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

Peter Burke: Along with the Senator, we will work hard to ensure the fire station is present on the capital plan because Ballymahon is a growing town. The Senator has cited its growing population and services such as the nursing home as well as the other businesses that have opened recently. We look forward to working to ensure the project is kept under review. I wish to be associated with and agree...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the situation in relation to the €200 energy grant for a person (details supplied) in rented accommodation who prepays their electricity in an apartment complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22065/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 181, 182 and 183 together. Details of the sections of the Local Government Act 2001 and the Local Government Reform Act 2014 which have yet to be commenced are set out in the following table.  Title of Act Sections not yet commenced Local Government Act 2001 Section 22   Sections...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Development contribution charges to be applied on developers are set at the planning permission stage but are not collectable by the relevant local authority until after the development work commences. Commencement notices are issued by the developer to the local authority and these generally trigger the raising of the charge. The normal practice is for the developer to issue a commencement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 and 207 together. Details of foreshore licence applications for site investigation activities that have commenced the statutory assessment process following validation by my Department and details of applications determined during the period referred to in the Question are available to view on my Department's website at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for family re-unification visas for those who are holders of critical work permits working here; her views on whether this is a disincentive for those seeking to work here in critical employment categories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22075/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for his question. Applications for housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority in accordance with the eligibility and needs criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated social housing assessment regulations. The regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority in differing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I hear the points made by the Deputy. That is why the Department and Minister have initiated a review under Housing for All. It also includes the context of the wider global interventions we are making in housing from the record level of social housing construction to the affordability measures from direct purchase and shared equity and our new cost-rental model, which will be a game...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Housing for All is a very appropriate name because, in the context of a comprehensive societal approach, it is important that we have streams to have a record level of social, affordable and private housing. Many people in our society are unable to reach the threshold to get a mortgage. That is why we have a record level of affordable housing investment to meet that need. Housing for All...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 87 together. Housing for All provides a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030, with an overall objective that citizens in the State should have access to good-quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations with economic, social and environmental sustainability built right into the system. The strategy sets out, over four...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: As Deputy Matthews rightly outlined, the Croí Cónaithe towns fund will be a game changer in terms of bringing derelict properties back into use, along with the other interventions in the system. There will be two strings to it. One string will involve looking at a reduced cost of self-build in terms of serviced sites, which is very important for the system, while the second will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Cairns for her question. The Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and here referred to as the Act, and the Water Services Acts 2007 to 2018 set out the statutory provisions relating to the taking in charge of housing estates by planning authorities and Irish Water where it is appropriate to do so. Section 180 of the Act sets out the process to be followed in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: There is provision in the Act for housing estates that have not been taken in charge in terms of what action the residents can take to compel the local authority to commence the process. It is up to the local authority then to judge the development in terms of the completion to the prescribed planning permission. Over the past decade we had to respond to in excess of 3,000 ghost estates...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: There are very robust mechanisms in place now to ensure the legacy of a decade ago-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I would appreciate it if the Deputy would let me finish. I did not interrupt her. I said there are a number of mechanisms in place now to ensure this does not happen again. I mentioned that we had almost 3,000 ghost estates in this country, and we have changed the law to ensure that this does not happen again. There are mechanisms to ensure that developers have bonds in place that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: The objective of the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, is to provide public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages. This enables the accelerated delivery of housing on key development sites in urban areas of high housing demand, adding to supply, a crucial factor in terms of moderating house prices. LIHAF projects often involve complex,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: As I referenced, the Minister has engaged with Deputy Stanton and will continue to do so. The arms of the State have to work together to deliver key infrastructural projects such as this. It is not good enough in a housing crisis when we see the level of value for money that a project such as this can deliver to society. It has to progress. I have full confidence that negotiations will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Households wishing to obtain social housing support from a local authority or an Approved Housing Body must first apply to the relevant local authority for a social housing assessment. Where the household is deemed to qualify for support it is placed on the housing authority’s waiting list and offers of suitable accommodation are made in accordance with the authority’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Town Centre First, jointly developed by my Department and the Department of Rural and Community Development, sets out 33 actions which will provide a co-ordinated framework across established national policy objectives (in particular the National Planning Framework, Housing for All and Our Rural Future), to address the decline in the health of our towns and sets out actions to regenerate and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is the responsibility of each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014 however, my Departments Voids Programme has supplemented the local authority own resources available for the preparation of vacant properties for re-letting. The funding was introduced...