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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department has responsibility for implementation of the European Communities (Licensing and Inspection of Zoos) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 440/2003) which deal with the inspection, licensing and regulation of zoos. These Regulations give effect in the national context to the EU Zoo Directive (Directive 1999/22/EC of 29 March 1999 of the Council of the European Union). The National...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (1 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to review the remit, status and funding of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to ensure that it is playing an effective role in delivering its overall mandate and enforcement role in the protection of wildlife. I have decided that the review should be headed by an independent chairperson overseeing a triptych review process...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Planning Framework (1 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I will address the national planning framework, NPF, first, if that is okay, because my understanding was that the question particularly related to one-off housing. I will, however, specifically reference the issues the Senator spoke about. First, to clarify, the national planning framework does not either remove one-off local needs planning for rural houses or impose rezoning or de-zoning...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Planning Framework (1 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: It is primarily a matter for the local authority and its members to work on the core strategy with the executive. This is the important point. There is a core strategy in the development plan that is able to give capacity to the smaller towns and villages in the county development plan. All of the development plans are aligned at present and making their way through the process. They have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Promotion (3 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together. My Department provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through two grant schemes which are, in the main, administered by the local authorities. These are the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) and the Historic Structures Fund (HSF). This year I also introduced the Community Monuments...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Data (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Deputy Joan Collins for raising these important issues. I am deeply sorry to hear of those particular incidents which she raised. It is a matter the Government is taking seriously. In addressing homelessness, our approach is to prevent it, where possible, and to provide support services for those who need them, invest in housing and move people out of homelessness. There...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Data (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I assure Deputy Joan Collins that our Department takes this matter seriously. It is right that homelessness, along with the challenges we face in addressing it, are discussed here today. The death of any person accessing homeless services is a matter of deep concern to us all. I want to express my sympathies again to the families and friends of loved ones who have found themselves in such...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Data (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: Absolutely, I would wholeheartedly agree. It is something I will take back to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien. We have reiterated a commitment that it should not happen and it should not be the case that anyone who seeks accommodation would be turned away from a homeless service. We will investigate it as a matter of urgency.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Data (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I take on board that point.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Ireland (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: 87. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on the policy of Enterprise Ireland that companies producing hemp-based products cannot be supported by grants; if he will request Enterprise Ireland to review this policy given the Programme for Government commitment to fully explore the potential for growing fibre crops such as hemp, considering whether these crops have...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Ireland (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: 88. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason a company (details supplied) did not receive a grant from Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41333/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Culls (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: The review of mink predation and control of mink population in Ireland, commissioned by the National Parks & Wildlife Service of my Department in 2009 (full reference and link below), provides a detailed breakdown of the costs associated with effective mink eradication programmes. One of the major costs of such a programme would be the employment of appropriate staff with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: Applications for the emergency funding scheme for zoos, announced on the 21st November, have been received to date from 64 establishments. Under the scheme, these zoos and aquaria are allocated an amount of funding based on the size and costs involved in maintaining the welfare of their animal collections. €500,000 has been set aside for small and medium zoos...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Horticulture Sector (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: This is a sector with which I am very familiar. I worked as a landscape gardener for many years prior to and while still in politics. I am very much familiar with the issue and very much in support of the amenity horticulture side of it and in terms of nursery stocks. In January 2019, the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Peat Extraction) Regulations 2019 and the Planning...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Guidelines (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Senator Wall for raising this important issue. It has been raised in the Dáil by my colleague, Deputy Steven Matthews, as well. I also thank the campaign group, Changing Places, for the work it has been doing on this.The purpose of the building regulations is primarily to protect the health, safety and welfare of people in and around buildings. While both codes deal with the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. I will outline to the Seanad the current position in respect of pyrite remediation at St. Patrick's National School in Diswellstown, Dublin 15, and the purchase of the adjacent field to accommodate remediation works and expansion of the school. St. Patrick's National School in Diswellstown was constructed under a design-and-build...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fuel Poverty (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Senator Boylan for raising this important issue, and it is something that I feel strongly about myself, particularly when it comes to low-income families, and the Senator mentioned the Traveller community. She is correct that these groups are much more exposed to high energy costs than wider society, and I accept her point. I am taking this Commencement matter on behalf of my...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Senator Byrne for making a very pertinent point about young people. In the previous Commencement debate we discussed energy poverty. The phenomenon of transport poverty has a real impact on young people's ability to access training and the labour market. I absolutely appreciate that. I am taking this Commencement matter on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, who is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: I will certainly bring back and communicate those points. Senator Byrne can be assured that the Department of Transport is aware of the challenges facing the RSA as it works hard to manage further the backlog in the driver testing service. While the service was limited during level 5 restrictions, the RSA is examining ways of increasing the number of tests, within the health constraints,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (8 Dec 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: We spoke before about west Cork, and I stated that it is one of my family's favourite places to visit. We were lucky to get there again this summer. The Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has responsibility for overall policy and funding regarding the national roads programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, under the...