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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Digital Archiving (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Warfield for his remarks and I absolutely understand his frustration in this context. I am working with what the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, has provided to me. This is not my area of responsibility, but I will revert to the Minister and express the Senator's concern about the response he is getting. My scripted reply is very clear that the report is due but, as the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Student Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I apologise on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris.He was keen to attend but, unfortunately, but due to Cabinet meeting commitments, he will be unable to do so. The Government has taken action to address affordability in student accommodation. Rent increases in student accommodation are capped under the rent pressure zone provisions. From this year onwards, students cannot be made to pay...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Student Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for her Commencement matter. There is great ambition contained in Housing for All.In his role in higher education the Minister, Deputy Harris, has brought additional technical universities together, tried to navigate borrowing capacity for low-cost loans, which will be very important, and brought a guaranteed 10,000 more apprenticeships into the economy every year. This...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Registration of Births (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for raising this most important Commencement matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection. I pass on her apologies. I also understand the Senator has had discussions with the General Register Office, GRO, on the issues that she has raised, We share the concerns expressed by her. The issue is of huge concern to the Government. I understand...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Registration of Births (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for her comments and appreciate the frustration she has expressed. I will raise the issue with the Minister for Social Protection and the Department of Health in the context of any jurisdiction it has over the HSE in this regard. As a parent, I appreciate how frustrating it can be when trying to get a child registered, given many key services flow from that. I will...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traveller Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Lombard for raising this matter. Many vulnerable people rely on Cork County Council to keep them safe. The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that local authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and for the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller accommodation programmes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traveller Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Lombard for his concern on behalf of the community in Bantry about this fire. I wish to be very clear about the line of responsibility. It is primarily with the local authority in the first instance. The local authority has advised me, on foot of the Senator's Commencement matter, about the work that has been undertaken as a result of the inspections that took place in...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I wish to flag at the outset that the Government will be making a consequential technical amendment on Report Stage to section 3 of the principal Act. Unfortunately, I cannot accept amendment No. 1, which proposes that the setting of a rent under tenancy of a dwelling may not occur in the period of three years from the commencement of section 3. Besides the difficulties with a blanket ban on...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senators for their contributions. I cannot accept amendment No. 5 as we deem it unnecessary. Section 19(5), which is referred to in the amendment, provides for limited exemptions for RPZ rent control, including where a substantial change in the nature of accommodation provided for under the tenancy occurs. Section 76 of the Residential Tenancies Act provides, inter alia, that...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The amendment proposes to deem the entire State as a rent pressure zone. Having regard to the constitutionality of protected property rights of landlords, including the right to receive an income from their property, a blanket extension of the rent protection zone rent predictability measure to rental properties across the country could be regarded as an unjust interference with those rights...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Amendment No. 7 simply changes the verb in a new section 28(1) of the principal Act, as substituted by section 5(1) of the Bill, from "remain" to "continue". Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 are consequential technical amendments to refer in section (5)(2) to the new section 5(4) and section 6 of the Bill. Amendment No. 12 to section 5 of the Bill as published provides for tenancies of unlimited...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Unfortunately, I am unable to accept amendments Nos. 8, 15 and 17, which propose, retrospectively, to remove the ground for termination of a tenancy under section 34 of the principal Act such that if the landlord intends, within nine months after the termination of a tenancy under that section, to enter into a enforceable agreement for the transfer to another for full consideration of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Impact Assessments (23 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. Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations), set out various exemptions from the requirement to obtain planning permission. Any such...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The Disability Consultative Committee (DCC) of my Department was established in 2017 to monitor and review the implementation of the Actions in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy (NDIS) 2017-2021 relating to the Department. The Committee has met 15 times and its members include representatives from the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI), the National Disability Authority (NDA),...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 ("the Act") provides for the payment of an annual levy in respect of sites in urban areas that have been included in an authority’s derelict site register on the 1st January of that year, and where the site’s market value has been determined. “Urban Area” is defined in the Act as: “a county or other borough , an urban district, a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: All 31 local authorities have now submitted returns in relation to the implementation of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 returns requested by Circular Letter PL 09/2021, issued on 17 September 2021. This data is outlined in the attached spreadsheet. My Department continues to liaise with local authorities on the implementation of the Derelict Sites Act with a view to improving its effectiveness,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: In December 2020, my Department established a Working Group specifically to examine the provision for a changing places toilet in certain buildings. A changing places toilet offers larger supported facilities that address the needs of people for whom current accessible sanitary accommodation is inadequate. These facilities enable people with complex care needs to take part in everyday...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: Housing for All sets out a number of objectives with the aim of improving the functioning of the planning system including the comprehensive review and consolidation of planning legislation. The review forms one of the actions in Housing for All and is set in the context of the broad policy outlined therein. The review is being overseen by the Attorney General and he has appointed a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 292 together. TheProgramme for Government - Our Shared Futurecommits to not extending the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) arrangements beyond their legislative expiry date of end December 2021, which has now been extended to 25 February 2022 arising from the Covid-related extension of statutory deadlines within the planning system by 8 weeks in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department does not hold the details requested by the Deputy. The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical office, compiles and makes available detailed data on a number of housing related issues including housing completions. Data on new dwelling completions can be found on the CSO website at the following link:...