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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (5 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is leading the initial humanitarian response, including providing immediate and short-term accommodation for persons arriving in Ireland from the conflict in Ukraine. Meanwhile, my Department is focusing on the longer-term accommodation challenges and is leading cross-Government efforts through a housing task force...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (5 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The May 2021 report of the Moore Street Advisory Group recommended that an adequate and appropriately structured compensation package should be put in place for the Moore Street traders as soon as possible. My Department was at no time directly engaged in talks with the traders.  My Department had engaged in some limited preliminary talks, led by Dublin City Council, regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Commission (5 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government - "Our Shared Future" - commits to several electoral reform initiatives, including the establishment of an Electoral Commission. In order to progress this broad reform agenda, my Department prepared a general scheme of an Electoral Reform Bill and this general scheme was published on 8 January 2021 and was forwarded at that time to the Joint Oireachtas Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (5 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Oldcourt Castle is a national monument in private ownership on private lands. The National Monuments Service of my Department received reports of vandalism at the site in 2020 and again in 2021.  My Department carried out inspections at the site and advised the owners appropriately. My Department has not received any reports of vandalism at the site this year.    The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (5 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: In a legal transaction and conveyancing managed by the Chief State Solicitor’s Office the freehold ownership of this building along with three other buildings was acquired by the State from the previous owner in 2015. This acquisition and conveyance of freehold title was not subject to any encumbrance, leasehold interest or title burden. No lease of any description has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (5 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: With regard to the use of fishing/pleasure boats at the site mentioned my Department does not issue new permanent mooring spots. There are, however, 20 boat moorings on the Lakes and these moorings are subject to a local lottery and are allocated annually for a twelve month period. The NPWS is happy to include all names in the annual lottery and interested parties should contact the Duty...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Northern Ireland (5 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Narrow Water Bridge is a cross-border project led by Louth County Council and supported by the Shared Island Fund, which is designed to fund strategic north-south projects that implement the commitments and objectives on Shared Island set out in the Programme for Government.  The bridge will connect Cornamucklagh near Omeath, Co Louth with Narrow Water near Warrenpoint, Co Down. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The core objective of the Community Monuments Fund is to support the conservation, maintenance, protection and promotion of local monuments and historic sites. It contains a number of different measures aimed at enabling conservation works to be carried out on archaeological monuments which are deemed to be significant and in need of urgent support, encouragingaccess to archaeological...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Culls (4 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I am unsure as to what scheme the Deputy may be referring to as no such scheme exists in my Department to cull seagulls - national culls are not carried out, even on a pilot basis. If an individual wishes to apply for a licence to deal with gulls causing serious damage, then they can do so under Section 42 of the Wildlife Acts by applying to the National Parks & Wildlife...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Rangers (4 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 and 212 together. Conservation Rangers work as part of the team of regional National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff and are responsible for implementing nature policies throughout the country. Very often, they are the public face of my Department on conservation management, monitoring species and habitats and compliance. The principal duties of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (4 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Through the National Parks and Wildlife Service, my Department manages an extensive network of natural heritage sites of some 87,000 hectares. The six National Parks of Ireland account for circa 65,000 hectares of this network. I am ever mindful of the need to focus on the core responsibilities relating to the management of our National Parks which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The May 2021 report of the Moore Street Advisory Group (MSAG) recommended that an adequate and appropriately structured compensation package should be put in place for the Moore Street traders as soon as possible. The topic of compensation for the traders was raised at various meetings of the MSAG and my Department was represented on the group and therefore aware of this.My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (4 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This designated Special Area of Conservation at Lough Hyne is selected for three habitats listed in the Habitats Directive - Large shallow inlets and bays - Reefs - Submerged or partially submerged sea caves. Detailed conservation objectives have been published for these habitats and are available to view on our National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) website. The targets outlined help to...

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

Malcolm Noonan: As the Deputy will be aware from previous replies on this matter, the function of the enhanced Wildlife Crime Unit (soon to be known as Wildlife Crime Operations) is to support the law enforcement work that has been, and continues to be done by National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Regional staff.  Some 110 staff are working across all regions of the country to address wildlife...