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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (1 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: Unlike the position for Dáil and European Parliament constituencies, there is no constitutional or legislative requirement for the revision of local electoral areas, further to the carrying out of a census and the publication of census results. Section 23 of the Local Government Act 2001 empowers the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to divide a local authority area...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 and 80 together. Local Property Tax (LPT) was introduced to provide a stable and sustainable funding base for the local authority sector, and the underlying principle of the current distribution model is that every local authority should have a minimum level of funding, known as the baseline, available to it to support the provision of local services. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: In making a decision on a planning application or appeal, a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála must consider the proper planning and sustainable development of the area concerned while having regard to the provisions of the relevant development plan, relevant Ministerial or Government policies and guidelines, as well as the views of members of the public on the proposed development....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (1 Dec 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. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (1 Dec 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. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (1 Dec 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. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the...

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: I welcome all the groups to the Gallery. On behalf of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, I thank Deputies who have contributed to the debate. We can all agree that many homeowners and residents of apartments and duplexes have found themselves in a difficult, stressful position when defects arise in their buildings through no fault of their own. As the Minister stated on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) has an important role in the overall plan-making process. One of the core functions of the OPR is the independent assessment of all local authority and regional assembly statutory plans, including county and city development plans, local area plans and regional spatial and economic strategies. The OPR provides observations and recommendations during...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: Legislative reforms to regulate the short-term letting sector through the planning code, in areas designated as “rent pressure zones” (RPZs), were introduced under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 which came into effect on 1 July 2019. The information requested in relation to the number of planning applications received and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: The National Planning Framework (NPF) was approved by Government and launched on 16th February 2018, together with the National Development Plan, as 'Project Ireland 2040'. Government reaffirmed its decision to adopt and publish the National Planning Framework, and the associated 10-year Capital Investment Plan as a strategy on the 29th May 2018.  In legislative terms, the NPF is the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the over-65 benefit payment. [61236/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa for persons (details supplied). [61265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: A Commencement Notice is a notification to a Building Control Authority that a person intends to carry out either works or a Material Change of Use to which the Building Regulations apply. The notice must be given to the authority not more than 28 days and not less than 14 days before the commencement of works or the change of use.  Once validated by the building control authority, works...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rights of Way (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: The Planning and Development Act 2000 (the Act), places responsibility for the maintenance of public rights of way directly with local authorities, by requiring them to preserve existing public rights of way through mapping and listing them as part of their development plans. Under Section 30 of the Act, I am precluded in my role as Minister with responsibility for planning from commenting on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Regulations (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: Planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála, as appropriate, may grant planning permission for a development, which involves rock breaking [drilling. blasting or splitting], such as a quarry. A person is not entitled solely by reasons of a planning permission to carry out development. Where blasting is required, the issuing of a permit for the use of explosives in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: The Traveller Accommodation Expert Review report, published in July 2019, reviewed the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998, and other legislation that impacts on the provision and delivery of accommodation for Travellers. The Expert Review report, which is intended to improve the effectiveness of the arrangements for providing accommodation for members of the Traveller community, has...

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Dec 2022)

Peter Burke: The Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 is a significant milestone in Ireland’s overall environmental protection measures. The critical Bill sets out a system of controls on the abstraction and impoundment of water to protect our water environment and to ensure compliance with Ireland’s responsibilities under the water framework directive....