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National Dementia Strategy Implementation: Statements (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this very important topic that transcends politics. It affects many families in this country and all over the world. As I look around the House and the Gallery, I note we have all ages listening to this debate from schoolchildren to the elderly. Unfortunately, most families will have a member affected by dementia or...

Topical Issue Debate: Funding for ACCORD (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I got him in for Deputy McGrath.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 and 207 together. Section 58 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that an owner and occupier of a protected structure or a proposed protected structure must, to the extent consistent with the rights and obligations arising out of their respective interests in the structure, ensure that the structure, or any element of it which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The provides the statutory framework within which the pyrite remediation scheme must operate. It is not a compensation scheme and section 14(8) of the Act explicitly provides that homeowners cannot seek the recoupment of costs associated with the remediation of a dwelling undertaken outside of the pyrite remediation scheme. I have no plans to amend the legislation in this regard. The is a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants in this sector. According to the PRTB Annual Report for 2013,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Construction Industry Register Ireland (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) has been established by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) as a register of builders and contractors. Participation in the register is voluntary at present. Any concerns in relation to firms on the register should be raised directly with CIF/CIRI. I have no direct role in relation to this aspect of the matter. The Government has...

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

Paudie Coffey: Section 35 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that a planning authority may refuse planning permission in a case where having regard to any information available to it, it is satisfied that the planning applicant or a connected person is not in compliance with a previous permission, has carried out a substantial unauthorised development, or has been convicted of an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Since the pyrite remediation scheme was first published in February 2014, the Pyrite Resolution Board has received approximately 720 completed applications and applications continue to be received at a rate of circa 5 per week. A total of 498 dwellings have now been accepted into the scheme of which 352 have technical consultants assigned to them and the necessary preparatory work, tendering...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The number of foreshore leases and licences granted since May 2011 is set out in the table below. Category Foreshore Lease (Section 2) Foreshore Licence (Section 3) No. of Commercial 9 68 No. of Private 1 1 Total 10 69 During the same period Ministerial approval in principle has been given to a further 65 commercial and private lease and licence applications, as set out...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants.Having regard to the quasi-judicial nature of the work of the PRTB, it would be inappropriate for me to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I refer to the reply to Question No. 576 of 20 January 2015 which sets out the position in this matter. My Department continues to await advices from the Chief State Solicitor’s Offices with respect to the legal complexities that have arisen on the assignment of the foreshore leasehold interest in this case.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 495 and 496 together. Grant assistance is not available from my Department to assist particular sectors of industry to meet their statutory obligations under the Construction Products Regulation nor is this proposed. However, I understand that Local Enterprise Offices in association with the National Standards Authority of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland...

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

Paudie Coffey: The planning regulations do not impose language restrictions on commercial business signage. I have no plans to introduce such a restriction.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (19 May 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 2020 includes a commitment to make the Regulations necessary for its introduction, in the second quarter of 2015, which will set out the full details of the new scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (26 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: My Department is currently examining the implications of legal advice received from the Attorney General’s Office on the interaction of appurtenant rights with the Foreshore Act 1933. My Department is also engaging with the Property Registration Authority of Ireland to establish the extent of appurtenant or folio rights to harvest seaweed that may exist. Any rights established in law...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (26 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: As Minister, my role is to provide the necessary statutory and policy framework within which individual development contribution schemes are adopted by each local authority. The adoption of these schemes is a reserved function of the locally elected members of each planning authority. It is a matter for the members to determine the level of contribution and the types of development to which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (26 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: A full review of the broader operation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 9 of 2014) is currently being undertaken by my Department. The arrangements in respect of self-built, one-off houses form an essential element of this review. Detailed submissions were received during a comprehensive public consultation process which concluded on 15 May 2015 and are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: As stated in my reply to Questions No. 206 and 207 of 14 May, under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case, with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (26 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the specifics of any individual case. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (26 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I refer to the reply to Question No. 190 of 30 April 2015 which sets out the position in this matter.