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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: County Development Plans (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department is currently finalising an updated draft of the Development Plan Guidelines to assist local authorities in reviewing their development plans. It has been necessary to first prioritise issuing other Section 28 Guidelines, including with regard to apartment development further to review of co-living. It has also been necessary, given the critical importance of housing, to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 334 and 340 together. Action 5 of the National Peatlands Strategy provides for a review of the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry. To undertake the review, the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht established an inter-agency working group. A report on the Review of the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry was prepared by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: The ePlanning project which is currently being developed seeks to integrate the IT systems of the 31 planning authorities using a single online portal allowing for the online submission of planning applications, appeals, submissions and associated fees. Once fully rolled out, ePlanning will provide an online option for the public to engage with the planning system, in addition to the paper...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance will be provided to a school (details supplied) relating to grant funding available to treat extreme damp in a school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6591/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for applying for an upgrade of electrical works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a school (details supplied) can be considered for DEIS status; the reason one school in an area might have DEIS status while another school does not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6593/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: 908. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medications prescribed for a person (details supplied) with Lyme disease are not covered by a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7197/21]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (8 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senators Crowe and Murphy for putting down this Commencement matter. First, I will give the historical context. In 2015, a Galway local government committee unanimously recommended the establishment of a new unified Galway authority on the basis that it would maximise the potential of the region to maintain, secure and grow a sustainable economic base into the future, by combining...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (8 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank both Senators for putting down the Commencement matter and their outline of the financial circumstances that pertain in both local authorities. Before the budgetary process, I met the city manager and their team as well as the county manager and their team in respect of the pressures on discretionary funding from our parking, swimming pools and leisure facilities. Both are very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Gallagher for raising this important issue. The national planning framework, NPF, published in 2018, sets out the Government's overarching strategic planning approach underpinning the sustainable development of urban and rural areas in Ireland to the period 2040. To articulate the broad context of the NPF in clear and understandable terms, the framework contains the national...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Gallagher for raising this Commencement matter. The review has commenced. Coming from a rural constituency, I am very keen to protect the integrity of rural planning and to ensure that it is sustainable. That is key. We must think about the response to the judgment and what it will mean. The national planning framework provides great scope for rural communities, with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator and Senators Moynihan and Bacik for giving me the opportunity to address this matter in the House. On his appointment, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, undertook a review of co-living development. This work was prioritised among many other important matters. Further to that review it was indicated in a letter dated 23 November...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senators for giving us the opportunity to clarify the matter. Within six months of coming into office, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, has acted within the full powers available to him. I think this is key here. The law is the law. The law is very robust in the context of the planning authorities. The Minister has acted as best he can under the powers available to him but also...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2018, which came into operation on 8 February 2018, provide for an exemption from the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises, including vacant areas above ground floor premises, to residential use. This measure is aimed at facilitating the productive re-use...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (4 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: Consultation with key stakeholders, including Oireachtas members representing Galway city and county, will form part of the review process referred to in my previous reply.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Feb 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 (the Board) for determination. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (‘the 2000 Act’) presently provides that an applicant may seek a single period of extension of duration of an existing planning permission, for an additional period as determined by the planning authority to a maximum of five years, except in the circumstances of subsection (1A) of section 42 of the 2000 Act. Subsection...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (3 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: Public participation is a long-established and crucial element of all substantive decision-making processes under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and the supplementary Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations).  In this regard, articles 17-19 of the Regulations require that an applicant for planning permission shall give public notice...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: On being appointed, Minister O'Brien undertook a review of co-living development and indicated in a letter dated 23rd November 2020 to all local authorities, An Bord Pleanála and the Office of the Planning Regulator, that the preferred approach was to restrict commercial co-living development in Ireland. Further to completion of the requisite environmental assessment processes, a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (3 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: I first wish to clarify that Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 empowers the relevant Minister to issue Guidelines to which planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála must have regard in the performance of their functions.  As such, it is not proposed to make changes to Section 28 the Planning and Development Act to give effect to the European Court of Justice (ECJ)...