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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Cronin for the presentation. We have been waiting some time for this. Obviously, we have been dealing with the Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021 for some time. As Mr. Cronin knows, international best practice strongly advocates that if one is introducing the kind of planning regime we have just introduced for the maritime area, especially given the scale of offshore renewable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Obviously the legacy projects are east coast, not west coast. Is it Mr. Cronin's view, from the information he has, that none of the areas being considered for those legacy projects are likely to be designated as marine protected areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: As always, if there is a third round and I can pop back in after my final meeting I will do so, just to keep Mr. Cronin and Dr. Ó Cadhla occupied since-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----we are so keen to get them here. I have a follow-up question for Mr. Cronin on the legacy projects. If I heard what he said correctly, the aim is to have good environmental status everywhere all of the time. That is fine, but designating an MPA has a meaning above and beyond that. While I am very clear that an MPA does not automatically exclude other activities, having that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: In the context of the maritime area consents that the Minister is likely to be asked to grant pre the establishment of MARA, will all that information be used in the process of determining whether those consents are appropriate? Likewise, if there are subsequent planning applications to the board, again, pre-designation, is that information likely to be accessible to the board and the wider...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there a target date for the publication of that document?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: With the Chairman's indulgence, what happens throughout 2022 where legacy projects are progressing? Mr. Cronin is not only telling us that there is a time lag with the designation of MPAs, but the completion of the sensitivity mapping and all those other very important pieces of work will not necessarily be available as MACs are being granted by the Minister, or planning applications are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, Chairman, and I thank him very much. I thank Mr. Cronin again for his replies. There are many organisations out there, particularly organisations which track the alarming levels of biodiversity loss and damage both to our natural and marine environment who would take a much more critical view of our marine environmental standards, particularly in areas such as seismic surveys and who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there space within that for what are known as other affected area-based conservation measures to be used in parallel? Is there discussion around what are known as no take zones to ensure we have a belt and braces approach to the maximum protection of marine biodiversity as we are making those really important decisions about large-scale offshore wind energy?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (25 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the new housing and assistance payments and rental accommodation scheme targets in each of the years 2022 to 2026. [58143/21]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of each of the 101 recommendations of the 2016 Report Organisational Review of An Bord Pleanála in tabular form. [57726/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (24 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is currently reviewing the build-to-rent guidelines; if so, the stage this review is at; the person or body conducting the review; and the terms of reference of same. [57805/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (24 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services that are provided to children at a school (details supplied); and the facilities that are in place for the children in attendance. [57941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the injuries at track scheme for greyhound racing only covers injuries sustained at official trials and not unofficial trials; and if the scheme is only open for race-ending injuries. [57798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for the greyhound injuries at track scheme made since the scheme commenced; and the amount paid out under the scheme. [57799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual breakdown of the number of greyhounds that have received money from the greyhound injuries at track scheme. [57800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data collected by the control stewards and racing managers at official greyhound trials; if that data will be extended to the collection of injuries sustained at official trials; and if there are control stewards or racing managers present at unofficial greyhound trials. [57801/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if greyhound owners are charged a fee for use of the stadium at official trials and unofficial trials; and if so, if that fee is paid to Greyhound Racing Ireland or to the stadium. [57802/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sector under which emissions from the Defence Forces are accounted for under the carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings; and if the Defence Forces emissions are accounted for when reporting emissions to the European Union and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [57075/21]