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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I support the previous call in regard to our dry stone walls. There might be some role for the Heritage Council or ETBs on traditional skills. It is part of our vernacular heritage and we have a vernacular strategy. I support that call. I raise a matter relating to the other COP, that is, COP16. We are all familiar with the climate talks but the biodiversity talks, COP16, have resumed...

Seanad: Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I congratulate him on his appointment to the Custom House. There is a great team over there. I wish him all the best in his tenure. I join in the sympathies with the family of Kacper Dudek, who lost his life during the terrible storm. People, communities and businesses affected by Storm Éowyn are looking to us, as policymakers, to assess how we...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (26 Feb 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I congratulate Darragh. It is the first time I have had an opportunity to publicly congratulate him. He was a fantastic Minister to serve under in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and I wish him all the best in his new role. I want to make a couple of quick points. I support the motion. The one concern the Green Party and I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The craft sector in Ireland is valuable not only to our economy but also, importantly, to our international reputation. Craft practitioners and makers all over Ireland provide an invaluable contribution to our culture. Many of them are based in rural enterprises, contributing to local rural economies. They need State support. They need support from the State body that was established to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I have several items to raise. I agree with Senator Ahearn's point on the progression of the N24 but the 2:1 split on transport spending by the former Minister Eamon Ryan has led to a transformation in rural public transport, particularly Local Link services, the reduction in public transport fares and free transport for children aged under nine. This has been transformative for rural...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (13 Feb 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, I wish to share time with Senator Harmon.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (13 Feb 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Higgins. We served in the previous Administration together. I congratulate her on her appointment and wish her all the best for the term ahead. Listening back, I was particularly taken by the comments from Senator Joe O'Reilly about the response of the Government to the pressing issues of society. In looking at the appointment to Ministries of...

Seanad: Cathaoirleach a Thoghadh - Election of Cathaoirleach (12 Feb 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an gCathaoirleach and again congratulations to all the Senators elected and here this afternoon. It is a proud day for all of us, our families, my wife, Jennie, and Kitty and Stephen. We took them out of school this morning for this special occasion.It is important to have them here for such an occasion. As the Cathaoirleach...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Area Plans (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department met with officials from Dublin City Council on 7 October 2024, and have been in correspondence subsequently. I attended a specific meeting on 10 October with club officials, Minister O’Gorman and Cllr Feljin Jose, in relation to Martin Savage Park where the issue of sports pitches being used by light-bellied Brent geese...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department received planning permission to construct a new visitor centre for the Burren National Park, at No. 1-2 Riverview, Corofin, on 11 January 2024. The NPWS is continuing to work with Clare County Council to deliver on this proposal, as well as other proposals regarding the public realm in Corofin and hope that the new Burren...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: International Agreements (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The Antarctic Treaty System consists of several different international legal instruments. These are the 1959 Antarctic Treaty; the 1980 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources; the 1972 Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals; and the Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection 1991. Each of these has a different focus and set of requirements on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department has reached a decision regarding the application in question. A letter was issued, by post, on 20 December 2024, informing the applicant of the specifics of the decision.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: From time to time the National Monuments Service (NMS) will consider referrals for addition to our records of archaeological monuments. A referral in relation to a standing stone (CL015-131 on the Sites and Monuments Record) was submitted to the NMS in 2005 with a grid reference and a townland in order that the stone could be located. Unfortunately, an error was made in the creation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: While the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department licenses the hunting of deer, it does not own the deer population and is not responsible for their control on private lands or in the wider countryside. They roam freely throughout the countryside and are present in many parts of the country. Deer populations, by their nature, are mobile and have a home range that is not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department prioritises the ongoing management and eradication of invasive species as part of its conservation role, dedicating a significant level of its resources to these management activities each year. NPWS has to date removed approximately 4 hectares of Cherry Laurel from the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve. The remaining approx 1...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Waterways Ireland is the North South Body responsible for the management and maintenance of more than 1000km of Ireland's inland waterways including the river Shannon. Waterways Ireland also manages and maintains the Shannon Erne Waterway, Erne System, the Barrow, the Royal and Grand Canals and the Lower Bann Navigation. Waterways Ireland is funded by my Department and the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The lands purchased at Dowth in December 2023 form the new National Park, Brú na Boinne National Park, which made it the seventh national park in Ireland at the time. Subsequently Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí became our eighth national park. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), in partnership with the National Monuments Service (NMS) and the Office...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Cultural Institutions (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The Omey remains are secure in the Cultural Resource Centre in Swords. I can confirm the skeletal remains, which are medieval in date, are very well preserved and that progress is well underway for further examination of the remains. Good progress is being made through the various necessary stages of the assessment. The remains have now been re-catalogued and the National Monuments...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 814 and 815 together. The Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (the Act) was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, and enacted on 13 October 2023. While the Act is now law, its provisions are being brought into force on a phased basis, by way of a series of Commencement Orders. As of January 2025, two Commencement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (22 Jan 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The Barrow Blueway Project is a significant initiative which will support communities and create exciting opportunities for recreation and ways to experience interesting places from new perspectives. The project is progressing well with all of the canalside paths completed. Waterways Ireland is responsible for the delivery of the canal-side works elements while the roadside works elements...