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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 20, to delete lines 10 to 14 and substitute the following: " 2. No. 39 of 1997 Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 Schedule 13 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph: “210. Uisce Éireann.” " The amendment corrects the placement of Uisce Éireann in Schedule 13 of the Taxes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Psychological Services (5 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I was aware of this issue. I had been in correspondence with a constituent about it. It seems to be an anomaly. I will give the Minister's response now, but I agree the support they provide to schools and CAMHS and critical incident support in schools is a hugely valued resource for our schools. I am taking the Commencement matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Foley, who sends her...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Psychological Services (5 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I will certainly take these issues back. As I said, the correspondence I received stated the Department is making every effort to try to address the issue of the training fees support for educational psychologists. It is an anomaly that needs to be rectified. It is critical for parity of the professions. As the Senator quite rightly said, we need those supports right across the range of...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I will immediately impart our own views. I share the Senator's welcome for this decision. The BTR rules were a retrograde measure and it is important they are addressed. I will give the stock response but I will also bring the specific questions back to the Minister. I was not at the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis at the weekend, as the Senator will appreciate.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I am sure I would. I did not see or hear what my colleague, the Minister-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: -----Deputy Darragh O'Brien, said at that. Specifically in response to the question posed, the section 28 guidelines, Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments - Guidelines for Planning Authorities, published in 2018 and updated in 2020, identified BTR as a specific type of residential development for planning purposes, with some variation in resident support and amenity...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for his supportive comments. Again, I apologise that we do not have copies of the statement. I am happy to give him my copy when we finish this morning. BTR development was, in effect, established as a separate class of development for planning purposes arising from Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments - Guidelines for Planning Authorities....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Resource Centres (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Different sources of funding are referred to in the response I have here. In many ways, FRCs are left chasing funding programmes and designing projects around specific funding programmes which can be a considerable task in itself. The Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, has through his work rolled out an additional seven pilot community development projects, CDPs, which are most welcome...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I did not receive copies of it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I do apologise.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I would be delighted if the Deputy could send that document on. We will be more than happy to work with him on that. It is a matter for the local authority concerned in terms of the services it provides and the social housing supports it put in place. As I said, a youth homelessness strategy is due to be launched later this year by the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, which includes street...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Resource Centres (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I have worked with family resource centres in a voluntary capacity for many years. I agree wholeheartedly with the Deputy that they provide an invaluable service. They provide family support for children. Many have community childcare centres attached to them. We have previously spoken about addiction and recovery services. They are the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Deputy Gould for articulating the issues so well and for making some very good proposals. Supporting individuals and families facing housing challenges is a key Government priority. Housing for All commits to a housing-led approach as a primary response to all forms of homelessness and recognises that many of those experiencing homelessness have additional support needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The maintenance and management of the Register of Electors is a matter for each local authority. Under the current legislation there are a number of ways in which a person can interact with the register at different points in the cycle. The form RFA1 is used to submit a claim to have a correction made in the draft register published on 1 November each year, and can be submitted between...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Burial Grounds (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: My function as Minister, under the National Monuments Acts, 1930-2014 is to ensure the long-term conservation of national monuments. Kilmainham Gaol is a national monument in my ownership and I am responsible for policy to ensure its long-term conservation and for the issue of Ministerial Consent under the Acts with respect to works at or in its vicinity. The question of exhuming the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: As Minister of State with responsibility for the National Parks & Wildlife Service, I have increased the funding for the National Parks & Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme from approximately €500,000 in 2020 to approximately €2m in 2022. The number of participants is expected to have risen from less than 40 at the beginning of 2020 to over 360 by the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (4 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: In my tenure as Minister with responsibility for the National Parks & Wildlife Service, I have increased the funding of the National Parks & Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme from approximately €500,000 in 2020 to approximately €2m in 2022.  The number of participants in the NPWS Farm Plan Scheme for each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 (Table...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Inquiries (29 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I commend Senator Clonan on tabling his first Commencement matter. I am responding on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, who sends his apologies. Before I come to the main body of my response, I make the point that it is unfortunate that elected members feel unable to stand for re-election, for whatever reason. I spent 16 years on a local authority. There is no greater...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Inquiries (29 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: On that issue of trust in politicians, the vast majority of those of us involved in politics are here for the right reasons. One thing I want the electoral commission to do is to restore that trust and to be involved in engagement with the public to ensure people are aware of what we do. That is critically important. I outlined a number of good reasons that section 212, which provides for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Insurance Coverage (29 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Under Action 6 of the strategy for built vernacular heritage, A Living Tradition, which I launched in December 2021, my Department has undertaken to “investigate and work to resolve the urgent issue of affordability of insurance for thatched buildings” and other relevant issues relating to thatch and thatched buildings. I have established a steering group to assist my...