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Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, my understanding is there has been considerable consultation with Threshold among other organisations and that frames the rationale. On the seven-day time limit, again, I cannot give a response on that. I do not have a response for the Deputy on why that was seven days versus 21 days.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I wish to add to the note on amendment No. 48 that section 35 of the Act of 2004 will be amended to require a landlord must comply with section 39A of that Act when serving a notice of termination and any notice served in contravention shall be invalid of this Bill. I will provide detail on this shortly. The new provisions in sections 35(12) to 35(15), inclusive, provide that upon...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: It is okay if the Deputy wants to speak.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I will make a general comment. They are mostly technical amendments. Some of them came from opposition proposals, but they are mostly technical amendments.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: There has been ample time for Members to input into the Bill. As I said, the majority are related to the Title of the Bill and are technical amendments.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: We are discussing Seanad amendments Nos. 2 and 46. These amendments bring forward a change to the nursing home support scheme, also known as the fair deal, to remove disincentives that might prevent applicants to the scheme from renting out their principal residence once they enter long-term residential care. While the scheme is the responsibility of the Minister for Health, this amendment...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: As I said, there will be a review of the policy and a report will be furnished. We will decide on potentially further lowering the rate. This should be welcomed by the Opposition.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Seanad amendment No. 49 amends the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019. The amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act were made to increase the notice period to be given by landlords when terminating certain tenancies to require landlords to serve a copy of any notice of termination on the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, and to enable the RTB to assist in providing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: There are 20 boat moorings on the Lakes and these moorings are subject to a local lottery and are allocated annually for a twelve month period.  With regard to the use of fishing/pleasure boats at the site mentioned my Department does not issue new permanent mooring spots. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department is happy to include all names in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Surveys (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together. Teagasc has previously undertaken national hedgerow mapping using remote technologies, and while no comprehensive national survey has been carried out to date, a number of Local Authorities have commissioned hedgerow surveys at county level. My Department, however, does not have an overarching responsibility for the coordination of hedgerow...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (29 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 to 54, inclusive, together. The current Wild Bird Declarations (General & Air Safety) that were signed in April 2021, allowing for the control of certain wild bird species, are due to expire on 31st July 2022. A decision on new Declarations covering the period 1st August 2022 to 30 April 2023 will be made prior to the expiry of the current...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (28 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department liaises with colleagues collaborating on the European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility. An online meeting programme, to discuss and share best practice, guidance and knowledge, is in place and met most recently in 2021. All toxicology testing under the RAPTOR protocol is carried out by the State Laboratory. The suite of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (28 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department provides financial support for the protection of eligible heritage buildings and historic structures through two grant schemes which are, in the main, administered by the local authorities. These are the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) and the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS). A third scheme, the Community Monuments Fund (CMF) provides investment in archaeological...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (28 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future commits to a broad range of electoral reforms including the modernisation of voter registration.  Proposals to modernise the electoral registration process include the introduction of rolling (continuously updated) registration; the simplification of forms and the overall registration process, and the use of PPSNs in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Commission (28 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government – Our Shared Future - includes a number of commitments on electoral reform including the establishment of an independent, statutory Electoral Commission.  These commitments are the Government’s immediate goals in terms of electoral reform and are currently being prioritised by way of the Electoral Reform Bill 2022. The Electoral...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (28 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. A national hare survey, commissioned by the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department, took place in 2018 and 2019. The project was carried out, under tender, by an experienced team of wildlife biologists and hare researchers from Queens University, Belfast. The aim of this project was to estimate the current mean...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (28 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future commits to a broad range of electoral reforms including the modernisation of voter registration.   The Electoral Reform Bill provides the legislative underpinning for the modernisation among other things, including the establishment of an independent Electoral Commission.  The Bill is currently making its way...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 276, 277 and 278 together. A detailed review of the capture, monitoring and euthanasia techniques used for mink was carried out for the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department  in 2009 and is published in full here: www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/IWM40.pdf The review explored the different strategies used in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government outlines our ambition to tackle the biodiversity crisis and includes a commitment to ensure that each local authority has a sufficient number of biodiversity officers and heritage officers among their staff complement.  Local authorities are uniquely positioned, within their own biodiversity plans and working with communities, to help halt biodiversity loss....

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart Vótála ag Aois 16) 2021: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank everyone who contributed. I do not want the young people either in the Public Gallery or watching online to be despondent from this debate; quite the opposite. As Deputy Nash said, this will progress in a positive way. On timing, I will task the commission to look at this piece of work very early on so that we can prepare for our next electoral event, which will be the 2024 local...