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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (9 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Formal Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) screening processes are undertaken by the Marine Licence Vetting Committee (MLVC) as part of the assessment of a foreshore licence/lease application, on foot of which a decision is made whether to seek an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Appropriate Assessment (AA) screening will focus on whether the project...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Collection (9 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Local Property Tax (LPT) is collected and administered by the Revenue Commissioners and is remitted to the Central Fund. Since 2014, the Minister for Finance pays an equivalent to the amount collected in LPT into the Local Government Fund. The Revenue Commissioners publish LPT information including details of LPT collected in all local authority areas on their website at the following web...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Rural Development Policy (9 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and welcome the opportunity to provide an update on the review of the 2005 planning guidelines for sustainable rural housing which is being undertaken. As the Senator suggests, the review arises from a judgment of the European Court of Justice in 2013 in a case taken by the European Commission against Belgium, now referred to as the Flemish decree...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Rural Development Policy (9 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Senator for raising this serious issue. It comes on the back of an ECJ judgment, connected with Article 43 of the treaties which allow free movement across the European Union, EU, and the freedom to live in the EU. We are considering that judgment. We have a working group to study the requirements and restrictions that are in place at the moment for good reason, to try to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (10 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Since May 2016, I have been liaising closely with my colleague, Minister Naughten, having regard to his responsibility for renewable energy policy, on the review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines relating to noise, setback distance and shadow flicker, recognising the need to bring the review to a close and provide certainty on the matter to all stakeholders, local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (10 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: During the course of assessing a number of licence applications to harvest seaweed, it became clear that certain rights to harvest seaweed exist.  My Department is in a process of ascertaining, with the assistance of the Attorney General, the legal interface and relationship between these traditional harvesting rights and the current applications. Accordingly, these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (10 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. Commercial rates form an important...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (10 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The data provided in response to Question No. 422 of 21 March 2017 in respect of the period 2004 to 2014, relates to direct exchequer funding by my Department to local authorities.  The data for 2015 and 2016 also includes amounts self-funded by certain local authorities from surplus Local Property Tax (LPT) receipts. Local retention of LPT commenced in 2015. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Statistics in relation to new social housing obtained under Part V will be published on my Department's website in respect of the full year 2016 within a month, approximately.  Statistics in relation to 2017 will also be published when assembled and validated. As with all elements of Rebuilding Ireland, progress in respect of Part V delivery will be covered within the reporting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Vehicle Registration (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Registration of vehicles is a matter for the Office of the Revenue Commissioners.  Prior to the establishment of the central vehicle register in 1993, registration numbers were issued by the local licensing authority.  My Department issued a Circular to licensing authorities in 2013, setting out procedures for record searches for vintage...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I published a Review of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme on 8 February 2017 representing the completion of an early action in the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness.  The review is available from the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: . The recent amendments to the MTR scheme arising from the Review have meant that more borrowers in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. My Department is informed by the Valuation Office that a development which has not been authorised from a planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: There is an ongoing independent scoping review being conducted by Senior Counsel in relation to certain allegations made regarding past planning matters in Donegal. The terms of reference for this scoping review relate to allegations furnished by a complainant to a previous Minister in respect of planning matters in Donegal.  While...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provided the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence Charge. The NPPR Charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The self-assessed charge was set at €200 per annum and liability...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Turf Cutting (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime in respect of large-scale peat extraction. Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of licence applications for existing and new peat extraction...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 130 together. Arising from a Judgment by the European Court of Justice on a related matter, my Department is currently engaged in consultations with planning authorities regarding potential modifications required to the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing, with a view to ensuring that rural housing policies and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The capital funding that my Department provides to Galway City Council and to all other local authorities for social housing, is directly related to the level of social housing delivery that each authority is undertaking in any particular year, and the associated spend.  With €5.35 billion secured to support social housing delivery under Rebuilding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: While I am aware of the current trends, both in Ireland and internationally, in the growth of expenditure on digital advertising over the other more traditional forms of media advertising, I have no proposals to amend the Electoral Acts in relation to spending limits that apply at elections at this point in time. It can be seen from the statements of election expenses furnished...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Since May 2016, I have been liaising closely with my colleague Minister Naughten, having regard to his responsibility for renewable energy policy, on the review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines relating to noise, setback distance and shadow flicker, recognising the need to bring the review to a close and provide certainty on the matter to all stakeholders, local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (16 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Kildare County Council included a proposed Kilmacreddock/Barrogstown Group Sewerage Scheme in their 2013, 2014 and 2015 requests for funding under my Department's Rural Water Programme. My Department approved a grant of €12,493 under the 2014 programme for a Feasibility Study on the proposed scheme. The Study, in its recommendations, stated that the preferred and least cost option...