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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (9 Jun 2020)

Damien English: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs, the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Service Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (9 Jun 2020)

Damien English: Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 introduced a system of statutory registration for architects and restricted use of the title of "architect" to persons who are registered architects. Section 22 of the Act makes specific provision for registration based on technical assessment of persons who had been independently performing duties commensurate with those of an architect for a period...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: Architectural Technologists are not currently classed as a regulated profession in Ireland. This means that there is no designated competent authority, which has the power to approve or restrict access to the profession in Ireland under national or EU law. In early 2016, Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) published Awards Standards for Architectural Technology award. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs, the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Service Acts, 1981 and 2003.  My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: As I recently outlined in my response to Question No 1265 of 13 May 2020, my responsibilities regarding seaweed are limited to the provisions of the Foreshore Act 1933 which, in terms of seaweed, involve my Department processing applications for the hand harvesting of seaweed which then come before me for determination. These responsibilities do not include either the promotion or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1166 and 1167 together. The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Service Acts 1981 and 2003.  My Department supports fire...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: The provision of fire services is a statutory function of fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. The receipt of calls from the public for assistance by the fire service is provided on a 'shared service' basis by three Regional Communications Centres (RCCs) at Limerick, Castlebar and Dublin.   The vast majority of incidents requiring fire service...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: Responsibility for the provision of emergency medical services, including pre-hospital emergency care, rests with the Health Service Executive (HSE) which operates the National Ambulance Service and emergency departments in hospitals in accordance with health sector legislation and national policy. Fire authorities created under section 10 of the Fire Services Act, 1981 & 2003 are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Service Acts 1981 and 2003.  My Department supports fire authorities through general policy setting and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist the authorities in providing such accommodation, including a national framework of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: In response to the COVID-19 health emergency, I and my Department have engaged with all local authorities and Traveller representative groups to put a responsive plan in place to address identified and emerging health risks to the Traveller population nationwide, particularly as some members of the Traveller community, such as those living on sites with limited facilities, may be particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1223 and 1224 together. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: As part of the Government's commitment to extend our network of marine protected areas (MPAs) under the National Biodiversity Action Plan (2017-2021) and the requirements of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive,  I established and launched the first meeting of the MPA Advisory Group on 18 December 2019. This independent advisory body consists of 19 senior experts and is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Obesity Strategy (3 Jun 2020)

Damien English: A Healthy Weight for Ireland - Obesity Policy and Action Plan 2016-2025" was published by the Department of Health in 2016 and lead responsibility is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Health. ‘A Healthy Weight for Ireland’ will cover a ten year period until 2025 and sets targets to be achieved and actions that will produce measurable outcomes. Step 2 of the action plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (27 May 2020)

Damien English: The provision of fire services in local authority areas, including the establishment and maintenance of fire brigades, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises, is a statutory function of the individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a...