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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Services (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 510 and 511 together. Local authorities are entirely independent corporate entities having full responsibility under law for the performance of their functions and the discharge of their governance and other responsibilities. Local authorities perform functions across a wide range of sectors which come within the remit of a number of different Departments and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2018, which came into operation on 8 February 2018, provide for an exemption from the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises to residential use, including the conversion of vacant areas above ground floor commercial premises to residential use. This measure was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: My Department has no function in relation to the funding of maintenance and repair of weirs as outlined in the question and no funding line for such matters. I am not aware of any such funding request from the local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 523, 543, 589, 590 and 591 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (19 Jan 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 Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has approved the granting of a State Property Lease, pursuant to the State Property Act 1954 (as amended), to Callinafercy Rowing Club for a term of 35 years. The Chief State Solicitors Office (CSSO) and legal representatives, acting on behalf of the Club are currently finalising the content and terms of the lease in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: Since 2018, my Department has made funding of €50,000 per annum available to each local authority to support the work of a Vacant Homes Office including a vacant homes officer. Housing for All commits to ensuring that vacant homes officers are full-time officers. The provision of central funding reinforces the capacity of local authorities to ensure a dedicated focus on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 599 and 600 together. The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future committed to not extending the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) arrangements beyond their legislative expiry date of end December 2021, which was extended to 25 February 2022 arising from the Covid-related extension of statutory deadlines within the planning system by 8 weeks in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Offshore Exploration (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: Ireland’s ambitions for the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) sector require an up-to-date regulatory regime to provide certainty to project promoters and deliver a pathway to realising the necessary investment. The Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 recently signed into law enables the realisation of these ambitions for ORE by providing the necessary legislative toolset for forward...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: 658. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied) given that it was applied for weeks ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1731/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: 709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an application by a person (details supplied) for a school bus place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63099/21]

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senators for their contributions. This amendment seeks to ensure that elected members of a local authority are eligible for appointment as members of the board or a committee of the board of Mara. It is the Government's intention that MARA will become a centre of excellence for maritime usages. I am committed to ensuring the success of the new agency. On Committee Stage in the...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Members for their contributions. This amendment is entirely unacceptable to the Government. It seeks to establish the maritime area consent, MAC, as an environmental assessment tool. That is not what a MAC is. The State owns or controls almost the entire maritime area from the high water mark to the outer limit of the continental shelf. Anyone who wants to carry out a...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senators for their contributions. The amendment implies that MAC provisions do not comply with the Aarhus Convention in that they provide for no public participation when MARA grants a MAC. I will point out that the Aarhus Convention or, more accurately, the second pillar of the Aarhus Convention, which provides for public participation, has no application to consent whereby a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (16 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Since 2018, my Department has made funding of €50,000 per annum available to each local authority to support the work of a Vacant Homes Office including a vacant homes officer. Housing for All commits to ensuring that vacant homes officers are full-time officers. The provision of central funding reinforces the capacity of local authorities to ensure a dedicated focus on tackling...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (16 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) was launched in 2018 to support more compact and sustainable development. The URDF is one of four funds established under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and my Department has responsibility for its implementation. The Fund is providing part-funding for applicant led projects that will enable a greater proportion of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (16 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Where monies are owed under the derelict site levy, including any interest chargeable for late payment, they become a charge on the land concerned under section 24 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) until they are paid. Where the ownership of the land on which the levy is due is transferred, such as on foot of being sold, the local authority must be notified under section 29 of the Act....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (16 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: Section 8(2) of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 provides as follows: “Before making any entry on the register in relation to any land, the local authority shall give to any owner and occupier, where they can be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, notice of their intention to make such entry and shall consider any representations any owner or occupier may make in writing within such...