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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: In 2021, my Department has made funding available in the amount of €250,000 for Community Foundation Ireland's (CFI) Environment and Nature Fund (www.communityfoundation.ie/grants/types-of-grants/environme nt-and-nature-fund). The Community Foundation provides grants for not-for-profit and voluntary groups working in communities throughout Ireland. The closing date for the current...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (2 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: Article 8.2 of the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora), requires the European Commission, in agreement with Member States, to assess the financing, including the co-financing, required to maintain or restore protected habitats and species which are to be reflected in Prioritised Action Frameworks (PAFs) for each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (2 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 468 of 19 October 2021. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) paper referred to is currently at drafting stage following the extensive research, consultation and orientation work. It is hoped that the final paper, which is being prepared by the Independent Chair, Prof Jane Stout of Trinity College Dublin, will be completed before the end of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (2 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The number of national monuments in State care already take in some 1,000 sites at over 760 locations around the country. These entail considerable resource commitments in terms of both funding and personnel. Nevertheless, in the interests of preservation, conservation, management and presentation of built and archaeological heritage, my Department acquires certain additional heritage...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I am pleased that, as part of the overall allocation of just under €6bn for the Department, heritage funding for 2022 will amount to €133.5m (a 36% increase on the previous year) across capital and current, contributing to the conservation of Ireland’s heritage for present and future generations. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), which has responsibility...

Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland: Statements (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on the report, Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland, which was released on 14 September and prepared by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC. The report focuses on six dimensions of adequate housing that were identified in the International Covenant on...

Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland: Statements (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I apologise because I had expected to have a little more time to work on this but the debate arrived a little early for me. Before I summarise, I will try to address some of the points raised by Deputies. Again, I thank all Deputies for their contributions and thank the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the ESRI for this very important report. I want to emphasise that this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. I have a response from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine but in quick response to the Senator's two asks on the restriction of use in household gardens I wholeheartedly agree. People can buy stuff off the shelf in supermarkets and garden centres for domestic use. People should stop doing it. I do not recommend people...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator. She showed me photographs of some beautiful hedgehogs before we came into the Chamber. They are essential to our biodiversity. It is essential that we have connected habitats for nature. Natural pest control should work far better. Barn owls on a farm are natural predators and pest control in themselves. We need to restore nature as part of this bigger picture....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Homeless Persons Supports (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for raising this really important issue. Yesterday, I opened the Little Houses exhibition in Collins Barracks with the young people from Stoneybatter Youth Service. I urge the Senator, if he gets a chance, to go and look at that exhibition. It highlighted young people's experiences during lockdown of being at home and lots of the myriad issues they faced, in particular...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Homeless Persons Supports (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I agree with the Senator. As a statistic, 2,344 is way too high a number. We want, and the Government is committed, to end homelessness. I reiterate that addressing homelessness is a priority of the Government. Budget 2022 reflects this priority with provision of €194 million in funding for homelessness services. When account is taken of Covid-related costs, this is an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (3 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Community Monuments Fund was first established as part of the 2020 July Jobs Stimulus in response to the Covid emergency. Over 2020 and 2021, some 200 heritage projects have been funded to the value of €5.35 million. The grants available under the Community Monuments Fund help custodians and owners of archaeological monuments to safeguard them into the future for the benefit of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (3 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Community Monuments Fund was first established as part of the 2020 July Jobs Stimulus in response to the Covid emergency. Over 2020 and 2021, some 200 heritage projects have been funded to the value of €5.35 million. The grants available under the Community Monuments Fund help custodians and owners of archaeological monuments to safeguard them into the future for the benefit of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I received the final report of the Chair of the Working Group mentioned by the Deputy on 20 October 2021. I am considering the report carefully with a view to publishing it in due course. I am very grateful for the work of Dr. Prasad, the members of the working group and all who contributed to the report.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: My statutory remit and responsibility as Minister does not include regulation of the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. However, to assist in addressing the important issues around horticultural peat for domestic purposes, I set up an Independent Working Group under the Chair of Dr. Munoo Prasad. The potential of alternatives to the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Wildlife Licensing Unit of the National Parks & Wildlife Service of my Department has made contact with the person in question and is currently resolving the issue directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the number and names of residential service providers that have established family forums; the steps taken by his Department and the HSE to support residential support providers establish family forums; his views on the effect of the family forums on the quality of life of day service users, residents and their families; and if he will make a statement on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Process (9 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I agree. This is an important issue, certainly politically for candidates but also for the right of constituents to exercise their vote in their areas and DEDs. It is critically important. Article 16 of the Constitution sets out clearly and distinctly the overarching requirements that apply to the membership of Dáil Éireann. In addition, and complementary to the constitutional...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Process (9 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I agree wholeheartedly with the Senator and it is critically important. If one looks at where we are now, it is going to be a very short time once the commission is established. As I have said, it is going to be tasked with quite a significant body of work from the outset but this part of that work is going to be critically important, given that there will be an electoral event in 2024 and,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Diseases (9 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Seanadóirí. I thank both Senators for raising this really important issue. While the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department licenses the hunting of deer and actively manages deer on its property, it does not own the deer population nor is it responsible for cordoning it into specific areas of land. Deer populations are mobile by their...