Results 1-20 of 339 for does speaker:Malcolm Noonan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (16 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...Plan for the Renewal of the National Parks and Wildlife Service 2022-2024, approved by Government in May 2022, stemming from the Review, Reflect, Renew process culminating in the Kearney Report, does not contain an action as referenced in the Question, and in that regard, and I have no plans at this time to establish such a committee.

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...has been appointed to deliver the works on behalf of Uisce Éireann. Construction on this vital project is expected to begin in the second half of this year and will take approximately 22 months. My Department does not have any function regarding the deposit return scheme to which the Deputy referred. However, consumers who have been charged a deposit on a container under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (15 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There are large numbers of feral goats (Capra hircus) across Ireland with newly escaped/released animals joining existing herds on a regular basis. There does not appear to be justification for the extension of protected status to feral goats under the Wildlife Act at this time. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department is undertaking a project to review and update...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Post Office Network (8 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...National Built Heritage Service (NBHS), has responsibility for supporting and promoting our built heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. However, my Department does not acquire individual protected structures for conservation purposes, both because of the limited resources available and because, in line with the Planning and Development Acts (2000),...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (25 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department does not apply for, or receive, such payments from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...a statement that 80% of the recommendations are in progress. It is the case that many of them may only have been touched on or started or are in some way out of the starting blocks but by no means does it mean that we are well on our way to implementing such a varied, interactive and complex set of recommendations from the assemblies and within the NBAP as well. A number of general...

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...training, education and awareness of biodiversity, and the development of a national strategy to support the domestic and EU ambition on biodiversity, soil, forestry and water. The national biodiversity action plan allows for progress in this area, but does not fully address the calls for mandatory biodiversity training across the Civil Service, or for education programmes on biodiversity...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: If I miss some of the questions, the Deputies might remind me of them. Regarding Deputy Ó Broin’s question about fewer judicial reviews, that is not anticipated, nor does the Bill try to have fewer judicial reviews. There would be quicker processing of reviews and certainty about costs. It is not the intention to try to stop people from taking JRs. This is about speeding up...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It has to follow the principles of Aarhus. It does not matter what government is in place. It must obviously follow the Bill when it is enacted as well. There will not be an inconsistency regardless of what government is in place. It has to follow the principles of Aarhus and that is what this Bill sets out to achieve and what the regulations will achieve once they go through their process.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...person (including a local authority) at its election from providing up to 100% of housing in any development of the types which paragraphs (i) to (iii) of subsection (10) apply. (14) Subsection 12 does not apply to a development consisting of student purpose accommodation. The purpose of a housing strategy is to ensure adequate provision for the housing of the existing and future...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is an Executive Agency within my Department with responsibility for, inter alia, the management of our National Parks. The NPWS does not employ staff as qualified arborists and does not have such a grade or title of position. While there may be staff who have such qualifications it is not an essential requirement for any role in the NPWS and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...and suitable land is zoned for residential use, or for a mixture of residential and other uses, to meet the requirements of the housing strategy and to ensure that a scarcity of such land does not occur at any time during the period of the development plan. Obviously, under section 96, the development of housing under Part V of the Act is included as well. As I recall during the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No, it does not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...relief work, and ancillary infrastructure, to serve any such house; “local authority housing development” means local authority development commenced on or before 31 December 2025 that— (a) is housing development, (b) does not materially contravene a development plan, urban area plan, priority area plan or joint area plan, (c) is in accordance with the strategy...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...exhaustive list. We will check that out, if that is okay because there is a list under 4(d) there. This includes if the land has been sold for residential development; if the proposed development does not materially contravene the development plan or the local area plan for the area; if the proposed development is in accordance with the relevant local authority's housing strategy; if the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to be taken in the preparation of a statement of case when the competent authority is the Minister, the competent authority is not the Minister, the site hosts priority habitats and species, or the site does not host priority habitats and species. The proposed amendment is intended to make clear that a statement of case can only be prepared where the competent authority considers that all...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...a commencement order would have been submitted to the local authority. This is to encourage holders of permission to commence development as soon as possible. In the event that a holder of a development does not commence before the end of the duration of a permission, the permission will expire and a new application for permission will need to be made. I also intend bringing a further...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...the deciding authority to assess the request" and the deciding authority or the planning authority will be given in section 135(3)(c)(iii) "such documents or information as may be prescribed". It does give clarity by way of what is being asked about what works are to be commenced onsite. It gives a consistency across planning authorities to do that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to be deemed to be agreed after an eight-week period has passed and the planning authority has not responded or referred the matter to the commission. The language of these proposed amendments does not include the necessary cross-references to subsection (10) so I cannot accept these amendments. I am of the view that the current language is sufficient.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to have been agreed after an eight-week period has passed and where the planning authority has not responded or referred the matter to the commission. The language proposed in these amendments does not include the necessary cross references to subsection (10) and, therefore, I cannot accept them. I believe the current language is sufficient.