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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 225 and 226 together. Under Article 82(3)(n) of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, the Minister with responsibility for Heritage is notified of a proposed development where it appears to the authority that the development might have significant effects in relation to nature conservation. The National Parks and Wildlife Service...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hedge Cutting (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 604, 605 and 661 together. I refer to the reply to Dáil Question No. 277 on 22 February 2024 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Under the National Raised Bog Restoration programme, conservation measures are undertaken on Ireland's protected raised bogs to restore these important habitats to favourable conservation status. This is done by restoring the water table to a level where the bog is wet enough to support the growth of sphagnum moss, which assists in the formation of peat. It is important to note that the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Deer hunting can occur in Ireland all year round, not just during the deer hunting open season. A landowner may apply for a permit under S42 of the Wildlife Acts 1976, as amended, to control deer on their land where serious damage is being caused. This hunting predominantly occurs on private land where hunters must have permission to hunt. Also deer are most active at dawn and dusk and are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In accordance with a key commitment in the Programme for Government, a new revised and strengthened River Basin Management Plan will outline the national policies and high-level goals that will protect and restore our natural waters and will advance Ireland’s implementation of the Water Framework Directive. My Department is currently finalising the third River Basin Management Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Applications for funding under the Community Monuments Fund are assessed by an expert panel in my Department. Each application is taken on its merits and awarded points under a number of criteria as set out in the Community Monuments Fund Handbook. Applications for funding for 2024 are currently being assessed and I hope to make an announcement on projects awarded funding in mid-April.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 298: In page 95, line 21, to delete “2 working days” and substitute “5 working days”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 299: In page 95, line 36, to delete “shall, within 3 working days of receipt of the direction,” and substitute “shall, as soon as practicable,”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 300: In page 96, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(18) The Minister may prescribe a period or periods that shall be disregarded for the purposes of reckoning any period referenced in this section.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is only if one part of it has been quashed, as I understand it. The overall direction stays valid. It is just if one part of it is quashed. If part of a direction is quashed by a judicial review, then the other parts of it still stand.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is new.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It brings clarity to what happens when there is a direction from judicial review proceedings. I am not sure if it was based on a previous case. It may be.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I do not know. It is just to bring clarity.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The answer is that is not necessarily the case. It is more to give legal certainty.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 301: In page 96, line 27, to delete “plan” and substitute “strategy”.