Results 5,701-5,720 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: I published, on 31 January 2012, Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Spatial Planning and National Roads aimed at ensuring that roads planning and policy, and development planning and management processes are appropriately and effectively aligned; and encouraging a collaborative approach and early engagement between planning authorities and the National Roads Authority (NRA) so that...
- Written Answers — Regeneration Projects: Regeneration Projects (12 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436 to 438, inclusive, together. Ballymun Regeneration Limited (BRL) is a company limited by guarantee, and not having a share capital, established by Dublin City Council under the Companies' Acts. It was incorporated in June 1997 and is wholly owned by Dublin City Council. BRL's principal objects are, inter alia, to prepare plans for the redevelopment and...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (12 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, local authorities are allocated capital funding each year in respect of a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of their social housing stock. The programme includes a regeneration measure for large social housing estates and flat complexes, an estate-wide remedial works scheme, a retrofitting measure aimed at...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (12 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: Leasing proposals from local authorities or approved housing bodies must demonstrate that, having regard to the concentration of other social housing in a particular development or in the general area, the leasing proposal does not conflict with the mixed income, mixed tenure dimension of the overall sustainable communities objective. Local authorities have been encouraged to improve social...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (12 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, local authorities are allocated capital funding each year in respect of a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of their social housing stock. The programme includes a retrofitting measure aimed at improving the energy efficiency of older apartments and houses by reducing heat loss through the fabric of the...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: Under section 34 (9) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 â 2004 an applicant, within 8 weeks of receipt of the application by the planning authority, may consent in writing to an extension of the period for the planning authority to make its decision. In such a case the period for making the decision is extended for the period consented to by the applicant. I am not aware of any...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 453 together. Section 14 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides for a process for the inclusion by planning authorities of public rights of way in development plans. The process provides for the referral to the Circuit Court, by the landowner affected, of a proposal to include a right of way and where the court is satisfied that no right...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is providing pro rata funding to support the project concerned until end June 2012, in order to allow the project and other bodies to explore alternative funding mechanisms and identify resources to deliver on the project's overall objectives beyond that date. No additional funding is being provided by my Department in respect of any mainstreamed drugs project. I understand...
- National Spatial Strategy (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: I share Deputy Coffey's concern and thank him for raising this issue. The aims of the national spatial strategy include achieving a better balance of social, economic and physical development between regions through the co-ordinated development of nine gateway cities and towns, including Waterford and Limerick, and nine hub towns, together with complementary policies to activate the potential...
- National Spatial Strategy (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: In my initial response, I mentioned that one of the aims of the IDA Ireland strategy is for 50% of foreign direct investment projects to be located in regional gateways outside Dublin and Cork. As a Government, we need to continue to drive this approach, which clearly has a great deal of potential for Waterford and Limerick. I agree that there is a need to continuously review and update our...
- Waste Disposal (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Collins for raising this issue. As I have said previously, the Minister, Deputy Hogan, will announce the Government's local government reform plan in the near future. I mention that in response to what the Deputy said at the outset about the role of elected representatives when a decision was made in Dublin. Dublin City Council withdrew from the provision of household waste...
- Waste Disposal (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: I agree it is a very important issue. If I can get answers to those questions, I will come back to the Deputy. The approach to the future regulation of the household waste collection market in Dublin and elsewhere will be carefully considered by Government and will take account of the full range of economic, environmental and other relevant issues - the Deputy has just raised the issue...
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: On a point of information, one member of the Labour Party was involved and that person was kicked out-----
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: That is a simplistic view of what was said.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: If we had the money.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: They had not started. Nothing was closed down.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: I announced I was appointing an outside person.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is more than that.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: Where is the Deputy's little basket?
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Jan O'Sullivan: That is patronising.