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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2018 - S.I. No. 30 of 2018 - which came into operation on 8 February 2018, provide for an exemption from the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises, including vacant areas above ground floor premises, to residential use. This measure was aimed at facilitating...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 260 and 305 together. The Traveller Accommodation Expert Review report, published in July 2019, reviewed the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 and other legislation that impacts on the provision and delivery of accommodation for Travellers. The Research Report 'Experiences of Travellers in the Private Rented Sector' is listed in the Expert Review...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Building Regulations apply to the design and construction of all new buildings (including dwellings) and to certain works to existing buildings. They are subject to ongoing review in the interests of safety and the well-being of persons in the built environment and to ensure that due regard is taken of changes in construction techniques, technological progress and innovation. The Building...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Under Section 254(7) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), development carried out on public roads in accordance with a licence under section 254 shall be exempted development for the purposes of this Act. Therefore, the normal procedures regarding planning permission do not apply. It should be noted that this exemption from planning is removed under Section 4(4)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. The review is addressing a number of key aspects including noise, setback, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid connections. Guidance on the noise aspect is currently being finalised by my Department in conjunction with the Department of Environment, Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group is jointly chaired by my Department and the Office of Public Works (OPW). The Group is comprised of senior officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/service/9e4ee-get-planning-statistics/. However, the data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The current National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability will come to an end this year. A new National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027, building on the progress made to date, is being readied for publication before the end of the year. The strategy and its implementation plan, which will be developed early next year, will set our vision and represent a roadmap to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (14 Dec 2021)

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. This assessment is across a range of accommodation options including standard social housing and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Government recouped €729m to local authorities to fund the cost of a rates waiver in 2020. This meant that for eligible businesses their commercial rates were funded by Government for nine months of 2020. €480m was allocated by Government to fund the cost of the nine month waiver this year. These are unprecedented measures, which offered support to businesses and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Planning legislation places no specific restrictions on the species or height of trees or hedges, nor does it make any particular provision for remedy from any other nuisance which may be caused by trees in an urban residential area. However, a civil remedy is available through the Courts concerning branches or roots of neighbouring trees encroaching on a person’s property. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Rural Housing 2005, were issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and require planning authorities to frame the planning policies in their development plans in a balanced and measured way that ensures the housing needs of rural communities are met, while avoiding excessive urban-generated housing. The Guidelines...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: A key outcome of both of the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the National Development Plan (NDP) is the compact growth of cities and towns of all sizes, in a manner that creates more attractive places in which people can live and work. The preferred approach is to focus on greater reuse of previously developed ‘brownfield’ land, consolidating infill sites, which may not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department has noted the increasing number of judicial review cases being taken against decisions of An Bord Pleanála (the Board) over the last couple of years, as well as the number of cases that have been lost arising from such legal challenges, many of which relate to Strategic Housing Development (SHD) cases but also cases involving environmental related issues. This upward trend...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 334 and 335 together. The local authorities where an interim Chief Executive is currently in situ and the date of appointment in each case are listed in the table below. Local Authority Date of appointment of temporary Chief Executive Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council 12/05/2021 Galway...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: 741. To ask the Minister for Health if an update can be provided regarding proposals to accommodate those who are medically deemed unfit to be vaccinated to be allowed partake in society; if he will consider exemptions on certified medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61856/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [61645/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (9 Dec 2021)

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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a lone parent's payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) given the family is in considerable financial distress. [60978/21]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: These amendments propose to deem the entire State a rent pressure zone, which has been debated numerous times and which I cannot accept. Having regard to the constitutionally protected property rights of landlords, including the right to receive an income from their properties, a blanket extension of the rent pressure zone rent predictability measure to rental properties across the entire...