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Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I am opposed to accepting that amendment. I will accept one of the Deputy's other amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 82:In page 48, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 3 (definitions (Chapter 1)) of Act of 2016 15. (1) Section 3 of the Act of 2016 is amended—(a) by inserting the following definition after the definition of “consultation meeting”: “ ‘gross floor space’ means the area ascertained by...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 83:In page 48, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 5 (request for consultations before making application under section 4) of Act of 2016 16. (1) Section 5 of the Act of 2016 is amended—(a) in subsection (4) by deleting “with the application concerned” and substituting “with the request...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 84:In page 48, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 6 (consideration of request under section 5 by Board and consultations) of Act of 2016 17. (1) Section 6 of the Act of 2016 is amended—(a) in subsection (1)(b) by substituting “under this section” for “under paragraph (a)”, (b) in subsection...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 85:In page 48, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 8 (requirements relating to application for permission under section 4) of Act of 2016 18. (1) Section 8 of the Act of 2016 is amended—(a) in subsection (1)(a)(iv) by substituting in clause (I) “plan, or” for “plan, and”, and (b) in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 86:In page 48, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 12 (regulations (sections 4 to 10)) of Act of 2016 19. (1) Section 12 of the Act of 2016 is amended in subsection (2) by substituting the following for paragraph (c):“(c) the making available for inspection by members of the public, at the offices of the Board or the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 87:In page 48, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 28 (amendment, etc., of section 42 (power to extend appropriate period) of Act of 2000) of Act of 2016 20. (1) Section 28 of the Act of 2016 is amended in subsection (2) (which provides for a construction of section 42 of the Principal Act)—(a) by substituting...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: As this is quite a technical area, I will refer to my notes. Amendments Nos. 90 to 93, inclusive, and amendment No. 97, tabled by Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, all pertain to new environmental impact assessment, EIA, screening provisions under the new sections 176A, 176B and 176C of the principal Act, as inserted by section 26 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 99: In page 52, to delete lines 2 to 5 and substitute the following: “ (a)make available on the website of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government a direction under subsection (16), and ”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 100: In page 53, to delete lines 40 to 43 and substitute the following: “ (a)make available on the website of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government a direction under subsection (16), and ”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: We have contracted in outside expertise to help us to get the work done. I do not want to bounce our people into giving a date. I will get back to the Deputy when we have one.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Divisions Report (13 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: Section 9 of the Electoral Act 1997 provides that the Constituency Commission must present its report to the Chairperson of the Dáil no later than 3 months after the publication of final census results.  These results were published on 6 April 2017 and, therefore, the Constituency Commission must present its report to the Chairperson of the Dáil no later than 6 July 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (13 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I fully support local authorities taking local conditions into account in considering and implementing national policy in relation to planning matters, including wind energy development.  However, there is also a clear statutory obligation on local government to not only reflect but also to support the implementation of national government policy in their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (13 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131, 132 and 135 together. The targets set out for social housing and the funding provided to support their delivery, are set out in Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, which was published in July 2016 and is available at the following link: . Rebuilding Ireland provides for a significantly increased level of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The construction of the project referred to in the details supplied is now well advanced and will deliver 81 new social housing units, consisting of various sized houses and apartments, including some sheltered accommodation for older people and for people with a disability.  To date, 2 units at the front of the site have been completed and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships Data (13 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Social Housing PPP programme provides for an investment with a capital value of €300 million and is expected to deliver 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles.  Costs incurred by my Department to date on the programme amount to some €564,000. Each PPP site is being developed in co-operation with the local authorities concerned.  The first bundle...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Travel (13 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I represented the Government at the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Ottawa and Toronto, Canada during the period 9 March to 12 March. In addition to participating in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ottawa and visiting the Ireland Park Foundation Famine Memorial Park, the Irish Canadian Immigration Centre and attending the Ireland Fund Luncheon in Toronto, I also attended...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Travel (13 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is not in possession of the information requested by the Deputy. Under the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, local authorities are independent statutory bodies. The reserved functions of a local authority are performed by the elected members by resolution passed at a meeting of the local authority. The prioritisation and sanctioning of expenditure,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: Housing authorities have powers to make low cost sites available to persons who are qualified for social housing support and to voluntary or co-operative non-profit housing groups. I have no plans at present to amend the conditions under which such sites are made available. A range of measures are being taken under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and...