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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (28 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I again thank the Senator. It is a very important issue. The Senator has outlined the media discourse in the last week with regard to the effect it had on a student in terms of their interaction with the SEC and the oral Irish paper. When there are issues like that, they need to be responded to. I will bring them to the attention of the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, specifically the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue on behalf of his community and Summercove national school in Kinsale. I first want to offer the apologies of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. The project for Summercove national school, Kinsale, is included in the Department's construction programme, which is being delivered under the national development plan. The brief for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: Obviously, this is not my area of responsibility, but I will raise this matter with the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, and her Department. What the Senator is saying is key. We are experiencing very unusual increases and inflation. One can see in competition across public procurement projects that this will become very difficult. We therefore have to be able to deliver these...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (28 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Byrne for raising these important matters on the implementation of the Moorhead report and the issues of the devolving local powers down to local government. On 1 July 2021, new regulations came into effect to reform the framework of financial supports for councillors to allow them to continue to carry out their statutory functions and community representational role in an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (28 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Malcolm Byrne for his kind comments. Regarding appointments, I note the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform oversees the Public Appointments Service and all appointments. I will liaise with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, regarding this matter. I fully understand the valid point being made by the Senator. As someone who...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (28 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Gallagher for his important intervention in this area. I also agree with the sentiments expressed about the tours of the Houses. It is great to see people back in the Gallery. It is important that the Oireachtas is open to students and for people to be able to see the great work that goes on here. The duration of planning permission is generally set at five years, but...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (28 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for his intervention. This decision was taken during the Covid period. The Minister took the decision to allow five-year planning permissions to take their course and not extend them as has been done heretofore. I will raise it. I understand the issue in terms of many one-off planning applicants in my constituency. Many of them were not fully aware of this when it...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: As I have previously outlined to the House, following the outlining of a variety of concerns from both sectors that were first brought to my attention during the development of the National Marine Planning Framework, I instructed my Department officials to establish a Seafood/ORE working group to assist the managed introduction of the offshore renewables industry into the maritime area. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: A foreshore licence issued under section 3 the Foreshore Act 1933, as amended, is generally granted for short-term, temporary activities which do not require exclusive occupation of the Foreshore. Activities which are the subject of a foreshore licence application generally relate to site investigations, dredging and sporting events or developments such as pipes and cables. Where exclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that 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 in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the microgeneration scheme will be operational to allow for the payment of domestic supply to the national grid following the installation of smart meters in domestic settings with solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19309/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when grant information will be available for the heavy goods vehicle transport market to encourage the transition from traditional fossil fuelled vehicles to electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: The General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021, published in April 2021, contains provisions necessary to allow a local authority hold a plebiscite on the topic of directly elected mayor with executive functions for their administrative area, with the plebiscite to be held in tandem with the local...