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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I am sure Senator McDowell will appreciate that I cannot comment on a specific area. Again, a substitute consent is an application for consent by a developer and a developer cannot be forced to launch a subsequent consent application.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Senator's opposition to this section concerns a technical drafting amendment in respect of remedial environmental impact statements as a result of the substantive changes being made by the Bill. I cannot accept the Senator's opposition to this group of amendments, which comprise technical amendments that are necessary as a result of the repeal of section 177D and ancillary provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I can confirm that my Department has not received correspondence from An Garda Síochána on this matter. The primary role of my Department in electoral matters is to provide an appropriate policy and legislative framework for a modern and efficient electoral system. Within that framework, Returning Officers are responsible for all matters in connection with the actual...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Strategic Action Plan for the renewal of the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the accompanying reports were published in full on 4 May 2022. The complete documentation, including the submissions received during the Public Consultation, are available at www.gov.ie/en/publicationsand at www.npws.ie/news.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme was established in 2011 for active domestic turf cutters arising from the cessation of turf cutting on raised bog special areas of conservation and was extended in 2014 to include raised bog natural heritage areas. This scheme is applicable to turf cutters who have been affected by the designation of raised bogs as special areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Insurance Coverage (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I am aware of the challenges facing owners of thatched buildings in respect of securing insurance. Both Heritage Ireland 2030, the new national heritage plan, and A Living Tradition, the new vernacular architectural heritage strategy, contain actions to address the issue of insurance of protected structures, including thatched buildings. Action 6 of A Living Tradition is to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: During 2021 the Wildlife Licencing Unit within the National Parks and Wildlife Services of my Department has issued licences to individuals associated or affiliated with University College Cork under various sections of the Wildlife Act 1976 to 2018. Section 22(9)(a) & Section 23(6)(a) permits me, as Minister, to grant a licence to a person at any time to capture or humanely kill...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Promotion (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: In line with UNESCO advice that World Heritage Tentative Lists be reviewed at least every ten years, my Deartment launched a call for applications in January 2019 to update Ireland’s World Heritage Tentative List. The Tentative List is essentially an inventory of potential sites that Ireland intends to nominate for inclusion on the World Heritage List.  My Department's...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank all contributors to the debate. It has been hugely useful from our perspective and I will give a commitment on behalf of the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, and Minister of State, Deputy Burke, that we will take on board the recommendations and work with the committee. We will work across the Houses of the Oireachtas to try to implement them. As I said, there is a significant...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this discussion and thank the committee Chair and members for their consideration of this very important report to inform Government policy. The topic of urban regeneration is central to solving many of the challenges that face our country. Urban decay, retail vacancy and depopulation are unwelcome symptoms of the challenges we continue to face...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (2 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Housing for All plan sets out the Government’s commitment to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade, including an average of 10,000 new build social homes, which we are on track to deliver. As I said, that is where part of the solution lies, but not the entire solution. It is our ambition to reduce dependency on HAP by increasing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (2 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The housing assistance payment, HAP, is a flexible and immediate housing support available to all eligible households throughout the State. At the end of quarter four of 2021, more than 100,000 HAP tenancies had been set up since the scheme commenced, of which more than 61,900 households were actively receiving HAP support. Under HAP, tenants source their own accommodation in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (2 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. I am very familiar with the beautiful town of Newbridge. As the Senator knows, my mother is from Morristown. The outgoing Italian ambassador, Mr. Paolo Serpi, is in the Gallery and I wish him well. My city of Kilkenny is twinned with Formigine, a city in northern Italy. The ambassador has had a fantastic tenure here and I wish him well in his...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (2 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I acknowledge the disappointment of the Senator and the people of Newbridge that the second bridge over the River Liffey was not included in the second call of the URDF. Unfortunately, the project was deemed unsuccessful following a comprehensive assessment process that concluded it did not adequately meet the criteria for URDF support. I suggest that the local authority continue to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (2 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The most recent national Hare survey took place from November 2018 to February 2019. It was commissioned by the National Parks & Wildlife Service and involved the extensive deployment of trail cameras providing the data equivalent of 106,026 survey hours. The national population was estimated at 223,000 (111,000–449,000) individual Hares during 2018/19.  The full report of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Navigation to Lough Allen through the Lough Allen Canal was restored and re-opened in 1994. Since then Waterways Ireland has developed and maintained facilities for boats at a number of key locations including a significant marina development at Cleighran More and harbour facilities at Spenser Harbour. Waterways Ireland has received planning approval for the development of a boat slipway at...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 62: In page 74, line 37, to delete “section 96” and substitute “section 96(1)”.