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Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: That the Committee do not agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 15 to the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 . Amendments Nos. 15c1 and 15c2 are minor redrafts to better reflect the intention behind an Opposition amendment accepted and passed in the Seanad. Under the draft Bill, one of the factors to assess whether or not to de-designate a natural heritage area, NHA, is...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move consequential amendment No. 15c1: In page 5, line 33 to insert “that is not or are not situated in a candidate special area of conservation or a special area of conservation” after “bog”.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move consequential amendment No. 15c2: In page 5, line 38 to insert “that is not or are not situated in a candidate special area of conservation or a special area of conservation” after “bog”.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: For the information of the House, in addition to what we have done by means of the amendments that have been agreed, it will be necessary to change the title of the Minister as it appears in the Bill. This can only happen by means of legislation introduced at a later date. The wording used in the Bill is "the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht". This reflects the historic...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: The Government recently established the Land Development Agency, LDA, for the purpose of developing affordable and social housing on State lands. The LDA also works to procure housing units more broadly for cost rental and affordable purchase. The Housing Agency separately provides a range of housing functions and services, including assisting local authorities to deliver their housing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: There is nothing wrong with private housing construction. We have not just been funding the development of social housing. We fund the approved housing bodies to construct housing. There is a significant uptake in first-time mortgages, which is to be welcomed. It brings first-time buyers into the market, which is absolutely to be welcomed because those are housing solutions for those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I disagree with the Deputy-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I disagree first of all about the necessity to set up a State construction company. We are delivering under Housing for All. For the first time in a generation, we are delivering affordable housing and cost rental, as well as funding the AHBs to deliver too. We are delivering right across all housing tenures. That is critically important and we will continue to do that. The problems with...

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I am pleased to have the opportunity to update the House on the progress of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS. The biodiversity emergency is among our greatest challenges, if not the greatest. Over the past 100 years, generations of Irish people have seen a gradual dimming of the variety of life, a greying out of the diversity of species and habitats and a silencing of the...

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Why not?

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: There is a significant amount to which I need to reply. If I do not reply on all the queries, I will try to respond to the Deputies at a later point. I have an announcement that highlights the challenge we face. I am aware of an outbreak of avian influenza at Our Lady's Island tern colony in Wexford. The NPWS and Birdwatch Ireland are working to ensure the effect on this...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 53: In page 30, line 24, after “Expenditure” to insert “, National Development Plan Delivery”. These are technical amendments to update the name of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 54: In page 30, line 27, after “Expenditure” to insert “, National Development Plan Delivery”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 57: In page 32, to delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute the following: “(a) in relation to a relevant thing of a relevant interest, means the entry of particulars of the thing in the Register pursuant to section 14(3)(a), (b) in relation to a prescribed monument (not being a registered monument), means the entry of particulars of the monument in the Register...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 58: In page 32, line 11, after “(b))” to insert “and the entry in the Register of a statement referred to in section 15(2)”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: On amendment No. 60, the concept of prescribed monuments is a fundamental element of the Bill, and provides a major strengthening of the legal protection to archaeological sites, whereby such sites are protected without the need for formal designation or registration. The use of the word “may” is intentional and is considered necessary from a drafting point of view. The use...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 62: In page 34, lines 24 and 25, to delete “(and whether or not they are also of other interest)” and substitute “or of other relevant interest”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 63: In page 35, to delete lines 12 and 13 and substitute the following: “(g) whether the relevant thing is or is not marked or shown on any— (i) edition of any ordnance map, or (ii) map prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Several paragraphs under section 13(5), namely paragraphs (b) to (e), require a person to specify the date, time and circumstances in which he or she has found or believes to have found a prescribed, as well as a description of the monument and the site where it is situated. The initial part of the amendment being "an account of the find's discovery" would appear to be a duplication of what...