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Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No.1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "recognises that: — the Government's Housing for All: A New Housing Plan for Ireland (Housing for All) is working, with more new homes built in 2022, the first full year of the Housing for All plan, than any year in the last decade; — supply is key to improving our...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Funding (9 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for giving me the opportunity to outline today the position on the LPT baseline review, which is an important piece of work that will be progressed in the Department this year. The LPT was introduced to provide a stable and sustainable funding base for the local authority sector, providing greater levels of connection between local revenue and associated expenditure...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Funding (9 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I will give a quick list of all the additional work that local authorities are doing, including in areas such as active travel, town centre first, the expansion of services around arts and culture, social inclusion, integration and local community development committees, LCDCs. These are all extra services provided by local authorities and a welcome increase in their range of functions,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I understand that the consultation is being led by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which has re-established the deer forum. We are conscious of the deer population. We need better data and statistics, but there has been good engagement with the public consultation and we are getting a better picture of the situation. It is important-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I cannot say, as it is being led by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir as an gceist seo. This is an important issue relating to planning permission in respect of holiday homes and holiday villages. In this regard, the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, requires that all developments that are not exempted developments are required to obtain planning permission. This may include where a permission for a...

Council Development Levies: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I also welcome the pupils and wish them a happy St. Brigid's Day. It is important to have robust debate and it is good to see such impassioned contributions in the Chamber. Before I close, I will try to reflect on some of the contributions made by Deputies since I came into the Chamber. Quite a lot of the issues raised were not particularly related to the motion but they are related to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: To give assurance to both Deputies, it is important to follow up on this in regard to looking at our Department and perhaps the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in particular regarding retrofits and to ensure that we work towards eliminating mould from properties. I say this in regard to flats and social housing stock and all housing stock. That is critically...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: This is an issue I have dealt with at a local level in respect, in particular, of Traveller accommodation. It is a very serious public health issue. I absolutely agree that it needs to be tackled. In accordance with section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, local authorities are legally responsible for the management and maintenance of their housing stock. Local authorities also have a legal...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I am sharing time with Deputy Matthews. I welcome the opportunity to address the House on Ireland's new forestry strategy. I commend my colleague the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, on her Trojan work in securing an unprecedented €1.3 billion to execute this key pillar of Ireland's climate action plan over the next five years and the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, on his...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as an gceist seo. The aim of the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 is to afford time for housing supply to increase and to reduce the burden on homelessness services and the pressure on tenants and the residential tenancies market. To assist in managing demands on housing services after the winter...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I am not familiar with the specifics of the cases the Deputy has raised. If he would bring them forward to us, it would be useful. While there are no further proposals in respect of the extension of the current moratorium, the Department is keeping this under constant review and our Department has commenced work on an overall review of the private rented sector, as committed to under a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: The State is intervening at an unprecedented scale in dealing with the homelessness crisis and the issues of residential tenancies. Specifically, our Department is reviewing the case to which the Deputy refers. I give that assurance to the Deputy. So far I cannot speak any further to it but it is under review.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Data relating to new dwelling completions is published by the CSO on a quarterly basis. There are three new dwelling classification types:- single house, scheme house and apartment. Single dwellings are defined as one-off dwellings connected to the ESB network. The ESB domestic connections dataset provides information on the type of connection and whether it is in an urban or rural area. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department’s Multi-annual Rural Water Programme, through Exchequer funding, delivers improvements to water services in areas of rural Ireland where there are no public water services. The Rural Water Working Group will shortly finalise the composition of the measures for inclusion for funding under the upcoming multi-annual programme. When I have had an opportunity to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government supports the uptake of Uisce Éireann's Small Towns and Villages Growth Programme 2020-2024, to provide water and waste water growth capacity in smaller settlements that would otherwise not be provided for in Uisce Éireann's capital investment plan. I understand that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities has approved an allocation of almost...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Official Engagements (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I attended the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal in December and was delighted to address the High-Level Segment of the meeting on behalf of Ireland. The Irish delegation, led by my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service, negotiated at COP as part of the European Union. The position of the EU and its Member States supported an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: The Electoral Reform Act 2022, delivers the legislative underpinning for a range of significant electoral reforms set out in the “Programme for Government – Our Shared Future”. Provisions commenced on 13 October under S.I. No. 512 of 2022, included provisions which modernise electoral registration, including the requirement for each registration authority to establish...

Nagoya Protocol: Motion (24 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Convention on Biological Diversity Protocol: Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, a copy of which has been laid before Dáil Éireann on 8th December, 2022.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh, agus leis an coiste. I thank them for the opportunity to address them as we move to ratify the Nagoya Protocol. It is a landmark agreement in the international governance of biodiversity that was adopted at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties on 29 October 2010 in Japan. While it has taken longer than we might have liked, I am proud that...