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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (21 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Costello for raising this very important matter. I am glad to have the opportunity to provide the House with an update on the housing conditions at Oliver Bond House. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is committed to ensuring that tenants in social housing are provided with adequate housing that meets the standards most recently laid down in the Housing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (21 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Costello for raising these important issues. I know the seriousness with which the Government takes this matter. The Taoiseach was on the site, as the Deputy will be aware. This is getting the highest priority in Government. There are a number of areas that Dublin City Council is currently assisting in terms of remedial works. I also mentioned the refurbishment programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: 240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will review a sports capital scheme application by a club (details supplied) due to the circumstances; if her Department has noted previous issues with the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44519/21]

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

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 and 287 to 294, inclusive, together. It is not possible to provide details of average unit costs or the total cost of future social or affordable homes delivered through Part V due to a number of factors. These factors include variables such as unit type, land cost, development and construction costs, costs and source of finance, together with ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (21 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: The total drawdown of funding for Traveller-specific accommodation in 2007 was €35m. To-date in 2021, local authorities have drawndown almost €6.5m of the €15.5m available. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities...

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

Peter Burke: Minister O'Brien brought a Memorandum to Government on 13 July 2021, accompanied by a General Scheme of a Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021 (the LSRD Bill), outlining proposals for the replacement of the current planning arrangements in respect of Strategic Housing Developments (SHDs) with new streamlined arrangements for large-scale residential developments (LSRDs). The...

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

Peter Burke: Under the Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Rural Housing 2005, issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, planning authorities are required to frame the planning policies in their development plans in a balanced and measured way that ensures the housing needs of rural communities are met, while avoiding excessive urban-generated housing....

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

Peter Burke: My Department collects statistics relating to the Derelicts Sites Act 1990 on an annual basis in Q3 of the following year. Therefore the information requested in respect of 2020 and 2021 is not yet available. Below is a list of the local authorities which have used the Derelict Sites Act 1990 between 2017 and 2019: Local Authority Have used the Derelict Sites Act 1990...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (21 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: 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 Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020. In general, the Valuation Acts maintain the longstanding position that commercial properties, including constructions affixed thereto,...

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

Peter Burke: The housing needs of people with disabilities are addressed in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability (NHSPWD). A review of the Strategy is underway with a view to preparation of a successor NHSPWD and consultations are ongoing. The Government is determined to ensure that housing policy addresses the needs of those who experience exclusion in our society. There is ongoing...

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

Peter Burke: The Planning system primarily deals with considering the appropriate location, impact on the wider environment, form and phasing of development. The purpose of the Building Regulations is primarily to protect the health, safety and welfare of people in and around buildings. While both codes deal with the built environment, they have interrelated but separate roles. New buildings and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flexible Work Practices (22 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: The requested information is not available in my Department. However, it may be obtained by contacting the dedicated e-mail addresses for members of the Oireachtas in respect of the State bodies under the aegis of my Department, as set out in tabular form below. State Body Contact E-mail Address An Bord Pleanála oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (22 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: In order to continue supporting ratepayers, and in recognition of the impacts of COVID 19 and the associated public health restrictions, the Government put in place a targeted commercial rates waiver for the first 9 months of 2021. It applies to businesses most seriously affected by the restrictions. Automatic eligibility is extended to hospitality including hotels, pubs and restaurants,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: Firstly, I must point out that the allocation of homes to those on social housing waiting lists is a matter for local authorities in exercise of their statutory housing function. Where a household request a priority based on the health needs of a member of the household this will be assessed by the local authority when the applicant household applies and provides all of the medical...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (22 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: In order to continue supporting ratepayers, and in recognition of the impacts of COVID 19 and the associated public health restrictions, the Government put in place a targeted commercial rates waiver from January to end September 2021. The 2021 rates waiver scheme applies to businesses most seriously affected by the restrictions. Automatic eligibility is extended to hospitality including...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hedge Cutting (22 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: Planning legislation places no specific restrictions on the height of trees or hedges, nor does it make any particular provision for remedy from any other nuisance which may be caused by trees in an urban residential area. However, a civil remedy is available through the Courts concerning branches or roots of neighbouring trees encroaching on a person’s property. The possibility of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (22 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department is currently finalising a response to An Bord Pleanála's latest draft Workforce Plan in the context of the 2022 budgetary estimates process. This draft Plan includes proposals for the staffing of a new Marine and Climate Unit to implement the role to be assigned to An Bord Pleanála under the Maritime Area Planning Bill currently before the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: The funding system that applies to local authorities is a complex one, as authorities derive their income from a variety of local sources including commercial rates, Local Property Tax (LPT), charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government. It is a matter for each local authority as to how it can maximise local income sources and manage its own spending, in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Elections (23 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: Section 13 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides for disqualifications from local authority membership. Section 13(1)(i) of the 2001 Act provides that a person who is employed by a local authority and is not the holder of a class, description or grade of employment designated by the Minister by order under section 161(1)(b) of the 2001 Act shall also be disqualified from membership of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting (23 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: In his speech at the Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth Summit in 2018, the then Minister with responsibility for the 1933 Foreshore Act, Minister Damien English T.D. clarified that certain rights, of both a formal and informal nature, to harvest seaweed exist and must be respected in the context of determination of applications to hand harvest seaweed under the 1933 Foreshore Act. The legal...