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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain faoina mbeidh an grúpa oibre molta don tithíocht Gaeltachta bunaithe, agus sonraí a thabhairt faoin ról a bheidh acu, agus an mbeidh na treoirlínte don phleanáil Gaeltachta i bhfeidhm faoin am atá siad i mbun oibre. [7123/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body responsible for monitoring compliance with the terms of the culture certificate for section 481 tax relief once the certificate is issued by her Department; and if the certificate has ever been withdrawn from a company for failure to comply with its terms. [7124/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The first three are somewhat related. This is where the confusion comes from - the others have nothing to do with planning. Some are to do with standard requirements for staffing. That is where the problem is. They are all grouped. We will have to go through them individually or grouped where they are related. I thank the Minister of State for giving us the explanation for the first...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is complicated having to jump around to the different amendments. We finished the meeting last night speaking on amendment No. 9. I will try to stick to the ones we are dealing with now and maybe come back to the ones we have skipped over. In the main, we have been talking about the language impact assessment. A lot of people would presume the best place for this provision would be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State was quoting from the development plans as to what the obligations were for section 46(2)(b). There already is an obligation that in some cases has failed miserably in most Gaeltacht areas. Part of the frustration of Gaeltacht communities is that they will be left in limbo without the developments which would allow many of those families to stay within the Gaeltacht,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is amendment No. 603, which Deputy O'Callaghan mentioned specifically, and that relates to section 83.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I can have a stab at dealing with these three topics, which are in some ways totally separate. We have already addressed some of the subject matter. Amendment No. 890 outlines how the language impact assessment would work. It is quite specific. I am not precious about the language but the intent exists. I would be happy to work with the Department if it wished to adopt the concept of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On the amendment Deputy O'Callaghan mentioned that deals with Údarás na Gaeltachta working as an approved housing body, this is not just something we have dreamt up as a fix for a problem. We have met with representatives from Údarás na Gaeltachta in committee a number of times. In fairness, they recently announced that a pilot scheme is up and running and they are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes. Before, it went down this road, Údarás na Gaeltachta, and many others, were of the view that it could not go down the road of dealing with housing. However, it has obtained legal advice - I do not know if it was from the Attorney General or someone else - that it can go down the road of at least providing sites, which is what it has done so far.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The next step is a different one. The question is whether it will build and run the housing developments as an approved housing body. That would have implications for other things. The HSE and the Department of Health could develop houses on their lands.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That would be useful.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is the Chair's fault really.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The logic of the amendment on the naming of estates is that street signs and everything else are now addressed in law. One of the functions of local authorities is to allow for the naming of estates. Most local authorities do not change easily. If a ministerial directive or legislation says that, in the future, new estates shall be named bilingually with each name having equal status, it...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In fairness, some of the local authorities are absolutely brilliant at it. Some of the councillors take it as a duty to reject certain names. However,, it does not seem to be taken as seriously in other local authorities, especially given that some of the names bear no relationship to the area. With so much history and heritage in our country, I find it difficult to understand why...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I presume so, yes. Under the heading "Mandatory objective: Gaeltacht Areas", it states: "That development proposals in Gaeltacht areas have a positive impact on the linguistic and cultural heritage that can be robustly assessed at planning application stage".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The problem is that this is not happening in practice. The vast majority of these Irish language amendments arise from past failures of local authorities. We are looking for these measures to be in legislation rather than in guidelines because legislation has a higher status. That would allow communities to go to court if the provisions are not complied with. In fact, quite a number of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will go back to the question about short-term letting. I will give the Minister of State the report. The problem with Irish language news is that most people do not read it and it does not get carried in the English media. On 18 January, Pádraic Ó Ciardha of Tuairisc.ieproduced a report-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes. I will give the Minister of State a copy of the article. That is no problem. His report was on the number of holiday homes in local electoral areas in Gaeltacht areas. It is absolutely scary. In Baile an Sceilg, 55% of homes are holiday homes. He goes all the way through every region. In Ros Goill, the figure is 58%. These homes are not available to the local community. They may...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If the amendment is put, we will not finish at 1 p.m. because a vote will be called.