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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, 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 in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will be aware, it was agreed previously by Government that with effect from 1st January 2011, starting pay on recruitment from open competition for all posts within the public service should be at the minimum of the relevant salary scale. My Department issued Circular EL 02/2011 to all Chief Executives in the Local Government sector, following receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department proactively engages with local authorities with a view to ensuring that the vacant site levy achieves its full potential in terms of bringing concerned sites into productive use. In this regard, my Department issued Circular Letter PL 03/2021 on 8 March 2021 requesting the submission of a progress report on the collection of the levy by each local authority. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Yield (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended by the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011, provides the legislative basis for the non-principal private residence (NPPR) charge. The NPPR charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The Government remains committed to ensuring that the local government sector retains a sustainable and stable source of funding from Local Property Tax (LPT), distributed to local authorities via the Local Government Fund, to support the delivery of local authority services. The current LPT local retention policy began in 2015 and since then, 80% of the estimated LPT liability in each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: Housing needs of people with disabilities are addressed in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability (NHSPWD) 2016-2021.  A new NHSPWD, is currently being developed by my Department and the Department of Health, with a view to publishing by the end of 2021. The strategy is about facilitating the provision of housing options and related services to disabled people to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: A review of the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability (NHSPWD) 2011-2021 commenced in March 2021, conducted by the Housing Agency. The first round of consultation which comprised a wide-ranging questionnaire on the existing strategy and priorities for its successor took place in March and April. A large volume of responses were received which are now being assessed and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 680, 701 and 797 together. The Department does not hold the data on the amount of vacant or derelict housing units in the State.  Under section 8(5) of the Derelicts Sites Act, 1990, a copy of the derelict sites register for any local authority can be inspected at the offices of that authority during office hours. Therefore, the specified information in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: In relation to the issue of a half-acre minimum site size that the Deputy has raised, I understand that some county development plans may include particular physical site requirements for a proposed new house in rural areas. Any such minimum development site size requirements are generally for the purpose of addressing issues that frequently arise where new homes are proposed - for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: Class 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations), sets out the planning exemption provisions for house extensions, referred to as "development within the curtilage of a house", as follows: “The extension of a house, by the construction or erection of an extension (including a conservatory) to the rear of the house or by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: New legislative reforms to regulate the short-term letting sector through the planning code, in areas designated as “rent pressure zones” (RPZs), were introduced by my Department on 1 July 2019. In essence, the legislation requires home-sharers letting rooms in their principal private residence located within a RPZ, or letting the entire property subject to a maximum of 90 days...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 705, 706, 707, 713, 714 and 715 together. The funding system that applies to local authorities is a complex one, as authorities derive their income from a variety of local sources including commercial rates, charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government. Central Government funding of local authorities similarly presents a complex picture,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 708 and 716 together. The funding system that applies to local authorities in Ireland is a complex one, as those authorities derive their income from a variety of sources including commercial rates, charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government including my Department but also other government departments and state agencies. Most of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 717 and 718 together. My Department conducts annual reviews of funding as part of the Estimates Process in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). In addition to these reviews, we engage in monthly reporting to DPER on both current and capital expenditure. We also conduct reviews of capital expenditure in the form of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The funding system that applies to local authorities is a complex one, as authorities derive their income from a variety of local sources including commercial rates, charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government. Central Government funding of local authorities similarly presents a complex picture, with transfers, both current and capital, coming from a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban regeneration, peatlands conservation and restoration, national parks & wildlife services and fire services. In order to achieve its business...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: This issue was first brought to the attention of my Department in April 2014 on foot of a private litigation and legal advice was sought from the Chief State Solicitors Office (CSSO). Since then, there has been ongoing correspondence with the CSSO and the Attorney General’s Office, as well as a site inspection by a qualified marine inspector working in my Department. The property...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Zone Management (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group is jointly chaired by my Department and the Office of Public Works (OPW). The Group is comprised of senior officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and the Water Services Acts 2007 to 2018 set out the statutory provisions relating to the taking in charge of water and waste water services infrastructure, including developer provided wastewater treatment systems, by planning authorities and Irish Water where it is appropriate to do so. Section 180 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: The Building Regulations 1997-2019 set out minimum standards for the design and construction of buildings and works to ensure the health and safety of people in and around such buildings. They are subject to ongoing review in the interests of safety and the well-being of persons in the built environment and to ensure that due regard is taken of changes in construction techniques,...