Results 1,481-1,500 of 4,718 for speaker:Malcolm Noonan

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, that is something we must take back to the Minister. As I said, it is being prepared at present so it is still a work in progress.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 45 provides that the Minister shall lay a draft schedule of future legislation to deal with the following topics before the Oireachtas and committee, as mentioned by the members: reform of CPO powers, land value sharing tax, implementation of planning recommendations from the report of the expert committee on Traveller accommodation, and legislation relevant to the Act that...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I will respond to the issue of Traveller accommodation first if that is okay, in regard to category B and planning. Deputy Ó Broin raised the Part 8 approval process. Action B.2 in category B was to put in place the legislative provisions to suspend the reserved function of elected members for approval of Part 8 proposals for Traveller accommodation, and also to suspend the reserved...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I appreciate that.

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

Malcolm Noonan: We will look at that again. In regard to the conditions, they have to be enforceable. That is important. It is not the function of planners in local authorities to calculate embodied carbon. Obviously, in terms of a development that is brought forward, it is an important skill and competency within the profession. The architectural profession and the building profession will evolve over...

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

Malcolm Noonan: Amendments Nos. 129, 171, 176 and 180 relate to the national planning framework. Amendment Nos. 189 and 190 relate to national planning statements. Amendment Nos. 525 and 526 relate to an urgent direction requiring a chief executive to vary a development plan. Amendment No. 1042 relates to the proposing of fees by the commission. All these amendments deal with the same substantive issue,...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I will allow Deputy Ó Broin to respond first.

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

Malcolm Noonan: In what way?

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

Malcolm Noonan: Consultation is a democratic process.

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

Malcolm Noonan: No, I am not.

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

Malcolm Noonan: While it is often difficult to anticipate the time it may take for a Bill to progress through the Oireachtas, the following timelines are provided on the basis that this Bill will be enacted before the summer. It is also important to note that extensive work is currently being carried out, in parallel with the work on this Bill, on the revision of the planning and development regulations....

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

Malcolm Noonan: If it is okay, I will deal with that first before moving on to Traveller accommodation and planning. Deputies O’Callaghan and Ó Broin are correct about the need to consider reducing embodied carbon in our built environment. The point about the demolition of buildings was well made. Across Dublin, we routinely see perfectly good buildings that were built in the 1940s or 1950s...

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

Malcolm Noonan: Maybe I am looking at it differently but I see this as being very democratic. Section 21 states: (2) The Minister shall make provision for public consultation in the review of the National Planning Framework, including arrangements for consulting— (a) members of the Oireachtas, (b) regional assemblies, (c) local authorities, (d) the Commission, (e) the Office of the Planning...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (15 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The Government has developed the cost-rental tenant in situscheme for tenants in private rental homes who are at risk of homelessness because a landlord intends to sell the property but who are not in receipt of social housing supports. The scheme was established on a temporary administrative basis from 1 April 2023 and is managed by the Housing Agency pending further policy development over...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (15 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There are price guidelines for each local authority. I do not have them to hand here. With regard to the number of homes acquired under the cost-rental tenant in situscheme to date, 47 bids have been accepted to the end of quarter 3 of 2023 since the launch of the scheme on 1 April 2023. Those bids will obviously be expected to rise over the coming months.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (15 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: They are, yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (15 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The guidelines are there and they are consistent with local authority housing purchase. Local authorities do have some discretion with regard to those.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (15 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That legislation is in preparation at the moment.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy raised the very important point of people who find themselves in difficult situations, whether it is a home being repossessed, marital breakdown or another issue, which can impact on their ability to sustain housing and find affordable housing. The Government is responding to this through Housing for All, the fresh start principles, the local authority home loan scheme and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There needs to be uniformity in the appeals process across the country and I am certain that there is. As I said, our Department carries out an annual review of that with all the constituent local authorities to ensure there is a fair and balanced approach to appeals. However, appeals do work. If people follow due process, the appeals process can work. As I said, there are many...