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

Peter Burke: Addressing vacancy and dereliction, and maximising the use of the existing housing stock, is a priority objective of the Government, as evidenced by the recently published Housing for All - A New Housing Plan for Irelandwhere one of the four pathways in the plan is specifically dedicated to this area. My Department continues to liaise with local authorities on the implementation of the...

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

Peter Burke: Disabled people are entitled to all of the housing supports and have access to all schemes in like manner with other citizens. Since 2011, housing for disabled people has been addressed in a dedicated joint Strategy between my Department and the Department of Health. A new joint National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 was launched on 14 January 2022. The new...

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

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 147 together. 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. Schedule 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, (the Regulations) sets out various exemptions from...

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

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together. Of note, under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the 2000 Act), I am specifically procluded 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.  Under the the 2000 Act, all development,...

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

Peter Burke: Social housing allocation policies, including waiting lists, are a matter for local authorities. All applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations.  It is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any particular process in the case of Ukrainian refugees seeking to work in Ireland for the Garda vetting in the current circumstances, or if the Ukrainian refugees are to apply in the normal way provided they have proof of identity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22527/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Safety (10 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I apologise for being delayed. We were voting in the Dáil. I thank the Senator. This is a very important issue. It is a very distressing position for those she represents to be in, as she has quite rightly articulated. I have met a number of homeowners in my own constituency who are unfortunately faced with similar problems because of defects in properties delivered to them, defects...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Safety (10 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I take the Senator's point very seriously. In the first instance, we must capture exactly the extent of this issue right across the country and also in terms of the budget that will underpin what will be a significant remediation scheme. I would point to the many legacy issues with which we are still grappling post the previous decade and more, including that we are trying to establish the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (10 May 2022)

Peter Burke: In October 2021, my Department approved the 2021-2022 An Bord Pleanála (the Board) Workforce Plan which provides for an additional 24 posts across a range of technical and administrative grades including the setting up of a new Marine and Climate Unit to implement the role assigned to the Board under the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 and associated projects under the Climate Action...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (10 May 2022)

Peter Burke: The Building Regulations apply to the design and construction of all new buildings (including dwellings) and to certain works to existing buildings. They are subject to ongoing review in the interests of safety and the well-being of persons in the built environment and to ensure that due regard is taken of changes in construction techniques, technological progress and innovation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (10 May 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: Wind Energy Generation (10 May 2022)

Peter Burke: It should be noted that arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. The contact email address for An Bord Pleanála in this regard is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 May 2022)

Peter Burke: An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts. Section 126 of the Act provides that it shall be the duty and objective of the Board to decide...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 May 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 Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (10 May 2022)

Peter Burke: The Foreshore Act 1933, as amended, requires that a lease or licence must be obtained for any activity on State-owned foreshore, which represents the greater part of the foreshore. The Act provides for the issuing of licences or leases which are in the public interest. A lease relates to buildings or other structures and is generally used for a development that requires exclusive occupation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (10 May 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department has made significant advances in the development of marine policy over the last number of years, culminating in the launch of the National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF) last summer and the signing of the Maritime Area Planning Act in December 2021, elements of which have already been commenced. The NMPF creates an overarching framework for decision-making that is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (11 May 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 such...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 May 2022)

Peter Burke: While Ms Sara Moorhead SC acknowledged in the foreword to her report 'Independent Review of the Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Elected Members', published in June 2020, that "there needs to be some structural reform to assist Councillors in the carrying out of their duty and perhaps more devolution to Local Government", there were in fact no recommendations made in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Appeals to An Bord Pleanála are made under section 37 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act). An applicant for permission and any person who made submissions or observations in writing in relation to the planning application to the planning authority in accordance with the permission regulations and on payment of the appropriate fee, may, at any time before the...