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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank members for their contributions. I will address amendments Nos. 71 and 74, as jointly tabled by Deputies Eoin Ó Broin and Thomas Gould, and amendments Nos. 72 and 73, as jointly tabled by Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kelly, Paul Murphy, Bríd Smith and Mick Barry. Amendments Nos. 71 and 72 seek to replace and provide that the LDA will be established as a public...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I will do my best. I thank the members again for all their genuine and valuable contributions. I understand where each and every one is coming from. I note members saying the fiscal rules may not be here at some point in the future. Unfortunately, I cannot operate that scratch card type of economics whereby you have a crystal ball before you and you make predictions and put legislation...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for his amendments. The Government has two amendments in this grouping, Nos. 103 and 105. These amendments are technical amendments to provide that the appointment of the board and chair of the board will be subject to the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The provision as currently drafted provides that the Minister appoints individuals...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 103: In page 16, line 25, after “Minister” to insert “, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 105: In page 16, line 26, after “Minister” to insert “, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,”.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (2 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the pension payment for elderly persons (details supplied). [29910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the reclassification of L5433 to a regional road and the reclassification of R444 to a minor road will commence. [29759/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a copy of a report (details supplied) has been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29590/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to an association (details supplied) since 2017 to date; the conditions attached to this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29591/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding issued to an association (details supplied) under the Covid sport resilience fund in 2020 and 2021; the conditions attached to this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department does not have direct involvement in executive functions such as procurement, carried out by a local authority.  Under Section 149 of the Local Government Act 2001, the Chief Executive of a local authority is responsible for the executive functions of the local authority, and for that purpose to manage and control generally, the administration and business of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: A wide range of exemptions from planning permission are already provided for under Section 4 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, (the Act) and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, (the Regulations). Such exemptions are provided for when they are considered to be consistent with proper planning and sustainable development. Under Class 1...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Community (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have a statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations), set out various exemptions from the requirement to obtain planning permission. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: On 4 June 2019, my Department wrote to planning authorities with Rent Pressure Zone designations (RPZs) - to which the short-term letting regulations apply - seeking estimated resource funding requirements for the implementation and enforcement of the new short-term letting (STL) provisions, to cover the period to the end of 2021. My Department wrote again to planning authorities on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income limits will be reviewed for carer’s allowance applicants; when these limits were reviewed most recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29280/21]

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senators for their important contributions as we move through our Affordable Housing Bill. Amendment No. 19 seeks to add a condition to section 7, that a housing authority may only enter into an agreement for the sale of affordable dwellings "where the dwellings specified in the agreement meet such criteria of affordability", and to include a criteria that any such dwellings...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2021)

Peter Burke: The Minister will be setting the method of assessment in terms of the eligibility criteria through regulations which will come before the House, as I outlined last Friday. These can be extinguished by the House within 21 days.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank each of the Senators for raising the various issues they have put forward. I look forward to engaging with everyone today. I do not propose to accept this amendment because it would require all regulations to be the subject of positive approval by both Houses of the Oireachtas. The existing provision gives either House of the Oireachtas the power to pass a resolution annulling any...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senators for their comments. It is not proposed to accept this amendment. It is not clear that the provisions in the amendment, as structured, including using the phrase "paramount concern" in respect of housing authorities, would have a definite legal effect. The supply of affordable housing by a local authority is influenced by a range of considerations, including identified...