Results 2,561-2,580 of 7,983 for speaker:Peter Burke

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I have listened carefully to many of the Deputies opposite in their well-intentioned arguments on the increase in the cost of living. As a rural Deputy in Longford-Westmeath, I too, through my weekly clinics, meet very vulnerable people every single week that I attend Dáil Éireann and right through the year, people who are trying to find a solution, who are looking for help and who...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: The Publication of a Town Centres First (TCF) policy is a commitment of the Programme for Government. It coordinates with established national policy objectives (in National Planning Framework and Our Rural Future) to address the decline in the health of our towns and sets out actions to regenerate and revitalise them. The TCF policy was launched in Moate, Co. Westmeath on 4thFebruary last...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Political Funding (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: Since 2019, funding has been made available to political parties for specific projects that they felt would increase female participation in their parties generally and therefore have a positive impact on the overall number of women running as candidates in the 2024 local elections. Initially, a set amount of funding was provided by my Department to political parties, based on the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department has received correspondence from the EU Commission in relation to the General Scheme of the Housing and Planning and Development Bill 2019 and has been in further communication with the Commission in this regard. This correspondence and communication was in the context of, and falls under, an ongoing infringement procedure (Case 2012/4028) and is therefore confidential....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: It should be noted that arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. The contact email address for An Bord Pleanála in this regard is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: The Building Control Acts 1990 to 2020 set out the statutory framework for the regulation and oversight of building activity based on: - clear legal requirements as set out in the Building Regulations; - detailed Technical Guidance Documents to outline how these requirements can be achieved in practice; - clear administrative procedures for demonstrating compliance in respect of an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an appointment for a SENO will be made (details supplied); the temporary measures that are in place to deal with queries in this area from parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8299/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 737. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) can be considered on compassionate grounds for nivolumab in view of the personal circumstances of the case. [7847/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 738. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the case of nivolumab, which has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, to be made available to patients urgently requiring this treatment; the timeframe for supplying this treatment to patients; the current position of the drug in the process for approval at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7848/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an extension will be provided to farmers to burn bushes as the derogation was delayed and permits were stopped. [7210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: €729m was recouped to local authorities to fund the cost of a 9 month rates waiver in 2020. A further €424m was recouped in respect of the 2021 rates waiver. These were unprecedented measures, which offered support to businesses and financial certainty to local authorities. The Government, in Budget 2022, announced a more targeted commercial rates waiver than had...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: Housing for All sets out a number of objectives with the aim of improving the functioning of the planning system including the comprehensive review and consolidation of planning legislation. The review forms one of the actions in Housing for All and is set in the context of the broad policy outlined therein. The review is being overseen by the Attorney General and he has appointed a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Estimate for 2022 in planning and local government. I also have responsibility for Traveller accommodation and support and housing for people with disabilities and older people. As the Minister noted, significant capital and current funding has been provided to the Department in 2022 and we are all firmly focused on ensuring the maximum output from...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Higgins very much. On the vacancy issue, we have done a very significant amount of work through our Town Centre First policy which is a very exciting new enabling policy to unlock the potential in our towns and villages right across the country and to draw these funding investment structures together to enable a ground-up approach from community groups that can work with a town...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I think 75 was the figure referred to in the reply. We must do this in a number of ways. I have been liaising strongly with the local authorities as I go around the country visiting sites. There is a very significant capital programme in Cork that I expect and hope to see commence this year. I have been down there on the ground trying to progress the programme. I have carried it forward...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: We have written to the Deputy in connection with the issue in terms of the timelines. We are working very hard to progress it. I know it has to go through the environmental thresholds, but we expect to have it shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (9 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: Provisions relating to placename changes in Part 18 of the amended Local Government Act 2001 were commenced in early 2019. Previous provisions under local government legislation were repealed. In addition, provisions in the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011, amending Part 18 of the 2001 Act, were commenced. The newly commenced provisions under the amended Part 18 of the 2001...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy again for articulating the concern of local residents in Gougane Barra. I am clear, however, about my role under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, which means that I am unable to comment on specific cases. This is clearly enshrined in the legislation. I referred to the guidelines and energy targets earlier to try to set the context regarding where the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Aindrias Moynihan for raising this matter, which is very important to his community. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage's role in relation to the planning system is primarily to provide a policy and legislative framework under which the planning authorities, An Bord Pleanála and the Office of the Planning Regulator perform their statutory planning...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Keogan for her very-well presented argument in favour of this allowance. The household benefits package comprises the electricity or gas allowance and free television licence. The Department of Social Protection will spend approximately €273 million this year on the household benefit package for more than 484,000 customers. All proposals, including any proposal to...