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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 699 and 751 together. The Minister is empowered under section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to direct a planning authority to take measures to ensure that its development plan complies with national or regional planning policy, upon receipt of a recommendation on the matter from the Office of the Planning Regulator (the Office). The decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the reply to Questions No. 420, 475, 476 and 513 of 21 March 2023 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Updated Rural Housing Planning Guidelines are currently being prepared by my Department. The updated guidelines will expand on the high level spatial planning policy of the National Planning Framework (NPF), in particular on National Policy Objective (NPO) 19 which relates to rural housing. This objective makes a clear policy distinction between rural areas under urban influence (i.e. areas...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Development contribution charges to be applied on developers are set at the planning permission stage but are not collectable by the relevant local authority until after the development work commences. Commencement notices are issued by the developer to the local authority and these generally trigger the raising of the charge. The normal practice is for the developer to issue a commencement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: In my role as Minister with responsibility for planning, I have no function in relation to the health and safety of telecommunications masts. The Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures Guidelines (1996) which were published by my Department, advise that planning authorities should not include monitoring arrangements as part of planning permission conditions nor determine planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens' Assembly (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Advertising is regulated through the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act) and through the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations). Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations provides exemptions for certain types of advertisements. Under Class 1 of part 2 of Schedule 2, Illuminated advertisements exhibited on business premises, wholly with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the current baseline funding allocation model, every local authority has a minimum level of non-programme funding available to it, known as its baseline. Baseline funding comes from Local Property Tax income (LPT) and is supplemented by the exchequer where a local authority’s LPT income is less than their baseline level. There was a previous review of the baseline funding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: As required under legislation, every local authority published a draft map identifying land liable to the tax on 1 November 2022. Submissions could be made by interested parties, up to 1 January 2023 challenging whether land met the criteria for the tax, identifying additional land which may meet the criteria for the tax or where made by a landowner, a rezoning request to remove the land...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (30 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 provided for an exemption, up until the end of 2021, from the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises, including vacant or under-utilised areas over ground-floor shops and offices, to residential use. This measure was aimed at facilitating the productive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (30 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act), local authorities are required to maintain a derelict sites register, which includes the name and address of each owner and occupier, where these can be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, of any land which, in the opinion of the local authority, is a derelict site. Under section 8(5) of the Act, a copy of the derelict sites register for any local...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am delighted to be back in the Seanad. I was a Member previously and I value its contribution hugely. I have a relatively short time, so I want to address the points Members have raised, as distinct from the contribution from the Minister. I will provide a lot of information about what we have rolled out in our plans. We built 30,000 units last year. We propose to exceed that figure...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have given them additional staff. The Department keeps it under constant review and I am currently embarking on a tour of all local authorities to find out exactly what is happening on the ground. The Department will take on board any additional resource requirements. We want to keep people in their homes. I will move on. Senator Black is not present. However, she spoke about a...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is exactly what she said.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I was here.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is great to see Sinn Féin defending Labour.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to get through the questions.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Boyd Barrett and I fundamentally disagree with each other. The Government believes that private landlords have a role to play.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Tóibín again made reference to the private rental sector. I agree with Deputies Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins and Danny Healy-Rae. We need a functioning rental market. I take the point raised by Deputy Michael Healy-Rae about development and looking at planning legislation. I take Deputy O'Donoghue's point about infrastructure. On Deputy McNamara's point, we can look...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have a housing policy. Deputy Ó Broin might not agree with it, but I am more concerned that the people who are homeless know that these measures are place. The advice to people is to go to their local authority in all circumstances. We are putting the resources in place to ensure people are prevented from going into homelessness.