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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department does not have direct involvement in the executive functions carried out by a local authority. It is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process, having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: Currently, applications for planning permission for data centres are made under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), to the relevant planning authority, with the possibility of subsequent appeal to An Bord Pleanala. Section 49 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 amended the Seventh Schedule of the Act, relating to Strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (21 Apr 2021)

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: . However, the data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and planning authority but does not include specific information...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Parks (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: I have no function in the matter raised in the question. My Department does not allocate specific funding for cleaning and litter collection purposes, nor for the provision of public toilets, as these are operational matters for each individual local authority. The democratically elected Councillors are responsible for running the local authority in conjunction with the Chief Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: In light of the considerable other challenges facing the local government sector at the moment, particularly the ongoing response to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, I have no immediate plans to activate this measure. It will be kept under review over the coming months.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department requests information from local authorities on the implementation and enforcement of the Short-term Letting Regulations on a quarterly basis. The Q1 2021 data will be requested in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: Following Government approval at the end of January, work has advanced as a priority in my Department to draft a general scheme providing for a directly elected mayor with executive functions for Limerick city and county. The general scheme also includes an electoral code to facilitate the holding of mayoral elections in Limerick, as well as provisions to allow for the holding of plebiscites...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (21 Apr 2021)

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 relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and planning authority. In addition, the Central Statistics Office...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: Under Section 30 of the Planning and Development 2000 Act, as amended, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is specifically precluded from exercising power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned. It is therefore not possible for me to comment on any individual case. More generally...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Acquisition (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 794 and 796 together. The independent reviews in question were carried out in accordance with the agreed terms of reference that addressed each of the specific concerns that had been raised by certain public representatives during 2011. The reviews found that the relevant legal requirements and administrative requirements or practices were complied with by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: I refer to the reply to Question No. 92 of 11 February 2021 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State agency. As stated in the Programme for Government, legislation to establish the LDA on a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 802 and 803 together. The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State agency. In accordance with the LDA Bill, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Priorities (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: There are no current plans to amend section 133 of the Local Government Act 2001. Part 7 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, sets out provisions for the establishment and operation of local authority committees and joint committees, including corporate policy groups (CPGs). Section 54(2) of the 2001 Act allows me to issue general policy guidelines for the purpose of any provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department does not hold data on the number of empty or unoccupied domestic dwellings in the State. In this connection, the Department is focused on ensuring that the existing housing stock is utilised to its fullest extent involving a targeted and coordinated approach to identifying and tackling vacancy across Ireland. In support of this, there are a number of schemes available to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Appeals (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: Guidance on how to make an observation on a planning appeal to An Bord Pleanála is available at A person making an observation on an appeal to the Board may use the Observation on a Planning Appeal form available at the above URL or alternatively submit the observation in writing (typed or handwritten), clearly stating their name and address in either scenario. Where a planning agent is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: My role as Minister in relation to the planning system is, primarily, to provide a policy and legislative framework under which the planning authorities, An Bord Pleanála (the Board) and the Office of the Planning Regulator perform their statutory planning functions. The legislative framework chiefly comprises the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act) and the Planning...