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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I refer to the reply to Question No. 267 of 7 April 2022 which set out the approach to processing foreshore licence applications for site investigations linked to the proposed development of offshore renewable energy projects and the work currently underway to establish a new consenting regime in the maritime area under the Maritime Area Planning (MAP) Act 2021. The foreshore section of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: An Bord Pleanála’s Performance Delivery Agreement (PDA) with my Department documents the agreed level of service between the parties to facilitate improved effectiveness and efficiency of relevant public services, setting out the Board’s key targets and defining the output and outcome indicators on which its performance should be measured. The 2021 PDA reflected an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: The information sought by the Deputy regarding current members of the Board of An Bord Pleanála, the Minister that appointed each member, and the rate of remuneration for Board members is set out in the attached table. Current Members of the Board of An Bord Pleanála (26 April 2022) NAME APPOINTED BY TERM Mr. David Walsh...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is in contact with my Department in connection with a proposal to amend existing planning exemptions for the replacement of broadleaf high forest with conifer species. Officials from both Departments discussed the matter initially in September 2021 and most recently met on 4 April 2022 to progress the matter. My Department is continuing to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Electoral Process (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 748. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the competition in relation to election monitoring for new election monitors will be held; the number of places that will be available; the person or body that will run the competition; if there will be interviews; the selection process that is used to determine successful candidates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building programme for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19313/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1026. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reopen the social welfare office in Castlepollard, County Westmeath, to serve the population of north County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20031/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify in relation to the contributory pension application that before home caring credits can be added to an application that an applicant needs to have a minimum 520 paid contributions and if this is discriminating against those home caring for periods in the past who now do not qualify for the full...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1065. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanism that is in place to ensure that periods spent in the home caring for children can be recognised by her Department when the contributory pension is being assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that general practitioners providing services under HSE schemes such as the maternity and infant scheme, maintain appropriate insurance that allows them to provide home birth services to all women who opt for this form of delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the rights of the registered owners of fee simple bogs (details supplied). [20591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: An Bord Pleanála’s Workforce Plan for 2021-2022 was approved by my Department in October 2021. This Plan provided for an initial 8 additional staff for a new Marine/Climate Unit, which would include responsibility for processing offshore wind energy applications. I understand that the Board is currently preparing a Maritime Resource Plan to identify the additional staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (7 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: The Maritime Area Planning (MAP) Act 2021, enacted in December 2021, establishes a new plan-led marine planning system, which is underpinned by a statutory Marine Planning Policy Statement guided by the National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF), consisting of a new licensing and development management regime from the high water mark to the outer limit of the State’s continental shelf....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in VAT on heat pumps and solar panels to encourage the investment by homeowners into same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: According to the information made available to my Department in relation to Strategic Housing Developments (SHDs) there are currently 54 active judicial review cases against SHD decisions of An Bord Pleanála (the Board). The number of units in the related planning applications is approximately 16,000. The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future committed to not extending the SHD...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: Project Ireland 2040 comprises the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the National Development Plan (NDP). One of the key outcomes of both of the NPF and NDP is the compact growth of cities and towns of all sizes, in order to meet sustainability goals and to create more attractive places in which people can live and work. The preferred approach is to focus on greater reuse of previously...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: In October 2021, my Department approved the 2021-2022 An Bord Pleanála (the Board) Workforce Plan which provides for an additional 24 posts across a range of technical and administrative grades including the setting up of a new Marine and Climate Unit to implement the role assigned to the Board under the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 and associated projects under the Climate Action...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: Housing for All (published in September 2021) provides a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030 with the overall objective that every citizen in the State should have access to good quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations, with economic, social and environmental sustainability built into the system. The strategy commits to increasing the housing options...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: In September 2021, Minister O'Brien established a Working Group to progress the actions involving local authorities set out in the Government’s Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. Chaired by my Department, the Working Group comprises representatives of local authorities and the Departments of Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I have no plans at this time to commence section 212 of the Local Government Act 2001 which deals with the holding of public local inquiries. The establishment of public local inquiries is a legally complex matter, particularly with regard to how such inquiries would function in practice. Careful consideration would be needed regarding the powers of such inquiries to compel persons to...