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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir as an gceist seo a ardú. It is a really interesting question. He and I have debated this on a number of occasions, both in the Chamber and in these corridors.Local government services such as those referenced in the matter raised here today are funded in a variety of ways. Some programmes are supported by Exchequer funding and others from...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Senator. The suggestion he made there is very useful. It would be a really useful exercise for the housing committee to have a look at this and at the overall funding of local government in general. We have a significant challenge. As the Senator rightly said, our local authorities are ambitious both at corporate level and among the elected members.They show real innovation -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 309 and 310 together. My Officials have made contact with the Department of Health, Fingal County Council, the European Commission and its own Legal Advisor in relation to progressing the recommendations contained in the first interim report of the Urban Gulls Consultative Committee. My Officials will continue to progress these issues towards the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Government is committed to a significant investment in, and a renewal of, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) as set out in the Programme for Government. I am pleased to say that the review which will underpin this renewal has now been concluded by the independent authors, and the resulting Strategic Action Plan for renewal of the NPWS has been completed.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government – "Our Shared Future" – contains a number of commitments in respect of electoral reform including the following: - the establishment of an electoral commission; - the modernisation of the Register of Electors; and - the regulation of online political advertising. In December 2020, the Government approved the General Scheme of an Electoral Reform...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Biodiversity Plan (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: A first draft of the Ireland’s 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) has been developed following a comprehensive review of national, European and international biodiversity policies and other relevant plans and strategies. The draft Plan is currently under stakeholder review by government departments, bodies and organisations that are likely to be impacted by the draft...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: In a response to the commitment set out in the Programme for Government, the Marine Institute, which comes under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, commissioned a report, “”, to review and synthesise existing knowledge in relation to blue carbon and marine carbon sequestration in Irish waters, and to identify critical knowledge gaps. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The monument referred to is a recorded monument and is eligible for funding under the Community Monuments Fund.  The CMF is administered by the National Monuments Service of my Department through the Local Authorities and €5 million euro has been allocated to the scheme for 2022.  The closing date for this fund for 2022 has now passed but it is planned that the scheme for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Community-Led Village Design Statement is an initiative of the Heritage Council which is funded by my Department. Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: 1012. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the inordinate waiting times for assessments at the National Gender Service and the alternative, costly routes transgender persons are having to take as a result (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (22 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: 1013. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a transgender person (details supplied) regarding the temporal cost of waiting for hormone therapy here and the consequent financial cost of their seeking of alternative routes for same from the UK; the actions he will take on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14694/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The figures the Senator gave are shocking. To have 60 properties in Kinsale is incredible. I will provide some background and come back to him on the supplementary question on the fuel rebate. To provide some background, legislative reforms to regulate the short-term letting sector through the planning code in areas designated as rent pressure zones, RPZs, were introduced under the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: On the €200 rebate, it is something I was not aware of and I will try to get clarification on that. As the Senator is aware, the rebate was introduced on a blanket scale to try to get money out to people as quickly as possible. I know it was criticised in that regard, but it was the most effective and quickest way to do that. We will find out about the specific issue of people with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Working Group referred to by the Deputy, was established following a series of High Court decisions which determined that large-scale peat harvesting requires planning permission and licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Working Group was tasked in particular with examining the potential of alternatives to peat for the horticultural industry. Following on from the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Conflicts (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach agus leis na Seanadóirí. Like Senator Ward, I share that pride that we have in the response of the Irish people and the Government. It has been really touching. We attended an event this morning with the Ukrainian ambassador and ambassadors of other countries and it was chilling to hear the testimonies coming out of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Conflicts (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I, again, thank both Senators for raising this. It is important we continue to respond, as I said, as this evolves. We are in a wartime scenario. As a State, we are putting in place measures to ensure that people of Ukraine who are seeking refuge here will receive all the support they require. They will need psychological and other supports as well and this is something we have to respond...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I will come back to the Senator on Knocklofty House in my summary. In the context of the matter before us, I met with a number of gun clubs, the National Association of Regional Game Councils, NARGC, and other organisations involved that are representing the gun clubs. I recognise the important role they play in conservation, particularly of the red grouse, a very important species. It has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome both comments. I was in the Cooley Mountains last week with an upland farmer. I met the Brandon Hill farmers and people involved in the Blackstairs EIP, European Innovation Partnership, project; they are fantastic people doing really important work. They need to be supported to do that. An initiative like this would be able to tease out all those issues and have a really good...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Presidential Elections (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 383 of 1 March 2022. The position is unchanged.

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan sona go léir. Happy International Women's Day in particular to all the amazing women elected to the Dáil, past and present, as well as all those in the Seanad and all women in politics. We remember in particular the women and young girls of Ukraine today, fleeing conflict and war and leaving behind husbands and fathers. We remember all...