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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have been asked by the humanitarian Cabinet committee to extend the regulations to include Ukrainians under the existing international protection regulations. That is a whole-of-government request. Government has to make choices. I have a couple of points to make. The guidelines for buildings for this purpose were recently revised to reflect a move towards independent living. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator will appreciate that the response to the incoming Ukrainians was an emergency response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I take the Senator's point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Department of the Taoiseach has set up a dedicated accommodation working group. It will consider all strands of accommodation for people who are beneficiaries of temporary and international protection, including Ukrainians. A review is ongoing. The regulations have only been up and running since last November. However, I will go back to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, about it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I cannot answer that because the regulations are relatively recent. Furthermore everything has been about an emergency response. The request we got was on foot of the humanitarian subcommittee's statement that the current structures for securing accommodation do not allow it to get the requisite emergency accommodation. The Deputy raised further points, which are valid and I undertake to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: What will happen is that the regulations will be signed. Following that, we will commence the sections of the Act that have to be commenced and then a circular will be issued by the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: These regulations will enable the Minister to commence the sections of the Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022. The final part is that the Department will issue a circular to the local authorities giving guidance on interpreting the legislation and regulations. It the standard approach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The developer has to notify the local authority that works are commencing. Then the local authority will inspect the work to ensure it is to the appropriate requisite standard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, and the local authority will then do the inspection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is a reasonable request and something I will certainly take back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is something we would be very supportive of as a Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have been busy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I appreciate the sentiments of Deputies Canney and O'Sullivan, on which I will make several points. It is a firm priority for the Government that people can continue to live in rural areas where they were reared. Deputy Canney asked that people be allowed to build and live in rural areas. We want this. Croí Cónaithe is a nationwide scheme. We want people to restore old houses...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: To respond to Deputy Canney, we want to address the inconsistencies, apart from the underlying principle that we want people to continue to be able to live in rural areas. The guidelines will be key to this. In the planning legislation we are bringing forward we are looking at ministerial statements. There is an inconsistency in the way local authorities interpret. We want to make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Gearagh, as the Deputy mentioned, is a privately owned site and has not been considered for national park status. My Department does not own or manage any part of this special area of conservation, SAC, which is owned largely by the ESB. A management plan scoping exercise was undertaken by ESB International on behalf of the ESB in 2016 and 2017. The National Parks and Wildlife Service,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy has made constructive comments. As he is aware, the NPWS is engaging with the ESB on the monitoring of the site. There have been positive findings in scientific surveys. I undertake to ask the NPWS to engage with the ESB in order to address the particular issues the Deputy has raised, which are very reasonable requests, on the basis that the electricity output from this site is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: By way of a structured approach, as I have said, the NPWS is engaging with the ESB and there were positive findings from the scientific surveys. To move the matter forward, we have asked the NPWS to continue to engage with the ESB. Maybe we could set up a meeting between the Deputy and the assistant secretary in the Department with responsibility for heritage to see what can be done in...