Results 1-20 of 87 for cork speaker:Malcolm Noonan

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...purchase new homes. Recently-published quarter 1 2024 delivery figures show more than 4,000 approvals have been issued since the scheme launched, with 75% of approvals issued in counties Dublin, Cork, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow.

Seanad: Housing Commission Report: Motion (29 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...is a 128% increase; 1,600 cost rentals homes; funding to deliver 4,097 affordable homes through cost rental by local authorities; Project Tosaigh - 2,500; transferring public lands to the LDA – 256 in Cork and 219 in Naas; and STAR – the secure tenancy affordable rental investment scheme. There is very significant progress in affordable housing under way. I dispute the...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...complexes, including St. Mary’s on Dorset Street, Constitution Hill, Matt Talbot Court, Glover Court, Pearse House, St. Andrew’s Court, Oliver Bond House and Dominick Street West. In Knocknaheeny, on the northside of Cork city, the Cork north-west quarter regeneration programme is well under way and includes the demolition of 450 houses and their replacement with 678...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy. As I outlined, there is a compensation mechanism for business customers. Certainly, I appreciate the points raised about the communities in east Cork affected by this because it is a huge inconvenience, to put it mildly, when a boil water notice is in place, even if it is just around issues of turbidity in the water supply. It still requires customers to boil the water...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...ochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Teachta O'Connor as an gceist seo a ardú. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and I acknowledge Deputy Stanton's concerns as well about the east Cork boil water notice. The issue of safe drinking water has both national and local importance and I appreciate the Deputy's concerns for the communities affected. He will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (1 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: .... It should be affordable, reliable and safe. That is critically important. Further engagement is required. I cannot speak specifically about the public consultation in respect of people in Cork county or officials from Cork County Council. That is something that would be important also. Critically important is transport-oriented development, which we are trying to achieve from a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (1 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...investments across the network. This includes the continued roll-out of the BusConnects programme. With regard to his specific question on planned changes to the 220 route at Grange Manor in Cork, I understand that there have been issues with some bus services in Cork city in recent months and that these issues have been having a negative impact on the travelling public. That is not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (23 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...x20ac;235,533.55 Cavan County Council 5 4 €147,300.30 Clare County Council 4 2 €130,000.00 Cork City Council 4 3 €160,000.00 Cork County Council 9 8 €421,796.65 Dún...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...delivered in the past four years, with 103,000 new homes built during that period. This progress is being mirrored at local level across the country. For example, the quantum of new homes delivered in Cork city and county has increased by one third since 2019. More than 3,100 new homes were delivered there in 2023, comprising 1,044 in Cork city and 2,064 in the county. While housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (9 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...n/a 4 4 (3F;1M) Laois; 2 x Kilkenny, Longford 2018 0 0 2 1 x F Kildare 5 4 (3F;1M) Waterford, Cork, Laois, Longford 2017 0 0 1 1 x F Waterford 7 3 (2F:1M) Longford, Kildare, Laois 2016 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...Agency (LDA), and now also private providers under the new Secure Tenancy Affordable Rental (STAR) investment scheme. I am pleased to announce that AHBs delivered 105 cost rental homes in Cork City. I have also approved 5 affordable housing projects in Cork County to assist with the delivery of 111 cost rental homes, through the Affordable Housing Fund (AHF). Additionally, the LDA, via...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (17 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Teachtaí as ucht an cheist seo. The Cork city water supply is a really important issue and we appreciate the concerns being raised by both Deputies on this and regarding having to buy bottled water and regarding the discolouration issue. It is something that is affecting communities in Cork and we are conscious of that. As part of budget 2024, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (17 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...are contracts with Uisce Éireann. Uisce Éireann is a publicly-owned utility. I moved the legislation in this House myself to ensure that it is a public utility. Whatever about the motion in Cork City Council-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: .... Hampton Gardens Close in Balbriggan includes nine one-bedroom apartments and nine two-bedroom ground-floor duplexes costing between €170,000 and €220,000. Hawkes Road in Bishopstown, Cork, has 35 two- and three-bedroom homes for €246,000 to €289,000. At Dun Emer in Lusk, there are two- and three-bedroom homes for €166,000 to €245,000. Bower...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...cost-rental, 91 affordable purchase and 200 social, at Shanganagh. The LDA has commenced construction on State lands in phase 1 of housing delivery at the site of the former St. Kevin's Hospital in Cork city. That project will deliver 265 homes, made up of 119 affordable purchase, 119 cost-rental and 25 Part V social housing units The first home shared equity scheme was launched on 27...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No 9: In page 7, to delete lines 4 and 5 and substitute the following: Cork South-Central The city of Cork, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cork North-Central and Cork North-West 5 Amendment No. 9 is intended to correct a typographical error in the specification of the constituency of Cork...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ..., Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway. 5 South The counties of: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow; the cities and counties of Limerick and Waterford; and the city of Cork. 5

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway. 5 South The counties of: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow; the cities and counties of Limerick and Waterford; and the city of Cork. 5 ”.”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Development Projects (21 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department currently supports a programme of large-scale regeneration projects in Limerick, Dublin and Cork and smaller projects in Tralee, Sligo and Dundalk. These regeneration projects target the country's most disadvantaged communities and seek to address the causes of disadvantage in these communities through an holistic programme of physical, social and economic regeneration. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (9 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...close to existing or planned high-capacity public transport hubs. The Working Group is now focussing on opportunities for TOD in the Eastern Region (Kildare, Meath, Wicklow and Louth) and in the cities of Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford. Following the completion of engagement with local authorities and key infrastructure providers, reports similar to that published in respect...