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Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 4 In page 17, line 31, to delete “under this subsection” and substitute “under subsection (1)”. This amendment seeks to correct the drafting, which requires section 25(3) to refer to an order made under subsection (1).

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 26, line 38, to delete “and”. This is a drafting provision.

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 26, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: “(e) in section 56(2), by the substitution of “revision manager” for “revision officer” in each place where it occurs,”.

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 26, line 41, to delete “part”.” and substitute the following: “part”, (f) in section 67A, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6): “(6) The production to a court or Tailte Éireann of a certificate issued under subsection (4), purporting to state the value of a property...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 31, to delete lines 3 to 5 and substitute the following: " No. 13 of 2001 Valuation Act 2001 Sections 9, other than subsections (2) and (11), 10(2) and (3), 11, 41, 68 and 69 ".

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 31, to delete lines 6 and 7 and substitute the following: No. 43 of 2001 Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001 Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 11 to 30

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: On behalf of my colleagues, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, I welcome the opportunity to speak on the important issue of our capital city. I wish to inform the House of my Department's policy initiatives in Dublin city, including local authority funding, emergency services and housing. Like...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (16 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: An application for compensation under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (CTCCS) administered by my Department was received on 18th May 2012 from the individual referred to in the Deputy’s question. The qualification criteria for the scheme are that: - The applicant must have had a legal interest/ownership or a Turbary Right (right to cut turf) in one of the 53 Raised...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (16 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Lough Carra is the largest marl lake in Ireland and is part of the Great Western Lakes complex. It covers over 1,500 hectares and is joined to Lough Mask by the Keel River. It has many islands and a shoreline of bays and promontories, all on a bedrock of limestone. The lake is an internationally important scientific and nature conservation site, largely in state ownership and it is designated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department is continuing to liaise with the Office of Public Works, which is the lead, on this matter. The question of the suggested legislation does not arise at this point.

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Before I deliver my closing speech, I will address a couple of points raised. On Deputy Connolly's question regarding the report, the Galway task force will follow that up for her. A couple of Deputies have mentioned an overreliance on HAP. That is something the Government is addressing by trying to reduce that overreliance. On Deputy Wynne's point, the wording for the referendum on...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This section is about the cumulative effects of smaller abstractions and the threshold that the Senators mentioned. This would be captured as part of the regular water framework directive monitoring, with sophisticated flow modelling and field investigations by local authorities' water programmes. The registration threshold is sufficient to capture over 99% of the volume of water abstracted...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The suggested amendment would only relate to a temporary measure to alleviate acute animal welfare concerns. A permanent and foreseen abstraction for the purposes of animal welfare concerns, which is above the registration threshold, should be placed on the register. The amendment is not accepted as section 9(3)(b) of the Bill provides for an exemption for temporary abstraction to...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Section 9, dealing with exemptions is included to ensure that where such exemptions are appropriate and allowed for under the water framework directive, they can be exercised if necessary. The scope of the exemptions that would potentially be permitted by regulations made under this section is strictly limited and these activities are listed in section 9. No specific organisations are...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment is not accepted as the Environmental Protection Agency will be subject to data protection law - the Data Protection Acts 1998 to 2018, the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 and the general data protection regulation, GDPR. Only the appropriate non-personal information relating to the abstraction will ever be published by the agency. This is similar to what the EPA does...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This section enables public authorities, including local authorities, to submit an opinion to the EPA that the abstraction would be better regulated by the EPA despite it otherwise falling under local authorities' responsibility. It is an added element to ensure that abstractions that are identified as posing a risk to the relevant water bodies are properly controlled. Removing this section...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Section 23(2)(b)(v) provides for the information included in annex IV of the EIA directive by reference to the transposing legislation, namely, the 2001 planning and development regulations. Where any change is made to the EIA directive requirements, the 2001 regulations will also be updated so that the reference in the Bill remains valid and up to date. The Department is satisfied that all...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment ensures that the agency has discretion in granting a licence to abstractors who have come to its attention for breaches of a licence where the agency, in its expert opinion, believes that such breaches do not warrant outright refusal of a future licence. In some cases, these breaches will be minor and amenable to simple rectification through the standard enforcement actions....

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: These insertions correct a drafting omission that, if uncorrected, would result in instances where an impoundment that was not previously subject to a joint licence was omitted from the requirements of the subsection. This insertion is required to ensure the protection of the environment as well as the conditions of existing licences reliant on a given associated impoundment. Subsection (5)...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The powers in section 61(2)(d) and (e) are based on section 13 of the Water Supplies Act 1942 and must be retained in their full form in this Bill to allow for the 1942 Act to be repealed. Furthermore, the exercise of these powers is subject to an objections procedure provided for in sections 64 to 68, inclusive, and the compensation provisions in sections 69, 72 and 82. The objections...