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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Section 35 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that a planning authority may refuse planning permission in a case where having regard to any information available to it, it is satisfied that the planning applicant or a connected person is not in compliance with a previous permission, has carried out a substantial unauthorised development, or has been convicted of an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Since the pyrite remediation scheme was first published in February 2014, the Pyrite Resolution Board has received approximately 720 completed applications and applications continue to be received at a rate of circa 5 per week. A total of 498 dwellings have now been accepted into the scheme of which 352 have technical consultants assigned to them and the necessary preparatory work, tendering...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The number of foreshore leases and licences granted since May 2011 is set out in the table below. Category Foreshore Lease (Section 2) Foreshore Licence (Section 3) No. of Commercial 9 68 No. of Private 1 1 Total 10 69 During the same period Ministerial approval in principle has been given to a further 65 commercial and private lease and licence applications, as set out...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants.Having regard to the quasi-judicial nature of the work of the PRTB, it would be inappropriate for me to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I refer to the reply to Question No. 576 of 20 January 2015 which sets out the position in this matter. My Department continues to await advices from the Chief State Solicitor’s Offices with respect to the legal complexities that have arisen on the assignment of the foreshore leasehold interest in this case.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 495 and 496 together. Grant assistance is not available from my Department to assist particular sectors of industry to meet their statutory obligations under the Construction Products Regulation nor is this proposed. However, I understand that Local Enterprise Offices in association with the National Standards Authority of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The planning regulations do not impose language restrictions on commercial business signage. I have no plans to introduce such a restriction.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (19 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. The Government’s Social Housing Strategy 2020 includes a commitment to make the Regulations necessary for its introduction, in the second quarter of 2015, which will set out the full details of the new scheme....

Topical Issue Debate: Funding for ACCORD (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I got him in for Deputy McGrath.

National Dementia Strategy Implementation: Statements (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this very important topic that transcends politics. It affects many families in this country and all over the world. As I look around the House and the Gallery, I note we have all ages listening to this debate from schoolchildren to the elderly. Unfortunately, most families will have a member affected by dementia or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 and 207 together. Section 58 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that an owner and occupier of a protected structure or a proposed protected structure must, to the extent consistent with the rights and obligations arising out of their respective interests in the structure, ensure that the structure, or any element of it which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The provides the statutory framework within which the pyrite remediation scheme must operate. It is not a compensation scheme and section 14(8) of the Act explicitly provides that homeowners cannot seek the recoupment of costs associated with the remediation of a dwelling undertaken outside of the pyrite remediation scheme. I have no plans to amend the legislation in this regard. The is a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (14 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants in this sector. According to the PRTB Annual Report for 2013,...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Does Sinn Féin support the building regulations?

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Does Sinn Féin support the new building regulations?

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am happy to offer concluding remarks on behalf of the Government. The debate over last night and tonight on this Private Member's motion confirms the universal consensus emerging from all sides of this House to broadly acknowledge the mistakes of the past as exposed through the tribunal report and accept that such mistakes must never again be allowed to be witnessed in our planning...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (13 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: My Department has given preliminary consideration to the arrangements in place for oversight of new single dwellings and extensions to existing dwellings in advance of the full review of the broader operation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 9 of 2014) which is currently open to public consultation until 15 May 2015. While fees for professional services are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The pyrite remediation scheme, which was first published by the Pyrite Resolution Board in February of 2014, was developed having regard to, inter alia, the recommendations set out in the (July 2012) and the relevant provisions of the . The full conditions for eligibility are set out in the scheme, which is available on the Board’s website (). It is a condition of eligibility under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: While I have no function in relation to the regulation or oversight of insurance providers or insurance based products, I am acutely aware of the upset and distress faced by many homeowners who have been affected by pyritic heave and am conscious that their difficulties can be exacerbated by the withdrawal of household insurance cover. Nevertheless, the provision of insurance cover and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The provisions of the set out the means by which problems relating to the ownership and management of the common areas of both existing and new multi-unit developments can be addressed. The Act also aims to facilitate the fair and effective management of those bodies responsible for the management of such areas. The Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 falls under the remit of my colleague the...