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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: In December 2020, in support of Government policy on advancing the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities, I established a Working Group to examine the provision of a changing places toilet in certain buildings. The Working Group has now recommended the types and sizes of buildings where a changing places toilet should be required, along with the technical requirements (equipment,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for medical personnel in the Springfield Centre, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [5589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Feb 2022)

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. Articles 6, 7, 8 and 10 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.  Under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Feb 2022)

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 to residential use, including the conversion of vacant areas above ground floor commercial premises to residential use. This measure was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (2 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: Pursuant to Section 11(1)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), not later than 4 years after the making of a development plan, a planning authority shall give notice of its intention to review its existing development plan and to prepare a new development plan for its area. As part of each stage of the review, there is a clear and structured approach governing the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider designating Lough Ennell as a wild brown trout fishery in the western lakes plan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this lake is one of the finest brown trout fishing lakes in Europe and that the status needs to be preserved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle charging points available in County Westmeath; the location of each; his plans to increase the number of charging points to reflect the local population hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: The responsibility for the development on Ireland’s foreshore is regulated under the provisions of the Foreshore Act 1933, as amended. As the Minister of State with responsibility for Planning and Local Government I am the ‘appropriate Minister’ for the purposes of the Act and have responsibility for all development types covered by the Act with the exception of a number...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: The Government established the Inter-Departmental Group on Managing Coastal Change to scope out an approach for the development of a national co-ordinated and integrated strategy to manage the projected impact of coastal change to our coastal communities. The Inter-Departmental Group is jointly chaired by my Department and the OPW and will bring forward options and recommendations for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: The information requested is not collected by my Department, as the approval or confirmation of proposals for the compulsory purchase of land or property by statutory authorities is a matter for An Bord Pleanála. In this connection, arrangements have been put in place by each Agency under the remit of my Department, including An Bord Pleanála, to facilitate the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: The e-Planning project providing for the establishment of the National Online Planning Portal and allowing for the online submission of planning applications, appeals, submissions and associated fees on a nationwide basis began its pilot phase on 22 December 2021 in Tipperary and Galway County Councils. The pilot is testing the ability of the local IT systems to accept planning applications...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/service/9e4ee-get-planning-statistics/. The data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2022)

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 to residential use, including the conversion of vacant areas above ground floor commercial premises to residential use. This measure was...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) and their parents’ passports returned without further delay. [4481/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the €1,000 bonus to drivers who assist doctors on call through the Midoc service (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [5061/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the €1,000 Covid-19 bonus payment to patient-facing nurses in the disability sector. [4245/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the development of the specialist palliative care inpatient unit in Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5026/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the €1,000 bonus to carers who work in the homes of persons with disabilities and who worked 12-hour shifts and provided care for persons throughout the pandemic, placing their own health at risk to provide that service. [4518/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to the escalation and high price of fertiliser which is having a major impact on farming families. [5069/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Peter Burke: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the €1,000 bonus to prison officers who continued to work all through the pandemic and who would be responsible for bringing prisoners into hospitals and remaining with them for their stay in hospital (details supplied). [4008/22]