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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Zone Management (25 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Government established the Inter-Departmental Group on Managing Coastal Change to scope out an approach for the development of a national co-ordinated and integrated strategy to manage the projected impact of coastal change to our coastal communities. The Inter-Departmental Group is jointly chaired by my Department and the OPW and will bring forward options and recommendations for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regulatory Bodies (25 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: An Bord Pleanála (the Board) has informed my Department that the development and roll-out of the Board’s ICT systems to better enable e-planning remains a significant priority and the current phase of development aims to facilitate applications and appeals to be made online, linking in with the planning authorities’ own e-Planning initiative. The Board introduced...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The information requested is provided in the two Tables below. Table 1 provides information in respect of the period July 2019 (when the short-term letting regulations - i.e. the Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 235 of 2019) - were introduced) until the end of Q4 2020. In that initial period, local authorities were not requested to identify and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 219 together. It is my Department’s policy that, where there is a requirement identified by a local authority for Traveller accommodation, it is to provide permanent accommodation insofar as possible, while at the same time respecting the nomadic tradition of the Traveller community. However, cognisant of emergencies which arise from time...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Jan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Jan 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 assist...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department sought and received sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to roll out a pilot Caravan Loan Scheme to improve access to traditional Traveller-specific accommodation options for Traveller families. Following consultation with stakeholders, including the local authorities, the National Traveller MABS and Traveller representative organisations, a pilot...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: 46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the Future of Media Commission report; if the report has been completed and submitted to his Department and the Government; and when it is planned to consider and publish this report. [63440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Grant Payments (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of grants that were provided in 2020 and 2021 for wheelchair accessible taxis in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the possibility of including the R392 in the Connecting Ireland plan by the National Transport Authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: 326. To ask the Minister for Finance if the acquirer of a regulated entity authorised under section 10 of the Investment Intermediaries Act 1995 must notify the Central Bank. [1257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: 421. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the Future of Media Commission report; if the report has been completed and submitted to her Department and the Government; when it is planned to consider and publish this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Local Government Reform Act 2014 (2014 Establishment Day) Order 2014 provides that 1 June 2014 is the establishment day for the purposes of the Local Government Reform Act 2014.  Section 54 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 which makes provision for the position of chief executive in relation to each local authority has applied since 1 June 2014. The provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Undefined (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: Supporting the development and growth of towns and villages across Ireland is a major priority for this Government and to this end policy interventions are being pursued across a number of Government Departments and are being implemented by local authorities around the country. I am committed to the regeneration of our towns and a package of measures to support the revitalisation of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 was been recently passed by the Oireachtas and was signed into law on 23 December 2021. This legislation puts in place a comprehensive and coherent planning system for Ireland's entire maritime area. It sets out four key pillars on which our maritime planning system is to be based, namely: forward planning; the establishment of the Maritime Area...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 to 465, inclusive, together. Each local authority is required to prepare an Annual Financial Statement (AFS) by the end of March following year end and to publish it by the end of June. These financial statements undergo an independent audit by the Local Government Audit Service. When all audits are complete, my Department publishes a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his functions. Decisions with regard to the optimum work programme of the Valuation Office, including the selection, sequencing and grouping of rating authority areas for revaluation, are a matter for the independent Commissioner, taking into account the extensive valuation work required in each case and in terms of engaging...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commemorative Events (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: In general, my Department has no function in relation to commemorations such as those outlined in the question and I am not aware of any funding request from the local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Cost of Disability in Ireland report provides useful research to inform the ongoing development and implementation of policy in this area. The National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group, under the leadership of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and on which my Department is represented, will be the mechanism through which issues...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the exercise of his functions under the Valuation Acts 2001-2020. The making of valuations for rating purposes is the sole responsibility of the Commissioner and I, as Minister, have no function in decisions in this regard. Under Irish law there is a distinct separation of function between the valuation of rateable property and the setting...