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Council Development Levies: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I also welcome the pupils and wish them a happy St. Brigid's Day. It is important to have robust debate and it is good to see such impassioned contributions in the Chamber. Before I close, I will try to reflect on some of the contributions made by Deputies since I came into the Chamber. Quite a lot of the issues raised were not particularly related to the motion but they are related to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir as an gceist seo. This is an important issue relating to planning permission in respect of holiday homes and holiday villages. In this regard, the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, requires that all developments that are not exempted developments are required to obtain planning permission. This may include where a permission for a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I understand that the consultation is being led by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which has re-established the deer forum. We are conscious of the deer population. We need better data and statistics, but there has been good engagement with the public consultation and we are getting a better picture of the situation. It is important-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I cannot say, as it is being led by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No.1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "recognises that: — the Government's Housing for All: A New Housing Plan for Ireland (Housing for All) is working, with more new homes built in 2022, the first full year of the Housing for All plan, than any year in the last decade; — supply is key to improving our...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Funding (9 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for giving me the opportunity to outline today the position on the LPT baseline review, which is an important piece of work that will be progressed in the Department this year. The LPT was introduced to provide a stable and sustainable funding base for the local authority sector, providing greater levels of connection between local revenue and associated expenditure...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Funding (9 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I will give a quick list of all the additional work that local authorities are doing, including in areas such as active travel, town centre first, the expansion of services around arts and culture, social inclusion, integration and local community development committees, LCDCs. These are all extra services provided by local authorities and a welcome increase in their range of functions,...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I reiterate what my colleagues have said about a whole-of-government approach, led by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, and supported by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Looking at migration trends, there has been a six-fold increase in remittances back to other countries. We are going to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh, agus leis an coiste. I thank them for the opportunity to address them as we move to ratify the Nagoya Protocol. It is a landmark agreement in the international governance of biodiversity that was adopted at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties on 29 October 2010 in Japan. While it has taken longer than we might have liked, I am proud that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for her questions. I will ask my officials to come in with more specifics but legislation is indeed required. In tandem with that, it is the intention of the NPWS to establish an ad hocgroup to bring together a stakeholder forum to look at the elements of the ratification and implementation of the protocol. As for a timeline for all this, we are probably looking at...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

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

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I will ask Mr. Moore to deal specifically with that question. I thank the Chairman for his comments on COP15. I also wish to thank our officials and team who represented Ireland so well as part of the wider EU negotiating team. Certainly, there was a very positive outcome from COP15 that will lead, I hope, to transformative change. I also thank this committee, which is very busy....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I will defer to Mr. Moore on the specifics. As we see it, however, the stakeholders are our research institutions and the pharmaceutical companies that have a very strong presence in Ireland. I am speaking about research organisations such as Teagasc, the Intellectual Property Office and the National Botanic Gardens. These bodies, as we would see it, would be the users of these...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: The protocol is not directly related. Many of the pharmaceutical companies we are speaking about are situated in the Cork area. There is very good movement on biodiversity in Cork city and county. The local authorities in Cork have appointed their own biodiversity officers and the Department is supporting the roll-out of further biodiversity officers throughout the country. There will be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: There is quite an amount of work to be done on capacity building to support implementation at a national level and research. The Department will lead on this as well as on the legislative element. Quite a significant opportunity will arise from the protocol. The general sense of direction of this work is to collaborate with all of the stakeholders to ensure implementation of the protocol....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I will defer to Mr. Moore on the specific questions. As I said, there are positive benefits for the research element. We still have a significant amount of work to do on capacity building among all of the stakeholders. I will ask Mr. Moore to come in on these questions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, we see this as unrelated. I had engagement with the provider of the open litter map as well. What we have done recently is bolster the governance around the national biodiversity data centre, and its ability to gather data through citizen science has been greatly enhanced. We have seen, particularly during Covid, that it has had a real significant spike in people inputting through...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: The legislation exists already so it is a statutory instrument. Is the Deputy talking about the movement of the ratification?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: In the next 12 months.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Sector Pensions (21 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: As a former councillor who served both on a borough council, for ten years, and a county council, for 16 years, I agree with the sentiments expressed by the Senator in respect of the reinstatement of town councils. It is a matter for another day but they served a particular function, particularly in respect of the urban agenda, and would have a role in the context of the challenges local...