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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (17 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: My Department is currently conducting a review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines focused specifically on noise, proximity and shadow flicker. As part of this process, my Department wrote to the Department of Health in September 2013 inviting any input that they might have on the health aspects, if any, of wind farms. Preliminary feedback was received from a Deputy Chief Medical...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 to 486, inclusive, together. The Building Control Act 1990 places a statutory obligation on owners, designers and builders to design and construct buildings in compliance with the requirements of the Building Regulations. Following public concern with regard to the widespread failure to comply with regulatory requirements in all sectors of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regional Development (17 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Ireland has been allocated €1.2 billion of Structural Funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) for the period 2014 – 2020. To avail of these funds, the Department of Public Expenditure has devised Ireland's Partnership Agreement which was approved by Government in November 2014 and by the European Commission in December 2014....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The information requested is not compiled by my Department, as it has no statutory role or remit in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (18 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines provide guidance to planning authorities, which they must have regard to when considering planning applications for proposed wind energy developments. While the guidelines do not specifically refer to schools, they suggest that a minimum 500 metre setback distance between the nearest turbine and any noise sensitive property should be applied,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (18 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. The Government's Social Housing Strategy 2020includes a commitment to introduce the new scheme by the second quarter of this year. Full details of the scheme will be set out in regulations that I will make in advance...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (18 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines provide guidance to planning authorities, which they must have regard to when considering planning applications for proposed wind energy developments. While the guidelines do not specifically refer to schools, they suggest that a minimum 500 metre setback distance between the nearest turbine and any noise sensitive property should be applied,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (18 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. The Government's Social Housing Strategy 2020includes a commitment to introduce the new scheme by the second quarter of this year. Full details of the scheme will be set out in regulations that I will make in advance...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (18 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Further to the reply to Question No. 556 of 3 February 2015, my Department instructed Kerry County Council to immediately cease any works on the foreshore within the Akeragh, Banna and Barrow Harbour candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) and within the Tralee Bay complex Special Protection Area (SPA) pending consideration of licensing requirements under the Foreshore Act 1933. Kerry...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (19 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The removal of gravel from the foreshore requires a licence under Section 3 of the Foreshore Act 1933. Details of how to make such an application can be found on my Department's website at the following link: . A prospective applicant can request a pre-application consultation with the Marine Planning and Foreshore Section of my Department. Contact details can be found at .

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Planning Policy Statement 2015 which I recently published jointly with my colleague, Minister Alan Kelly, and which is the first policy statement on planning ever published by an Irish Government, is intended to act as an overarching non-statutory general guiding document for our planning system. It outlines and re-affirms in a clear and concise way the key values and core principles...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board Expenditure (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Funding of €10 million is being provided by my Department for the implementation of the pyrite remediation scheme in 2015 in light of anticipated activity under the scheme this year. Since the scheme was first published in February 2014, the Pyrite Resolution Board has received in the order of 630 completed applications. A total of 485 applications have been validated and forwarded to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Since the pyrite remediation scheme was first published in February 2014, the Pyrite Resolution Board has received in the order of 630 completed applications. A total of 485 applications have been validated and forwarded to the Housing Agency for the verification stage; of those over 300 have now been approved by the Board for inclusion in the scheme and the applicants have been notified....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Building Control Act 1990 places a statutory obligation on owners, designers and builders to design and construct buildings in compliance with the requirements of the Building Regulations. Following public concern with regard to the widespread failure to comply with regulatory requirements in all sectors of the construction industry, the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: In 2013 Mr Garrett Fennell, Solicitor, who is chairperson of the Admissions Board established by the Royal Institution of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) to oversee the registration of architects under the Building Control Act 2007, was tasked with reviewing the arrangements in place for registration. Mr Fennell’s report, which was welcomed by my Department, made a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Government’s Social Housing Strategy 2020,published in November 2014, includes a commitment to introduce the new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses provided under Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 by the second quarter of this year. The scheme will operate along the lines of the incremental purchase model. As with the existing...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Senator for raising this very important matter. He will understand that I cannot speak about specific cases, but I am disappointed to hear about the circumstances of the case he has highlighted because under the social housing investment programme, my Department allocates funding to support local authorities in undertaking adaptations and extensions to their social housing stock...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I understand this is an important matter, particularly when dealing with somebody with a disability who needs access to State supports. The Government has protected the allocations for this grants scheme to ensure those with a disability will have access to grant aid through their local authorities. The implementation and delivery of the scheme are the responsibility of the housing...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Senator for the opportunity to address this issue on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Donohoe this afternoon. The matter was debated in the Dáil on 18 February during Topical Issues but I am happy to explain the current position regarding the N6 again this afternoon.As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am happy to clarify what I have already stated and what the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Donohoe has relayed to me. The purpose of the recent second consultation is three-fold: first, to update the public on works carried out to date; second, to obtain input from the public on any significant constraints that have been identified and impacts they may have on the...