Results 1,081-1,100 of 7,615 for speaker:James Browne

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (6 Mar 2025)

James Browne: While my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is responsible for legislation and policy around invasive alien species in Ireland, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has the statutory responsibility for the protection, development, and management of Ireland’s inland fisheries and sea angling resources.. My Department would have consulted widely when drawing up the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department is currently considering tenders for a single-year Hen Harrier nest protection service for the Slieve Bloom Mountains Special Protection Area, during the 2025 breeding season. This is required in an effort to improve the fledging success of the local Hen Harrier population. A number of tenders were received and are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hedge Cutting (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The dates for the cutting of hedges are set down in primary legislation. Section 40 of the Wildlife Act prohibits the cutting of vegetation, with certain strict exemptions, from 1 March to 31 August. There is provision in the legislation for certain exemptions in respect of cutting vegetation in the ordinary course of agriculture or forestry, for health and safety reasons, the destruction...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: As with all Exchequer-supported projects, my Department, as approving authority, assesses each project application for suitability, value for money and compliance with the various requirements of the applicable funding scheme. For reasons of commercial sensitivity, details of specific proposals which are pending funding approval in my Department cannot be released. My Department continues...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: In 2024 my Department’s Multi-annual Rural Water Programme (MARWP) was launched to cover the period 2024 to 2026 and a total of 875 individual applications for funding were received from the local authorities. Given the large number of applications and the associated work load and in order to allow work begin on projects it was decided to take a phased approach to the approval of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) was commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The detailed operation of the Scheme is a matter for the designated local authorities with the Housing Agency acting as agents of the local authorities under the grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Local authorities are entirely independent corporate entities having full responsibility under law for the performance of their functions and the discharge of their governance and other responsibilities. Elected members have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which includes adopting the annual budget. Accordingly, it is a matter for each local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Bhí líon foirne 1,818 ag mo Roinnse ag deireadh mhí Feabhra 2025. Cé nach bhfuil an t-eolas maidir leo siúd atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge le fáil, soláthraíonn mo Roinnse maoiniú agus tugtar tacaíocht d’fhoireann a théann faoi Oiliúint sa Ghaeilge, arna éascú ag Gaelchultúr agus arna deimhniú ag...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109, 110, 111, 112, 113 and 114 together. My Departments’ Rural Water Programme provides grant support to households in specific circumstances where capital works are required to rectify defective Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (DWWTS), including septic tanks. There are currently three grants available and their purpose is to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: A flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) was one of four funds established under the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018 – 2027. Launched in 2018 with committed Exchequer funding of €2 billion, the review of the NDP in 2021 extended the URDF programme to 2030. To date, there have been three rounds of funding provided under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Schemes (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department provides a range of funding initiatives managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), which aim to build on the substantial investment under the three year Strategic Action Plan to support local communities to help maintain and protect local habitats and species, including wetland areas. The Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) provides grant funding to Local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (5 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: There are a number of housing estates across the country, including the estate mentioned in the details supplied, that rely upon their water services from infrastructure provided by the developer of the estates. The water services infrastructure concerned is described as Developer Provided Infrastructure, more commonly called DPI. The infrastructure is privately owned and is not connected...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cumarsáid Aireachta (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Achtaíodh an tAcht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt, 2024 (Acht 2024) ar an 17 Deireadh Fómhair 2024. Tháinig Cuid 25 d’Acht 2024 i bhfeidhm tar éis an tAcht a achtú agus déantar soláthar leis an gCuid sin maidir le leasuithe ilghnéitheacha ar Achtanna um Thionóntachtaí Cónaithe. Cuireadh tús le feidhm ailt 1 go 5...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make efficient use of our existing housing stock. The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant introduced in July 2022, provides a grant of up to €50,000 for the refurbishment of vacant properties for occupation as a principal private residence and for properties which will be made available for rent. A top-up grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) was commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. In line with the commitment to keep the scheme under review and improve it, the Spring 2025 Government Legislation Programme has included the Remediation of Dwellings...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Housing for All (published in September 2021) supercedes the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness (published in July 2016) and provided 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My diary and those of my Ministers of State are routinely published on my Department’s website at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/5f6f1-ministers-diaries/# . A copy of my diary for the relevant period has been published at the above link.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: A flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, the €2 billion Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is supporting a programme of significant transformational capital projects that will contribute to the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework and the National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Pursuant to a commitment in 'Housing for All', a review of the Payment and Availability-Capital Advance Leasing Facility (P&A-CALF) Scheme was conducted and a report published in 2023. The review occurred against the backdrop of certain local authorities, mainly in the West and North West, finding it very difficult to achieve viability under the then P&A-CALF funding model...