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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I hear the views expressed. There will be a review and the Government will take action if there are unintended consequences or if some of the developments articulated come to fruition. I was very lucky in life to have been elected to the local council in 2009. In the period 2009 to 2012, I remember sitting in the council chamber and so many of my colleagues being so frustrated with the...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senators Mullen, Keogan and Boyhan for putting forward the amendments. The primary objective of the levy is to act as a mechanism to incentivise the development of vacant and unutilised sites in urban areas for both the provision of housing and the development and renewal of land, thereby facilitating the most efficient use of such land and sites, and enabling them to be brought into...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I assure the Senator that we appreciate the urgency of this matter. Unfortunately, I cannot accept the amendment at this point. If something is not working, we must respond quickly because we know we are in a crisis. We will attend to this matter in the Department and I will raise the Senator's concerns with the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, as he makes his decisions, especially in the context...

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank all the Deputies for their engagement. For my period in the Chamber, I have listened very carefully and with interest to many of the contributions made. It has been useful to have an opportunity to explain the Government position to the Members of the House and to hear their views on the long-standing question of how best we can ensure a share of increased land value arising from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (16 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: As part of the Government’s Economic Recovery Plan on 1 June, I announced an extension of the current commercial rates waiver for an additional 3 months, covering July to September. The waiver is intended to continue supporting eligible businesses as they adjust to the reopening of the economy and recover from the impact of the pandemic. The businesses eligible for the waiver in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 112 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: Quarrying Sector (16 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: Under planning legislation, enforcement of unauthorised development is a matter for the relevant planning authority, which can take action if a development does not have the required permission, or where the terms of a permission have not been met. There are extensive enforcement provisions provided for in Part VIII of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Quarrying Sector (16 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link: . The data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and planning authority. However, the data is not broken down by reason for...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Members for the valuable contributions. I have listened closely to the comments and statements and I appreciate and acknowledge the level of anger and frustration felt by communities in counties Donegal and Mayo and beyond, as has been alluded to by other speakers in the House. Earlier today, I had the privilege of going outside to meet with the residents who were affected by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been allocated with an appointment for the driver theory test in August 2021 given that they had a confirmed test date in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31369/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been allocated an appointment for the driver theory test in August 2021 given that they had a confirmed test date in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been allocated with an appointment for the driver theory test in September 2021 given that they had a confirmed test date in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31376/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555, 556, 557 and 577 together. The current Wind Energy Development Guidelines 2006 do not provide for a mandatory minimum setback distance between wind turbines and residential dwellings or EU designated sites. However, in the context of, and in addition to, noise limits, they indicate - for the purpose of protecting residential dwellings in noise sensitive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: Aside from providing for the derelict sites levy - the proceeds of which are retained by local authorities - and associated provisions, the Derelict Sites Act 1990 does not address the issue of funding for local authorities to address dereliction. The proportion of the overall annual budget of each local authority which is spent on addressing dereliction is a matter for each local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

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: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department collects statistics relating to the Derelicts Sites Act 1990 on an annual basis in Q3 of the following year. Therefore the information requested in respect of 2020 is not yet available. The latest available statistics in this regard relate to 2019 and these are set out in the following table. Local Authority Amount levied 2019 Carlow ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: Local authorities have been provided with a number of powers and measures to deal with the issue of derelict properties, both in larger urban conglomerations and in smaller rural towns and villages. There also exists a framework of overarching policy and capital funding which provides support to development, including urban regeneration. The Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) imposes a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 592 and 594 together. Each local authority is required to prepare an Annual Financial Statement by the end of March following the year end and to publish it by the end of June. These financial statements undergo an independent audit by the Local Government Audit Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the Act) introduced new streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHDs) of 100 housing units or more, or student accommodation or shared accommodation developments of 200 bed spaces or more, to be made directly to An Bord Pleanála for determination. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice (15 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: On 12 November 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment in case C-261/18, which followed on from the judgment in case C-215/06 relating to the Derrybrien Wind Farm in County Galway. The 2019 judgment ruled against Ireland and imposed a lump sum fine of €5m and a daily fine of €15,000 until compliance is achieved, plus legal costs. The court...