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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 625 and 626 together. While my Department does not require local authorities to submit data on the implementation and enforcement of the Short-Term Letting Regulations at individual Rent Pressure Zone level, it regularly requests such data at local authority level. The information provided below is taken from the quarterly reports submitted by Louth County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: In order to continue supporting businesses and ratepayers, and in recognition of the ongoing impacts of Covid-19 and the associated public health restrictions, the Government put in place a commercial rates waiver for the first three months of 2021 and subsequently extended it for a further three months. The waiver applies to businesses most seriously affected by ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order (S.I. 352 of 2018, as amended by S.I. 603 of 2018) made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State agency.   Based on information provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State agency. The LDA have advised my Department that the 0.75 acre Meath Hospital site is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of the Land Development Agency Bill.  As with all State bodies operating under the aegis of my Department, arrangements have been put in place by the LDA through which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021.  My Department regularly engages with the LDA to discuss its work programme, including the delivery of affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: A technical working group was established and chaired by officials in my Department to consider the transfer of state lands to the Land Development Agency (LDA) in April 2019. The working group met on three occasions on the following dates – - 16 April 2019 - 2 May 2019 - 20 June 2019 Membership of the working group consisted of officials from the following Departments/Bodies: 1....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The designation of categories of officials under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 is a matter for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to “extend the lobbying register so that the lobbying of senior officials in bodies like the Central Bank of Ireland, Comreg, the NTA and the HSE which have significant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: To ensure that local government is accessible to all and representative of the communities it serves,  I recognise the need to address with urgency the matter of maternity and paternity leave for local authority elected members.  I recently approved the establishment of a working group of local government stakeholders to examine the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department has been advised by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) that it served a notice on 11 February 2021 under section 11 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 on the owner of the property in question to undertake specified works to address the derelict state of the property i.e. cut-back and removal of overgrown vegetation, removal of other...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State agency. The LDA is currently developing 10 sites across 7 local authorities which are all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040 (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: Across the EU, the European Commission classifies regions within the Union as either being a “Less Developed Region”, a “Transition Region” or a “More Developed Region”, based on their GDP per head of population relative to the EU27 Average. As the Deputy has identified, the Commission recently re-classified the Northern & Western Region from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department continues to engage both at official and Ministerial levels in various cross-border fora that support north-south co-operation and an all-island approach to planning. The British-Irish Council, established in 1999, is one such forum through which its members discuss, consult and use best endeavours to reach agreement on co-operation on matters of mutual interest within the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 671 and 672 together. Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists, prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 - 2015.  The levying and collection of rates are matters for each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The vast majority of Travellers live in standard housing. The allocations and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The zoning of land for particular uses is an exercise undertaken as part of the overall statutory development plan function under sections 9-13 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended). Under this legislation, the decision to zone land for development is specifically a reserved function of the elected members of the planning authority, in this case Clare County Council, and this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourism Industry (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: This question relates to the licensing of street furniture and other appliances on public roads and footpaths as provided for under section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), and the supplementary Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations).  Article 201 of the Regulations outlines the various apparatus and structures that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: On the matter of the recommendations in the Traveller Accommodation Expert Review Report, there are 32 recommendations which can be broken down into 4 categories which are aimed at: - addressing research deficiencies, including how information is gathered and used; - removing any potential delays and obstacles in the planning system in terms of delivery; -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Services Provision (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: The consultation for the development of a  new housing  Strategy for  people with disabilities was launched in a number of formats on the 6th of March 2021 so as to provide the maximum possible levels of accessibility.  The Housing Agency website contains all versions of the survey, which are available until the 16th of April 2021. These can be accessed at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: 867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14663/21]