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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: An Bord Pleanála’s Performance Delivery Agreement (PDA) with my Department documents the agreed level of service between the parties to facilitate improved effectiveness and efficiency of relevant public services, setting out the Board’s key targets and defining the output and outcome indicators on which its performance should be measured. The 2021 PDA reflected an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: The information sought by the Deputy regarding current members of the Board of An Bord Pleanála, the Minister that appointed each member, and the rate of remuneration for Board members is set out in the attached table. Current Members of the Board of An Bord Pleanála (26 April 2022) NAME APPOINTED BY TERM Mr. David Walsh...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is in contact with my Department in connection with a proposal to amend existing planning exemptions for the replacement of broadleaf high forest with conifer species. Officials from both Departments discussed the matter initially in September 2021 and most recently met on 4 April 2022 to progress the matter. My Department is continuing to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Electoral Process (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 748. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the competition in relation to election monitoring for new election monitors will be held; the number of places that will be available; the person or body that will run the competition; if there will be interviews; the selection process that is used to determine successful candidates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building programme for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19313/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1026. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reopen the social welfare office in Castlepollard, County Westmeath, to serve the population of north County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20031/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify in relation to the contributory pension application that before home caring credits can be added to an application that an applicant needs to have a minimum 520 paid contributions and if this is discriminating against those home caring for periods in the past who now do not qualify for the full...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1065. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanism that is in place to ensure that periods spent in the home caring for children can be recognised by her Department when the contributory pension is being assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that general practitioners providing services under HSE schemes such as the maternity and infant scheme, maintain appropriate insurance that allows them to provide home birth services to all women who opt for this form of delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the rights of the registered owners of fee simple bogs (details supplied). [20591/22]

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputies for contributing to this debate and the discussion of the rental sector. I look forward to the real changes that Housing for All will make for landlords and tenants alike. However, the motion generally addresses the RTB-ESRI rent index as published last week and calls for a number of actions from Government which have been debated numerous times in both Houses. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Stanton for raising this important issue on behalf of his constituents. I apologise for the absence of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, who is unavailable this evening. As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a geographical information system to anticipate school...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Stanton for his very well-put argument. From the briefing documentation here I am aware that the Department is at one with the Deputy's concern about capacity of the area. The Department will work closely to resolve it. A number of projects are in the offing, as we have spoken about previously. From the documentation here I know that the letter of acceptance for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: In the first instance, I send the apologies of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. Like Deputy Lahart, I have experienced some of those same issues, unfortunately, in my own constituency. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. It provides an opportunity for the Department to outline the current position regarding provision for children with special educational needs, including...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I absolutely empathise and understand the stress a grandmother would be under trying to secure a school place. It is not something that should be happening in society. As the Deputy alluded to, there is significant funding behind the provision of education in the State. I think the Deputy may have put his finger on the pulse in terms of the two postcodes he referenced, however. I will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Infrastructure (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter and allowing me the opportunity to provide an update on behalf of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Like him, I come from a large rural constituency that is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, so I very much understand the need to have an alternative in place before certain public policy measures are pursued. If...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Infrastructure (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I again thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. To be clear, between 2013 and 2021, a retrofit was completed in respect of 75,000 local authority homes. Moreover, there is a scheme in place specifically to deal with local authority housing and to give them a deep retrofit, and that scheme was revised last year. It will aim to bring 100,000 houses up to a BER of B2 or a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I assure Deputy Buckley that we will have an honest answer for him. I thank him for raising this very important matter. This is an issue of both national and local importance and I fully appreciate the concerns of the 10,000 people in the Deputy's community whom he referenced. The Deputy will appreciate that the operation of the Whitegate regional public water supply is a matter for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Buckley for again raising this issue on behalf of the community. It is a very frustrating thing, especially on Christmas Day, when you run into trouble or you are being advised of a boil water notice. I think of the four Topical Issue matters tonight, Deputy Buckley is definitely in front because he has an interim solution, which hopefully will be ready by latest at June, as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Service (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Carrigy for raising this very important matter. I join him in acknowledging the great work our firefighters do. He has articulated how they are first responders and keep our communities safe. They do exceptional work. Last year I asked departmental officials to liaise with Longford County Council on this matter. The provision of a fire service in its functional area,...