83 together. The 1987 guidance on the Provision and Maintenance of Parks, Open Space and Outdoor Recreation Areas by Local Authorities has not been updated by virtue of the fact that it has been superseded by provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the 2000 Act). In terms of new planning developments, Section 10(2)(j)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (4 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81, 82 and 86 together. While the Minister for the Housing, Local Government and Heritage has responsibility for policy, legislation, Oireachtas accountability and, at a broad level, oversight, in respect of the local government system, local authorities are entirely independent corporate entities having full responsibility under law for the performance of...