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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: It is a very difficult issue around which to set parameters. My view is that when you have an independent board that has the skill set, it will be acting in the public interest, especially when they are being appointed and we have committed to the board having the required skills and experience to enable it to discharge its functions. It provides a significant safeguard with regard to how...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: We will have a look at that and revert to the committee.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: This section deals with the competence criteria by which the board shall determine an applicants’ suitability for registration and includes the relevant standards, building regulations and other appropriate regulations. A provider of building works has certain obligations under the construction products regulation so it is appropriate to include this in the list of requirements....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 260 together. An application for a foreshore license associated with dredging works at Magheraroarty Pier, Co. Donegal is currently being considered by my Department. Full details and associated documents are available on my Department's website www.gov.ie/en/foreshore-notice/6da98-fs007084-application-fo...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Section 33(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended ‘the Act’, states that the Minister shall by regulations provide for such matters of procedure and administration as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient in respect of applications for permission for the development of land.  Section 33(2)(f) states that these regulations may make provision...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: To date, my Department has been notified of two projects subject to imperative reasons of overriding public interest (IROPI) pursuant to Article 6(4) of the Habitats Directive: - A water treatment plant upgrade at Lough Talt, Co. Sligo, (Sligo County Council Planning Reference Number PL18/20), which case has been determined, and - The proposed extension of Galway...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: In January 2022, my Department communicated with local authorities outlining that it is increasing the funding made available since 2018 from €50,000 to €60,000 per annum from mid-2022 to support the work of a Vacant Homes Office including a vacant homes officer to support the commitment in Housing for All to ensuring that vacant homes officers are full-time officers. Local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ferry Services (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department received an application in August 2020 from Waterford City and County Council (the Head Lessee) seeking approval to extend the term of an existing consented sub-lease granted to Passage East Ferry Company up until 25 May 2034. The sub-lease, for a slipway and mooring, was granted originally to allow the ferry company to operate from Passage East to Ballyhack, Co. Wexford. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Housing for All commits to a range of measures to address vacancy and maximise the use of existing housing stock such as plans to introduce a new programme for the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) of vacant properties to ensure their use for residential purposes. Such a new programme for CPO of vacant properties is expected to support a broader programme of affordable housing in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. Local authorities are independent statutory bodies with their own democratically elected councils and management structures. The establishment and operation of strategic policy committees (SPCs) and corporate policy groups (CPGs) are reserved functions of local authorities. Part 7 and Schedule 10, paragraphs 17, 18 and 19, of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the sick leave taken in the current academic year can be restored to a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12348/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the latest information regarding the governance and the location of the national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting lists for BreastCheck; and if he will consider providing additional funding in order to address the length of these lists (details supplied). [12859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (9 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new law to give workers the right to paid sick leave will be introduced. [13524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: As outlined in my answer to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 1 March 2022, the taking in charge of housing estates by local authorities is ultimately a matter for the elected members of a local authority who have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority.  The taking in charge of housing estates by local authorities is provided for under section 180 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), 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. This includes the taking in charge process. The taking in charge of residential estates is a reserved function of the elected...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Under the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission.  Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations), set out various exemptions from the requirement to obtain planning permission. Any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (9 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions that are applied to a person travelling to Ireland with a prescribed cannabis-based medicinal product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13439/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I must, unfortunately, oppose amendment No. 29. It seeks to require an applicant for registration to possess latent defects insurance. Latent defects insurance is taken out on a project-by-project basis and it is not practical that registration could be conditioned on the possession of such insurance. In addition, while a builder of residential or non-residential buildings should possess...