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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: That absolutely is the legal advice from the Attorney General's office, which we have to consider. We can take a further look at it but at this point in time, the advice is very clear that to go back into the past one has to consider that. I am not a legal expert. That is the advice from the Attorney General's office.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: We are still considering it. That is just the advice at the moment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: We will look at it. We are still considering it. I just need to be honest and frank that this is the advice at the moment. I can understand the point the Deputy makes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I am advised it is adequate time for the board to meet and approve it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I will read the substantive reply, which may provide some good news for the Deputy. Amendments Nos. 33 and 34 seek to shorten from 90 days to 20 days the period within which the board must make a decision on any application for registration or renewal. A meeting of the board is required to make a decision on an application for registration or renewal and so 20 days is not sufficient....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: We will not be accepting this amendment as the Bill provides a wide range of training providers that can be used by registrants to provide evidence of continuing professional development, CPD. Sections 28 and 29 of the Bill, in relation to competence criteria and eligibility for registration, provide that the Minister or the board may consult with SOLAS, among other bodies, when determining...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Civil Engagement Group for its motion, all the Senators who spoke on the motion and those in the Gallery for listening to the debate. In the first instance, I will outline where I am coming from in the debate. It is as someone who holds a weekly clinic in my home town of Mullingar and hears every week from many vulnerable people who are looking for sustainable housing solutions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (2 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Addressing vacancy and maximising the use of existing housing stock is a primary concern of this Government, as demonstrated by one of the four pathways dedicated solely to this priority area in the new Housing for All strategy. The most recent figures available from Census 2016 indicate that there were 183,000 vacant homes nationwide, a 20% reduction on figures reported in Census 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (2 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future planning requirement for primary school places in Mullingar with specific reference to current demand versus the number of places that are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (2 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for student visas, both short stay C visas and long stay D visas; the actions she will take to ensure that visas are processed in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11822/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (2 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are in place to ensure the timely delivery of student visas for student applicants travelling from Nigeria to pursue periods of study in third-level colleges. [11823/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (2 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that the processing time of visa applications can be expedited to ensure competitive markets are tapped into by third-level colleges in view of investment into student recruitment drives to countries such as Nigeria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/22]

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank all of the Senators for their remarks. Many points have been raised and I will address a few on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, and the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Brophy. I underline that the Government shares the concerns of Senators regarding the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, and the plight of the Palestinian people....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the live performance support scheme No. 4 will be open to new entrants; when the closing date will be; and the timeframe that will be covered by this scheme. [11692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (1 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department is responsible for monitoring the local government sector’s overall compliance with fiscal rules set out as part of the management of the Stability and Growth Pact. These include the contribution of the local government sector to the General Government Balance (GGB) and controls exercised under the Expenditure Benchmark requirements. The key factors that must be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (1 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Financial decision making and the accountability of local authorities is a matter for the elected members of a local authority who have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which includes adopting the annual budget. Section 103 of the Local Government Act, 2001, as amended, provides for the local authority budgetary process. It is a matter for each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: Section 37J(6) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act) provides that where the Minister of the day considers it to be necessary or expedient that a certain class or classes of development that are of special strategic, economic or social importance to the State be determined as expeditiously as is consistent with proper planning and sustainable development, he or she...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Mar 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 creation of a new Marine and Climate Unit to implement the role assigned to the Board under the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021. Following an updated assessment by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (1 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: It is not possible in the time allowed to provide a comprehensive response to the question, as clarified by the Deputy, to include policy instructions or policy documents issued to An Bord Pleanala across all Divisions and functions of my Department, and not solely limited to planning functions. My Department will compile a comprehensive list of such policy instructions or policy documents...