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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Transport Costs (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: It is a day of good news all around Leinster House today. It is a welcome development that the eligibility requirements for the scheme are being expanded to allow 16-, 17- and 18-year-old students in third level education to apply for the student Leap card so they can also avail of the 50% discount. I am pleased to be able to reassure Senators Gallagher and Wall that the NTA has already...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I agree wholeheartedly with all Senator Boylan has said in the sense that we know the divisiveness of advertising in general by companies that are environmentally destructive. As for attempts to compare advertising of tobacco, fast food, gambling and alcohol, they are distinctly different but similar in many ways. I will not name companies but we have seen that one company was able to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: As a positive way forward, I support the thrust of the Senator's proposal. One way forward might be to bring the matter before the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment for discussion as well as before the Joint Committee on Climate Action. It would be worthwhile to discuss the impact of such advertising and how we could meet that challenge in an Irish context. Good work has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The function of the enhanced Wildlife Crime Operations is to support the law enforcement work that has been, and continues to be done by National Parks and Wildlife Service Regional staff. Some 110 staff are working across all regions of the country to address wildlife crime. These include District Conservation Officers and Conservation Rangers, supported by Regional Managers and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The works in question and the necessary environmental screening are under active consideration by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department and the case has been prioritised.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. The Programme for Government committed to reviewing the remit, status and funding of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). That Review was completed earlier this year culminating in a Strategic Action Plan with fifteen key recommendations to renew the NPWS, establish it as an Executive Agency within a Government Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Burial Grounds (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Weir Home is a HSE owned Edwardian institutional building on Cork Street in Dublin, it was built in 1903 to accommodate nurses working at Cork Street Fever Hospital. It remained a nurses’ home until the late 1970s. Since the early 1980s it has been used as a mental health facility. The large red-brick institution shares its grounds with the Cork Street Quaker cemetery which was in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Consultative Committee on Urban Gulls was convened to consider the impact of gulls in urban areas and appropriate actions to deal with such impacts, and have delivered their first interim report, a copy of which is available at the link below: www.npws.ie/legislation/eu-directives/birds-directive/review -use-article-9-1-a-birds-directive-ireland This report did not recommend the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (27 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department has responsibility for implementation of the European Communities (Licensing and Inspection of Zoos) Regulations 2003 which deal with the inspection, licensing and regulation of zoos. These Regulations give effect in the national context to the EU Zoo Directive. Zoo inspections carried out by my Department are always attended by at least two inspectors. All zoo inspection...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Schemes (22 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I am happy to provide an update on the working group. I acknowledge the considerable challenges and stress this has placed on families. I acknowledge the difficulties that homeowners and residents of many apartments and duplexes are facing, and the stress that is caused when defects arise in their buildings. The Deputy will be aware that there have been many incidents of failures and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Schemes (22 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Like the Deputy, I welcome the proposal from the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, on the levy. In reference to defective concrete blocks, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, referred to the responsibility of industry regarding the costs of these remediation schemes. On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, I thank the members of the working group for the work they...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputies for their contributions and their support for the Bill. I will go through some of the contributions and respond to them before I make some concluding remarks. Deputy Gould raised the issue of staffing levels. I will not go into any details on that but I believe the staffing levels will be maintained. On increasing staffing, resources and the money-saving element,...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." On behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, I am happy to have the opportunity to outline before the Dáil the Tailte Éireann Bill 2022. The purpose of this Bill is to provide for the merger of the Valuation Office, the Property Registration Authority, PRA, and Ordnance Survey...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (22 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: There were 36 meetings of the Moore Street Advisory Group (MSAG) to the Minister in its various iterations over the last five years. Secretariat to the group was provided by my Department and other officials attended meetings as necessary from time to time to give updates to the MSAG. Dublin City Council and the Moore Street Traders were represented on this group. The minutes of these...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and the Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Referral to Joint Committee (21 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, and Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 19th September, 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (21 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 56 together. I am deeply concerned about the impact that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) may have on our wild seabird populations. My Department officials are in regular contact with colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (DAFM) in relation to the spread of HPAI and they are keeping the situation under very...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (20 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I am deeply concerned about the impact that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza may have on our wild seabird populations. My Department officials are in regular contact with colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (DAFM) in relation to the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and they are keeping the situation under very close review. The Department of...

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank all the Members for their contributions. I feel like I have been managing the Irish Water hotline for the past three hours but I will try to respond to some of the issues. I will say specifically on operational issues and issues that have been raised by Deputies here this evening that those are matters for Irish Water. Members will be pleased to know that Irish Water has been...