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- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (26 Jan 2022)
Peter Burke: I am still considering the position in relation to timing of the filling of the post of the Chief Executive of Galway County Council on a permanent basis. I hope to bring clarity on the intended approach over the coming weeks. There is a requirement for all Chief Executive posts for Local Authorities to be advertised openly on the www.publicjobs.ie website operated by the Public Appointments...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government (26 Jan 2022)
Peter Burke: My Department has provided funding to the Local Government Management Agency since its establishment in 2012 as per the tabular statement below. Year Amount of Funding (€) 2012 939,022 2013 2,313,463 2014 3,078,085 2015 4,816,986 2016 3,955,465 ...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)
Peter Burke: I thank the Members who contributed on the Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022. Once this legislation is enacted, all builders will be required to register with CIRI. Section 33 provides that an unregistered builder may not provide building works for anyone, be it for a State contract, a developer, or for an individual. The register is of competence. It is an essential...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (26 Jan 2022)
Peter Burke: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)
Peter Burke: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the €1,000 bonus to prison officers who continued to work all through the pandemic and who would be responsible for bringing prisoners into hospitals and remaining with them for their stay in hospital (details supplied). [4008/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (27 Jan 2022)
Peter Burke: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (27 Jan 2022)
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 Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: 237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider designating Lough Ennell as a wild brown trout fishery in the western lakes plan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this lake is one of the finest brown trout fishing lakes in Europe and that the status needs to be preserved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4581/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle charging points available in County Westmeath; the location of each; his plans to increase the number of charging points to reflect the local population hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4734/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: The responsibility for the development on Ireland’s foreshore is regulated under the provisions of the Foreshore Act 1933, as amended. As the Minister of State with responsibility for Planning and Local Government I am the ‘appropriate Minister’ for the purposes of the Act and have responsibility for all development types covered by the Act with the exception of a number...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: The Government established the Inter-Departmental Group on Managing Coastal Change to scope out an approach for the development of a national co-ordinated and integrated strategy to manage the projected impact of coastal change to our coastal communities. The Inter-Departmental Group is jointly chaired by my Department and the OPW and will bring forward options and recommendations for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: The information requested is not collected by my Department, as the approval or confirmation of proposals for the compulsory purchase of land or property by statutory authorities is a matter for An Bord Pleanála. In this connection, arrangements have been put in place by each Agency under the remit of my Department, including An Bord Pleanála, to facilitate the provision of...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: The e-Planning project providing for the establishment of the National Online Planning Portal and allowing for the online submission of planning applications, appeals, submissions and associated fees on a nationwide basis began its pilot phase on 22 December 2021 in Tipperary and Galway County Councils. The pilot is testing the ability of the local IT systems to accept planning applications...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2022)
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: www.gov.ie/en/service/9e4ee-get-planning-statistics/. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2018, which came into operation on 8 February 2018, provide for an exemption from the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises to residential use, including the conversion of vacant areas above ground floor commercial premises to residential use. This measure was...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: 434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) and their parents’ passports returned without further delay. [4481/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the €1,000 bonus to drivers who assist doctors on call through the Midoc service (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [5061/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the €1,000 Covid-19 bonus payment to patient-facing nurses in the disability sector. [4245/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the development of the specialist palliative care inpatient unit in Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5026/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)
Peter Burke: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the €1,000 bonus to carers who work in the homes of persons with disabilities and who worked 12-hour shifts and provided care for persons throughout the pandemic, placing their own health at risk to provide that service. [4518/22]