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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The local authority home loan is a Government-backed mortgage for first-time buyers and other eligible applicants delivered through local authorities. The scheme provides mortgage financing for those who are unable to secure a sufficient commercial bank loan. It was introduced on 4 January 2022, replacing the previous Rebuilding Ireland home loan. It is worth setting out at a high level how...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I take those points on board. There are very important issues raised by the Deputy that we have to address. The processing time of individual loans can legitimately vary. There may be specific information required to confirm eligibility or creditworthiness, depending on the facts of the case. There may be delays in the transaction that are not under the control of the local...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for the question. I was in Limerick last Friday meeting officials in relation to my portfolio but I also dropped into Limerick Men's Shed and I commend all fantastic work being done there. I will try to address some of the questions the Deputy has raised. Supporting individuals and families facing homelessness is a key Government priority. The role of my Department...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: To reiterate, there has been an increase in homelessness and a rise in notices to quit, along with a decrease in availability of HAP properties as landlords leave the market and rents for those remaining increase. There is, therefore, a real and significant challenge. Local authorities use commercial hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation but as the tourism market opens up, that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I apologise to both Deputies because I did not expect to be back here again to discuss this. I thought we would have advanced the Bill but it has been complex. The principal purpose of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016, as initiated, was to provide for the review of raised bog habitats, the making, amendment and revocation of natural heritage area orders and, for those purposes, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: That is exactly it. I acknowledge it is frustrating and it has been complex, and I appreciate the frustration of both the Deputies and the communities they represent. I will endeavour to get a definite date for them both and to give certainty to this. I take on board the points in regard to what "shortly" means. It has been frustrating from our perspective as well. It will not be a new...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I do not know.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I would welcome that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy is absolutely right. Fear of harassment and violence should never be normalised, be it in the home or as people go about their daily life. The prioritisation of this hugely important work is evident in the policy and legislative developments implemented by this Government, as well as those currently being progressed. It is also evidenced by the increased budget allocations that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for reading those names into the record of the House. It is important to remember that these were women with families, and their lives were cut short tragically and violently. It is very important that we acknowledge and remember them. I thank the Deputy for doing that. I also acknowledge our colleagues Deputies Stanton and Alan Farrell in the work they have done around...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions.

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I again thank the Deputies. We are moving the Bill to Committee Stage.

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 187, it be an instruction to the Dáil in Committee on the Electoral Reform Bill 2022, that it has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to amendments to: (a) sections 2, 3, 22, 23A, 25, 43, 46, 48A, 61, 83, 84, 85, 86 and 88 of the Electoral Act 1997 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cross-Border Co-operation (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to work with the Northern Ireland Executive to deliver the flagship cross-border Ulster Canal project. The Government has met with the Northern Ireland Executive on a number of occasions and most recently in November 2021, under the auspices of the North South Ministerial Council,  re-affirming their joint commitment to the Ulster...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department is committed to the active management of the deer species within State owned National Parks and Nature Reserves and as part of its regular on-going management operations, NPWS carry out regular surveys, censuses and reports on deer in  our sites. Where appropriate, and depending on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (31 May 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 I have asked that this case be expedited.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The steering group being established will be called the Built Vernacular Heritage (Thatch) Steering Group. Its aim is to enhance the protection and conservation of historic thatched roofs under Action 6 of A Living Tradition: a strategy to enhance the understand, minding, and handing on of our built vernacular heritage, which was published by my Department and which I launched in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to ensure that each local authority has a sufficient number of biodiversity officers and heritage officers among their staff complement. The role of a biodiversity officer is prescribed at local level by the employing local authority. Biodiversity officers are the public face of biodiversity-related activities within the local authority,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The LIFE programme is the EU's funding instrument supporting environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects. LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature is a large-scale project aimed at conservation and management of Ireland’s Natura 2000 network, with a special focus on blanket bog. This ambitious project, coordinated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: 727. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the industrial action of medical scientists (details supplied); his views on same; the steps he will take to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27774/22]