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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. The Land Development Agency Act was recently signed in law and, on commencement, the LDA will be established as a commercial State agency. I met with the LDA management team on 17...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Payments of expenses allowances to elected members of local authorities are made in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 313 of 2021) and directions issued thereunder. Regulation 6(3) provides that each member who chooses to claim expenses shall provide written notification to his or her local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: In order to support ratepayers, and in recognition of the impacts of COVID 19 and the associated public health restrictions, the Government put in place a commercial rates waiver in 2020 and recouped €729m to local authorities in respect of its cost.  This meant that for eligible businesses their commercial rates were funded by Government for nine months of 2020. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government (PFG) committed to the development of a Town Centre First (TCF) policy. With a view to giving effect to this commitment and the actions outlined in the PFG, a TCF Inter-Departmental Group (IDG) was established in November 2020 to consider the regeneration of our towns and villages. The IDG is jointly chaired by my Department and the Department of Rural and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (30 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department has no remit in relation to considering compensation claims by local fishermen in the circumstances referred to by the Deputy. I refer to the reply to Question No. 219 of 6 July 2021 which sets out the general position on the matter of the foreshore licence application for dredging works at Magheraroarty Pier, Co. Donegal, which is currently pending with my Department. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (30 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020. The Commissioner of Valuation has sole responsibility for valuation matters, including determination of relevant property under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (30 Nov 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. €435m has been allocated by Government to fund the cost of a rates waiver for Q1 to Q3 this year. Administration of the waiver by local authorities is ongoing and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Telecommunications Infrastructure (30 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. In this regard, Class 31 of Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, provides that certain classes of development carried out by a statutory undertaker authorised to provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (30 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. The Land Development Agency Act was recently signed in law and, on commencement, the LDA will be established as a commercial State agency. In advance of the establishment of the new commercial entity,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (30 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. The Land Development Agency Act was recently signed in law and, on commencement, the LDA will be established as a commercial State agency. There is ongoing engagement between the LDA and my Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (30 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The number of sites on the local authority vacant site registers at 1 January 2020 is provided in the table below, along with the number of sites which were liable to be subject to the Vacant Site Levy in 2021 for the year 2020. In this regard, it should be noted that the number of sites on the registers on 1 January in any given year is not an indication of the number of sites that will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation on the number of special education needs organisers, SENOs, in the County Offaly area at present; the vacancies for SENOs that exist at present; the waiting lists that exist for accessing the current service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58334/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: One of the Office of the Planning Regulator’s (OPR) core statutory functions is to conduct reviews of systems and procedures used by local authorities and An Bord Pleanála in the delivery of their planning functions. In this regard the OPR is implementing a programme of reviews under section 31AS of the Planning & Development Act 2000, as amended, whereby each authority in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department has no role with regard to the selection of authorities to be included in the Office of the Planning Regulator's (OPR) programme of general reviews. This is entirely a matter for the OPR, who, in scheduling subsequent phases of the reviews programme, will continue to ensure that a good geographic spread and balance of authorities with varying planning contexts are included....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Nov 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/ . The data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: An Organisational Review of An Bord Pleanála was undertaken by an independent expert panel and published in March 2016. An Implementation Group, comprising representation from the Department and An Bord Pleanála, was established to oversee the implementation of the Review recommendations. The Review contains 101 recommendations relating to legislative provisions, communications and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The information requested in relation to the number of change of use planning applications made to, and granted/refused by, planning authorities further to the Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 - referred to as the Short-Term Letting Regulations - which came into effect on 1 July 2019 is outlined in the table below: Planning Authority ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (24 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Housing for All contains a specific action - (Action 20.4) - to “develop new regulatory controls requiring short-term and holiday lets to register with Fáilte Ireland with a view to ensuring that houses are used to best effect in areas of housing need”.Minister O’Brien has engaged with Minister Catherine Martin on this matter, and a number of meetings have been held...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (24 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Build-to-let was first referenced in 2015 guidance in response to emerging trends, which include on-going population growth, a move towards smaller average household size, an ageing population and a greater proportion of households in the rented sector. At that time, apartments had become a more common form of dwelling in urban areas, comprising 11% of all occupied households in Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (24 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together. The information requested is outlined the attached spreadsheet. The Derelict Sites Act 1990 confers significant powers upon local authorities, including requiring owners or occupiers to take appropriate measures on derelict sites, acquiring derelict sites by agreement, or compulsorily, and applying a derelict sites levy on derelict sites....