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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (8 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: My Department has engaged extensively with representatives of the local government sector and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform over recent months concerning the financial challenges facing local authorities as a consequence of the pandemic. I am aware that the loss of parking revenues, as with other income streams, due to the Covid - 19 pandemic,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: Towns and villages across Ireland are facing many challenges, in terms of decline in population, loss of services and community facilities.  The Government has provided a strong national policy response through the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the Action Plan for Rural Development, which identify the need to reverse these trends and revitalise rural towns and villages by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: Whilst I have no statutory function in the progression of reforming and consolidating compulsory purchase order laws, I am aware that the Law Reform Commission is continuing to make significant progress towards the completion of this complex and wide-ranging project, which will involve the reform and consolidation of the law on compulsory acquisition of land. The law in this area is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Land Development Agency (9 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and giving me the opportunity to update the House on the LDA and its role in the use of State lands. The programme for Government commits to the State playing a greater role in providing affordable and social homes, with a focus on low and middle-income earners and developing sustainable mixed-tenure communities. These principles guide housing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Land Development Agency (9 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this important topic. The LDA will actively manage the development of public land in a way that will make a major contribution to tackling the root causes of our housing issues. Broadly in line with the NESC report, it will make a substantial contribution to the achievement of wider Government targets for social housing and housing delivery in general. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (10 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: It is a matter for each individual local authority to decide on the utilisation of its assets, including its land bank.  A local authority may propose to dispose of land no longer required by it for its statutory functions. This is a reserved function of the elected members.   Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides inter alia thata prior notice of any proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (10 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 requires each local authority to develop, adopt and implement 5-year rolling accommodation programmes to accelerate the provision of accommodation for Travellers. The fourth Traveller Accommodation Programme (TAP) adopted early in 2014 ran from January 2014 to December 2018.To align the TAP to run concurrently with the term of office of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (10 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: I refer the Deputy to Question Nos. 263, 264 and 297 of 8 December 2020. The position remains the same.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040 (10 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: It is a key objective of Project Ireland 2040, which includes the National Planning Framework (NPF), to encourage a shift in the pattern and format of future development towards more compact urban growth, as a mechanism to support proper planning and sustainable development and as a measure to address climate change.  The National Planning Framework is endorsed in the current Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (10 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: The table below provides national and Dublin City vacancy data drawn from Census 2011 and Census 2016 (it should be noted that those numbers were recorded at a single point in time and included houses for sale or for rent, as well as homes that are not recoverable for occupancy for a wide range of reasons). This data excludes “temporarily vacant homes” and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Carey for raising the issue of this very important application under the urban regeneration and development fund. He has consistently raised the merits of this project with my office over recent months. Project Ireland 2040, which was launched by the Government on 16 February 2018, is the overarching policy and planning framework for the social, economic and cultural...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Carey and the Ceann Comhairle. I acknowledge the great amount of work the Deputy has put into supporting this project and into articulating its merits. My office has received numerous items of correspondence specifically outlining how important this project is to Ennis and its merits. I assure the Deputy that all his representations will be taken on board. This is obviously...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: The responsibilities of my Department in relation to the administration of the Foreshore Act 1933, as amended, are regulatory in nature. The core responsibilities include the regulation and administration of the foreshore through a system of leasing and licensing. There has been a substantial increase in both the volume of foreshore consent applications and the complexity of these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: An Bord Pleanála has informed my Department that the development and roll-out of the Board’s major IT transformation project - Plean-IT - remains a significant initiative and is moving into its next phase of development, aiming to facilitate applications and appeals to be made online and linking in with the planning authorities’ own e-Planning initiative. The Board...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link: . The data collected includes the number of planning applications received by each local authority in each of the past three years. However, the data collected does not relate to the number of staff employed in each local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: In light of the initial impacts of the Covid-19 emergency, an Order was made by Government on 29 March 2020, under section 251A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), which resulted in the extension of time for a range of specified or appropriate periods and timelines in the Planning Acts and associated planning regulations. Further orders were signed on 16 April...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: Project Ireland 2040, including the National Planning Framework, identified the achievement of compact growth as a key mechanism to support the future sustainable development of our cities and towns, addressing issues such as regional development, urban sprawl, long-distance commuting, housing supply and climate action. ’Urban Development and Building Height’ Guidelines for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government 'Our Shared Future', commits to bringing about reforms in the workings of Local Property Tax (LPT). These reforms will involve bringing new homes, which are currently exempt from LPT, into the taxation system as well as providing for all money collected locally to be retained within the county. This will also be done on the basis that those counties with a lower...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Projects (16 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this and articulating a strong case. Project Ireland 2040, which was launched by the Government on 16 February 2018, is the overarching policy and planning framework for the social, economic and cultural development of Ireland. It includes a detailed capital investment plan for the period 2018 to 2027, the national development plan, NDP, 2018-27, and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Projects (16 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. It gives me an opportunity to commend all the local authorities such as Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for bringing forward such quality projects to bring life into these very important areas. Deputy Richmond clearly outlined Dundrum's scale and potential and how this project is key to unlocking its potential. I look forward...