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

Malcolm Noonan: A timeframe of 52 weeks is included in the Bill to ensure that all claims are submitted and dealt with in an appropriate timeframe. Any claim for compensation under this section can be made only after the abstraction has commenced. Any person who believes he or she may be entitled to compensation has the duration of the licence application process, plus the additional 52 weeks provided in...

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

Malcolm Noonan: The provisions of the Bill are considered sufficient to provide for adequate compensation relating to any material impact arising from public abstractions, both permanent and temporary. There is no need for the development of a national compensation claims protocol related to material impacts arising from public abstractions. During the development of the Bill, due consideration was given...

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

Malcolm Noonan: That is a useful suggestion but it is beyond the scope of the Bill. Having said that, I acknowledge and recognise the legitimate concerns Senator Boyhan has raised, and they can be reconsidered at a later time.

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

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment corrects a drafting error to put the Acts listed in order of date.

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

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment is included to enable the Minister to contact directly persons who may be affected by an order exempting Irish Water from the requirements of all or any provision of Part 5 owing to a civil emergency under the EIA directive. When making an application for such an exemption under section 80, Irish Water will be required to furnish the Minister with the contact details of owners...

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

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment has been drafted to bring clarity to the provisions of section 83 relating to abstractions by Irish Water from reservoirs of the ESB. It ensures that the ESB shall not be held liable for the effects of an abstraction that it has permitted from one of its reservoirs but that it is not undertaking itself.

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

Malcolm Noonan: The amendments will correct clerical inaccuracies in the text. Regarding amendment No. 22 and section 96(1)(c), "exercise all or any of the powers" is the correct phrase given section 95, the section referenced, provides for the powers of authorised persons rather than their functions. Amendment No. 23, to the chapeau of section 96(2), will correct a clerical error whereby reference should...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natural Resources (15 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The proposed Nature Restoration Regulation provides an opportunity for transformative change in relation to achieving nature restoration in Ireland and the EU as a whole, which is welcomed. Healthy ecosystems provide food and food security, clean water, carbon sinks and protection against natural disasters caused by climate change. Functioning peatlands, wetlands and flood plains, in addition...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (15 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Voter.ie is an initiative of the Dublin local authorities that offers online registration via MyGovID on its front end portal and a shared back-end database within which each Dublin local authority continues to manage the electoral register for its own administrative area. The public Voter.ie portal went live in 2019 and the Dublin authorities have since run a number of awareness...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (15 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This Government’s commitment to transforming the way Ireland values nature is clearly evident in the steady increase in budget and resources for the National Parks and Wildlife Service since 2020. The National Parks and Wildlife Service will receive €52.6m in programme funding in 2023, in addition to a significant increase in staffing resources. Combined with EU funding for LIFE...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (15 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The NPWS Farm Plan Scheme, administered by my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service, is an important instrument that allows for proactive engagement with farmers in designated sites, to trial and deliver bespoke measures that support biodiversity. The NPWS Farm Plan Scheme has been enlarged this year to work with farmersand to apply and test new and innovative approaches for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (15 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: On 17th January 2022, my colleague, Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has responsibility for Horticulture at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, published the series of actions developed to support Irish horticultural growers who are dependent on peat. The Working Paper setting out the Series of Actions can be found at the following link: ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (23 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I have been advised that there is no record of an application for compensation received by my Department from the individual mentioned in the question. Officials from my Department will make contact with the individual, at the address provided, to assist with the request to apply for compensation, and a letter will issue in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (23 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: An application for compensation under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme administered by my Department was received on 1stof February 2022 from the individual referred to in the 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 Bog Special Areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (23 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The , enacted on 25 July, delivers the legislative underpinning for a range of significant electoral reforms set out in the “Programme for Government – Our Shared Future”. Provisions commenced on 13 October under , included those provisions necessary for the introduction of the new processes in relation to electoral registration. The reforms include the introduction of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the committee for affording me the opportunity to present these proposed planning and development (exempted development) regulations. The proposed regulations amend provisions in the principal Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2021 relating to development that is exempt from the requirement to obtain planning permission. Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together. On the 17 November 2022, there were 29 full time ecologists working in the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s (NPWS) Scientific Advice and Research Directorate. There are no part time scientific staff in the Directorate at this time. Workforce planning and assignment of staff to specific areas of work in the Directorate are a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department operates a grant scheme for rethatching houses that are more than ten years old and that are normal places of residence. The current maximum grant is €3,810; a higher grant (up to €5,714) may be payable for houses on specified Islands; for Medical Card holders, the maximum grant is €6,350, or up to 80% of the approved cost (€8,252 for specified...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: An application for compensation under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme has been received by my Department from the individual referred to in the Deputy’s question. Correspondence issued on 2nd November 2022 and larger maps have now been issued to the individual as requested.