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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I refer to the reply to Question No. 9 of 11 April 2024 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Action 106 of the Housing for All Action Plan Update and Q3 2023 Progress Report provides that my Department undertake a comprehensive review of the pilot Caravan Loan Scheme, extended across all local authorities and continued to early 2024, with a view to introducing a national scheme My Department is currently seeking input from local authorities and other stakeholders in this regard,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Action 107 of the Housing for All Action Plan Update and Q3 2023 Progress Report seeks to ensure that the mid-term reviews by local authorities of their Traveller Accommodation Programme (TAPs) are appropriately utilised to inform delivery to end 2024. My Department is committed to supporting the ambition of local authority TAPs and continues to liaise with local authorities on an ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16295/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 582. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the CDNT protocol for therapeutic services; who is receiving this therapy now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16176/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 583. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a persons (details supplied) have not received SLT and OT services since the CDNT was established; when they will receive these services; if they will receive both these services and not be divided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16177/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for SLT services for disability team in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 608. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for SLT services for primary care team in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16178/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy. First, I acknowledge the work of the select committee over the past eight weeks and the progress that has been made. I look forward to working constructively with everyone as part of this process. Amendment No. 1043 seeks to amend the process for the setting of fees by the Commission and to introduce a public consultation process in respect of same. The provisions in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: We are confident that we have a process in place that is both transparent and accountable. As a result, we are opposed to the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: For the commission, they will be broadly the same. The Deputy might be aware that in May of last year the Department engaged with officials in the Office of the Planning Regulator and the local authority sector via a steering group that was established to review fees payable to planning authorities in respect of planning applications and miscellaneous plans. There is a process in place....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: That is correct. Any changes will require regulations and will be independent of the Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Matthews. I will now address amendments Nos. 774, 1145 to 1148, inclusive, 1151 and 1152. Amendment No. 774 seeks to amend section 159(4) which provides that, where the planning authority declares an application invalid for reasons such as not having all the correct documentation or not being a standard development, that is, a development that is decided, in the first...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: That is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I will now move to amendment No. 1145, which seeks to provide that all planning fees, including the fee for making a submission, should be commensurate with the complexity of administration and professional planning services provided by the planning authority staff. I cannot accept this amendment as there are a number of factors that would be contrary to this proposal. Currently, there are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy. I accept the point he has raised and have addressed it previously with Deputy Ó Broin. In May 2023, the Department engaged with the Office of the Planning Regulator and the local authority sector through a steering group established to review the fees payable to planning authorities in respect of planning applications. The steering group met on several occasions...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy. On the question about public participation, the expert steering group focused its attention on the levels of fees associated with applications and submissions. That was certainly the focus of the revised exercise that was put in place. Submissions, I am sure, will be considered to be at an appropriate level in terms of public participation. The final report has been...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Yes. Amendments Nos. 1146 to 1148, inclusive, and 1151 propose to amend sections 504 and 505, which relate to development contribution schemes and supplementary development contribution schemes applied by a planning authority in respect of its functional area. Section 504(10)(a) provides that an authority may require the payment of a special contribution where specific exceptional costs not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: The fees reflect the administrative burden in dealing with these submissions and the cost associated with that.