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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of the Child (25 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative requirements that are required in relation to the Second Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; if she has an estimated timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26822/22]

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Peter Burke: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this Private Members' Bill on behalf of the Government. As the House is aware, new arrangements to regulate the short-term letting sector under the planning code were introduced in July 2019. The principal aim of the legislation was to return much-needed accommodation being used for short-term letting purposes in the designated rent pressure...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide grants for conversion to hydrotreated vegetable oil from kerosene to enable the de-carbonisation of old housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), I - in my role as Minister with responsibility for planning - am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case, including an enforcement issue, with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned.  Under planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (24 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Further to Question No. 189 of 4 May last, the development contribution income figures for local authorities nationally in respect of 2019 and 2020 are set out in the first table below. The Development Contribution Debtor figures for 2020 in the second table indicate the aggregate amount of development contributions payable to local authorities that had invoices issued in 2020 and previous...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (24 May 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department commenced a pilot Caravan Loan Scheme to improve access to traditional Traveller-specific accommodation options for Traveller families in July 2021 for a trial period of 6 months, following consultation with stakeholders including the local authorities, the National Traveller MABS and the Traveller representative organisations. The participating local authorities are Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be re-considered as the base school for the cluster special education teaching hours applicable as was the situation in the past in order to maintain its permanent teacher positions in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs unit be available for second-level students in Athlone, County Westmeath; the number of pupils who are on the waiting list who are currently receiving home tuition in lieu of school placement in Athlone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the extension of kaftrio drug therapy to all children with cystic fibrosis aged 6 to11 years as in the case of a child (details supplied). [26327/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (18 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Addressing vacancy and dereliction, and maximising the use of the existing housing stock, is a priority objective of the Government, as evidenced by the recently published Housing for All - A New Housing Plan for Irelandwhere one of the four pathways in the plan is specifically dedicated to this area. My Department continues to liaise with local authorities on the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (18 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020. The Commissioner of Valuation has sole responsibility for valuation matters, including determination of relevant property under the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an urgent review of the work permit system will be instigated by his Department with a view to including hospitality staff, including chefs in the critical skills criteria who would then be eligible to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Peter Burke: 168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the critical staff shortages in the hospitality sector in both skilled and unskilled levels; the steps that have been taken to address these skills shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24780/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (17 May 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. The review is addressing a number of key aspects including noise, setback distance, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid connections. Guidance on the noise aspect is currently being finalised by my Department in conjunction with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/service/9e4ee-get-planning-statistics/. However, the data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department, in conjunction with the Department of Health, published the "Housing Options for Our Ageing Population" policy statement in 2019 which provides policy options in support of a range of housing and accommodation alternatives for older people. The policy statement, together with two Implementation Group reports, are available on the Government's website at:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (17 May 2022)

Peter Burke: An Organisational Review of An Bord Pleanála was undertaken by an independent expert panel and published in March 2016. An Implementation Group, comprising representation from my Department and An Bord Pleanála (the Board), was established to oversee the implementation of the Review recommendations. The Review contains 101 recommendations relating to legislative provisions,...

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

Peter Burke: With regard to the initiation of a variation to a development plan outside a plan review period, Section 13(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) states that: “A planning authority may at any time, for stated reasons, decide to make a variation of a development plan which for the time being is in force”. The functions under Section 13(1) above are not...

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

Peter Burke: Section 40 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended ('the Act') specifies that the appropriate period for the completion of a planning permission shall generally be 5 years, unless otherwise specified by the planning authority pursuant to Section 41. Section 42 of the Act enables the holder of a planning permission to apply to a planning authority for up to two extensions to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 May 2022)

Peter Burke: Legislative reforms to regulate the short-term letting sector through the planning code, in areas designated as “rent pressure zones” (RPZs), were introduced under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 which came into effect on 1 July 2019. Notwithstanding the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, significant work on the...