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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of Part 9 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 (Act of 2024) set out the special provisions relating to judicial review of decisions, acts and failures to act by administrative bodies performing functions under that Act. Chapter 1 concerns procedures through which decisions, acts and failures to act by administrative bodies performing functions under the Act...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: There are a number of housing estates across the country that rely on developer provided infrastructure for their water services. These estates have not, as yet, been taken-in-charge and their water services are not connected to the public Uisce Éireann network. The water services infrastructure in these locations is commonly called DPI. With effect from 1 January 2024, Uisce...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: O’Brien’s Castle, also known as Furmina Castle, is a National Monument in the ownership of the Minister of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. With respect to the maintenance of the castle, the National Monuments Service of my Department works in close partnership with the Office of Public Works. There have been initial discussions between my Department and the Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The built heritage of the ‘North Georgian Core’ can be an asset of great social value. The area contains a wealth of historic buildings which can be conserved and put to a wide range of productive uses to meet the diverse needs of people in the north inner city. The Programme for Government includes commitments to review and expand the Living City Initiative, to incentivise...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: As set out in the Programme for Government, this Government recognises the importance of continuing to support the ongoing expansion and resourcing of our National Parks. To this end, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department, the executive agency with responsibility to Protect Nature, occasionally purchases land for strategic and conservation purposes. Such...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Strategic Infrastructure (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: 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. My Department has been in contact with An Bord Pleánala who has advised that they are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Housing for All commits to increasing the housing options available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence. The Housing for All policy objective to make more efficient use of existing housing stock includes exploring options to support and incentivise rightsizing on a voluntary basis. The Programme for Government commits to reviewing and standardising the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Agriculture Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1192, 1322 and 1358 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People scheme, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for Disabled People, the Mobility...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Slaughtering (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Details of wild deer shot, from 2015/2016 to 2022/2023, using deer hunting licences issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) under Section 29 of the Wildlife Acts are available on the Department's Open Data site here: https://opendata.housing.gov.ie/dataset/deer-hunting-licence s-issued-by-country-2023-2024. This includes the species of deer and the County in which it was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Slaughtering (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I have no role or function in relation to the culling of wild goats. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department issues certain licences in relation to wild animals that have protected status under the Wildlife Act, 1976 (as amended). Currently the wild goat is not protected under the Wildlife Acts. NPWS therefore do not issue licenses for the cull of goats nor hold any...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Area Plans (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department is currently working on a number of measures to increase staffing levels in the local government planning sector. In this regard, my Department is collaborating with the Local Government Management Agency on the delivery of a programme of supports to planning authorities. These supports include the provision of staffing resources and expertise to enable planning authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I refer to my joint reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 496 and 497 of 1 April 2025 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Responsibility for the zoning of land rests with the elected members of a local authority. In preparing their statutory plans, including in relation to the zoning of land for particular purposes, the elected members are required to consider and be consistent with, as appropriate, the National Planning Framework, the relevant Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy and relevant Ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Responsibility for the zoning of land rests with the elected members of a local authority. In preparing their statutory plans, including in relation to the zoning of land for particular purposes, the elected members are required to consider and be consistent with, as appropriate, the National Planning Framework, the relevant Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy and relevant Ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The National Planning Framework (NPF), 2018 is the long-term, 20-year strategy for strategic planning and sustainable development of urban and rural areas to 2040, with the core objectives of securing balanced regional development and a sustainable ‘compact growth’ approach to the form and pattern of future development. The Draft NPF Revision was informed by Census 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at the local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. A...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department funds three grant schemes that provide financial assistance to householders to reduce the environmental impact from defective Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (mostly septic tanks) and to protect human health. Householders may be eligible for a grant where their septic tank has been found to be defective following an inspection by the local authority or if located in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Applications for a Local Authority Home Loan are made through the individual Local Authorities and the final decision on loan approval is a matter for the relevant local authority and its Credit Committee on a case-by-case basis. Decisions on all housing loan applications must be made in accordance with the Regulations establishing the scheme and the Credit Policy that underpins the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1204, 1205 and 1244 together. The Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) aims to retrofit a local authority home to a minimum BER of B2. It is expected that 36,500 local authority owned homes will be retrofitted under this programme out to 2030. Each year the target number of units and funding provided under the EERP are subject to the funding...