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Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for tabling this motion and the valuable contributions they have made in the process of doing so. As set out in A Programme for Government: Our Shared Future, the Government believes that everybody should have access to good-quality housing to purchase or rent at an affordable price, built to a high standard and located close to essential services, offering a high...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I congratulate our new Member, Senator Tom Clonan. I wish him the very best of luck as he takes his seat. It is a great achievement for him and his family. I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022. I thank Senators for facilitating the passage of this important substitute consent legislation through the House. The purpose of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: They are all welcome.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Senators for engaging in the debate. We will have my speech circulated. I understood that it had been but we will rectify that forthwith. I thank everyone for their contributions on the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 and for facilitating its swift passage through the House. As I mentioned in my opening speech, the purpose of the Bill is to amend the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in VAT on heat pumps and solar panels to encourage the investment by homeowners into same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: According to the information made available to my Department in relation to Strategic Housing Developments (SHDs) there are currently 54 active judicial review cases against SHD decisions of An Bord Pleanála (the Board). The number of units in the related planning applications is approximately 16,000. The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future committed to not extending the SHD...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: Project Ireland 2040 comprises the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the National Development Plan (NDP). One of the key outcomes of both of the NPF and NDP is the compact growth of cities and towns of all sizes, in order to meet sustainability goals and to create more attractive places in which people can live and work. The preferred approach is to focus on greater reuse of previously...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: In October 2021, my Department approved the 2021-2022 An Bord Pleanála (the Board) Workforce Plan which provides for an additional 24 posts across a range of technical and administrative grades including the setting up of a new Marine and Climate Unit to implement the role assigned to the Board under the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 and associated projects under the Climate Action...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: Housing for All (published in September 2021) provides a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030 with the overall objective that every citizen in the State should have access to good quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations, with economic, social and environmental sustainability built into the system. The strategy commits to increasing the housing options...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: In September 2021, Minister O'Brien established a Working Group to progress the actions involving local authorities set out in the Government’s Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. Chaired by my Department, the Working Group comprises representatives of local authorities and the Departments of Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I have no plans at this time to commence section 212 of the Local Government Act 2001 which deals with the holding of public local inquiries. The establishment of public local inquiries is a legally complex matter, particularly with regard to how such inquiries would function in practice. Careful consideration would be needed regarding the powers of such inquiries to compel persons to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students on a course (details supplied) could be given an option to carry out a two-week Gaeltacht immersion session required for their course online or in the Gaeltacht considering the high number of Covid 19 cases at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parental leave (details supplied) given the increase in leave in July 2022 needs to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18621/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for her query on this very important project. I will raise it with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, as well to ensure it gets maximum attention in the Department. As the Senator pointed out, a decade is a long timescale for any project. However, we are assured the Part 8 portion will be ready midway through this year and the timescale for the completion of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter and for the opportunity to provide an update on behalf of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.The Department provides funding to local authorities to support a broad range of housing programmes, including the delivery of new social homes through build, acquisition and leasing of new social housing, remediation of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Kyne for his Commencement matter, which is key and very important in terms of raising the priority of affordable housing within the Department and in the context of Galway city and County Galway. The Housing for All strategy sets out a very strong target of 54,000 affordable home interventions between now and 2030. As the Senator quite rightly pointed out, Galway has to take...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I understand the urgency on the ground for affordable housing and also private housing. People must have a clear pathway to get the chance to own the keys to their new home for the first time. From 2023, Galway County Council will have a number of options for affordable housing. The 85 units in Merlin Woods in Galway City Council will be important to underwrite that capacity.We will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an application for a driver licence transfer will be processed for a person (details supplied). [18078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: Under the Housing for All strategy, the Government plans to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Under Housing Policy Objective 1.10, of the “Supporting Homeownership and Increasing Affordability” pillar of “Housing for All”, the Government committed to introducing a form of ‘owner-occupier...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: The primary purpose of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) is to capture a portion of the increase in land value resulting from the granting of planning permission for residential development. Part V allows local authorities purchase a percentage of land at less than the enhanced market value, with such land used thereafter to deliver social and affordable housing. ...