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Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: The fourth set of Government amendments relates to judicial review provisions in the planning Act. New amendments will require the court to consider whether there is an adequate appeal or other available administrative remedy and, if so, it should not grant leave. This is not as absolute as the amendment that was originally proposed but it is compliant with EU law and creates a presumption,...

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: The first proposed change relates to the insertion of a new provision in section 50A of the Act to provide that the court shall not grant leave to apply for a judicial review challenge unless it is satisfied that the applicant has exhausted any available appeal procedure or any other administrative remedy available to him or her in respect of the decision or act concerned. This amendment...

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I just took a look there - I referred to exactly what we are doing now. I was reading from my Second Stage contribution on judicial reviews of the administrative process word for word. There is a great deal of misinformation going around in Senators' responses today. The sixth set of Government amendments relates to technical amendments to the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021. These...

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: The Maritime Area Planning Bill was enacted on 23 December 2021 and established the legal framework for a new planning system for the maritime area. One of the main features of the Act is the creation of a new State consent, namely, the maritime area consent, as a first step in a new and streamlined planning process. The Minister approved and signed a commencement order on 10 March 2022 to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: Section 7 of the Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 places a statutory duty on public bodies (agencies) reviewable by the Ombudsman to put in place arrangements and resources for handling complaints. The Ombudsman gives guidance to service providers for developing systems for dealing with complaints - www.ombudsman.ie/guidance-for-service-providers/ Any person who is dissatisfied with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (14 Jul 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 purpose of the steering group is to set out a high level scoping report for tackling the issue of sea level change. The membership of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Jul 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 (VHO) to support the commitment in Housing for All to ensure that vacant homes officers are full-time. The provision...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: Housing for All sets out a number of objectives with the aim of improving the functioning of the planning system including the comprehensive review and consolidation of planning legislation. The review forms one of the actions in Housing for All and is set in the context of the broad policy outlined therein. The review is being overseen by the Attorney General and he has appointed a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: An Bord Pleanála’s Workforce Plan for 2021-2022 was approved by my Department in October 2021 and provided for 24 additional posts. This included an initial 8 staff for a new Marine/Climate Unit. Sanction was subsequently sought by An Bord Pleanála to fill 5 of these 8 Marine/Climate Unit positions, which my Department provided. The status of these 5 positions is detailed in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 386 and 387 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that An Bord Pleanála does not have any role in determining foreshore licence applications. My Department currently has responsibility for assessing applications for a foreshore licence under the Foreshore Act 1933 for site investigations within the foreshore area linked to the proposed development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: Local authorities levy rates on property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. In order to support businesses and ratepayers, and in recognition of the impacts of COVID-19, the Government funded the cost of commercial rates waivers in recent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban renewal/regeneration, and fire services. My Department provides funding to local authorities on an ongoing basis as projects are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: Section 34(4) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), provides for the attaching of conditions to planning permissions by planning authorities. Under section 34(5) of the Act, conditions may provide that points of detail relating to a grant of permission may subsequently be agreed between the planning authority and the person carrying out the development. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Sep 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: Planning Issues (14 Sep 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...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank everyone for their contributions on this important matter. Since its establishment in 1977, An Bord Pleanála has become an integral part of the Irish planning system, providing an independent, impartial and objective appeals process, in addition to numerous other functions. The immediate actions that have been taken in response the recent allegations, along with those being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (15 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. My Department ceased the practice of allocating specific budgets to individual local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: 249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in cases in which a person is in receipt of the working family payment, if she will consider extending the age limit for child dependents in full-time education where the student is studying a six-year medicine course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (20 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 293 together. The General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022 was approved by Government on 27th July 2022 and is published herewith on the Government website: www.gov.ie/en/publication/4258f-general-scheme-of-local-gove...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (20 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 262 together. My Department’s Foreshore Unit operates the consenting regime under the Foreshore Act 1933, managing the regulation of a range of different marine activities and infrastructural developments. The volume of applications made under the Act in recent years has grown significantly. In parallel, my Department is leading an extensive...