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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Property Portfolio (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The two agencies under the remit of my Department who hold industrial property portfolios are IDA Ireland and Shannon Development. Details of the land holdings of both agencies are set out in the tabular statement. IDA Ireland also provides property solutions to companies who are clients of Enterprise Ireland. Under legislation both agencies are independent in the exercise of their...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Details of the land holdings of IDA Ireland outside of the gateway cities and hub towns are set out in the attached tabular statement. IDA Ireland also provides property solutions to companies who are clients of Enterprise Ireland. Under the Industrial Development legislation, IDA Ireland is independent in the exercise of its property function. The empirical results of international...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (9 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: ...297 together. Section 14 (1) of the Forestry Act 1988 provides that Coillte Teoranta shall submit and agree with the Minister for Agriculture and Food a programme for the sale and acquisition of land and the sale of timber, whether standing or felled. The annual programme submitted by Coillte, under Section 14 of the Forestry Act 1988, does not provide a breakdown by province nor does it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Department of Agriculture and the Marine (29 Jan 2021)

Mr. Seamus Dunne: You mentioned unenclosed land, Chairman. Land is defined by us in three categories - enclosed improved land, unenclosed land and lands not eligible for grant aid. By and large, unenclosed lands are located in wetlands, mostly peatlands. They are mainly too impoverished to be drained or fertilised by man or used for intensive farming. In the past, a large number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The ‘Land Availability for Afforestation’ document reported that there were 178,823 hectares of unenclosed land that were not farmed and technically suitable for forestry development. A decision was made by the Department to restrict the planting of unenclosed land in December 2010, to no more than 20% of any one application. Unenclosed land is, in general, less fertile and more...

Written Answers — Fish Stocks: Fish Stocks (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I have set out as follows data for all official landings of Irish vessels in the period 1997 to 2006. The 2006 landings of 267,817* tonnes are 11% below the 1997 landings. This reduction in total landings is primarily driven by decline in landings of the main small pelagic species: horse mackerel, mackerel and herring. The decline in landings for those species is due to reduced abundance,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Michael Creed: ...-based Direct Payment Schemes and Rural Development measures requires my Department to carry out on-the-spot inspections annually to ensure compliance with the eligibility requirements, including land eligibility, of the various schemes. In the case of land eligibility inspections, the requirement is for 5% of beneficiaries to be inspected and such inspections involve examination of all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (21 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of the single farm payment who have less than 15 ha of eligible land; between 15ha and 25ha of land; between 25ha and 32ha of land; between 32ha of land and 50ha of land; between 50ha of land and 100ha of land; and over 100 ha of land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14364/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Professor Mark Scott: I thank the committee for the invitation to speak today. I co-authored the report on the socioeconomic dimensions for land use for phase 1 of the land use review. I currently chair the Government's technical working group for phase 2 of the land use review. Obviously, our focus is on how we use land. We consider land as a fundamental and finite resource with human...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In that case, I will go on to land and land values. I thank the witnesses for coming and welcome the opportunity to speak to them. The appendix contains a list of land and buildings controlled or managed by the Department. Some of them have valuations, while others do not. Teagasc produced an interesting report today about the land market and the outlook for land prices generally across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: One of the greatest threats to land supply is the widespread practice of land banking or hoarding. The head of the National Asset Management Agency, Mr. Brendan McDonagh, stated there is enough land available to solve the housing crisis because NAMA has sold land that would support 50,000 houses. Only 3,000 houses or 6% of the potential number have been built. Mr. McDonagh blamed land...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A decision was made by the Department to restrict the planting of unenclosed land in December 2010, to no more than 20% of any one application. It is the case therefore that this rule has the effect of reducing the proportion and total hectarage of planting on unenclosed land. However, enclosed land is, in general, less fertile and more exposed than enclosed land and trees planted on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: One of the principles of proper planning is that it is done in the common good. In terms of the zoned land types, I have been approached by people whose land has been included in the zoned land tax. They do not want to pay the tax but neither do they want the land dezoned because it is obviously worth a lot more as an asset as zoned land. I expect that in many cases the land would be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (6 Dec 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU auditor conducted inspections on lands here during 2017; if so, the county and land type audited, for example privately owned land or commonage land, hill type land or low land, tillage or grazed land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Land Aggregation Scheme was introduced in 2010 as part of revised arrangements for the funding of land for social housing purposes. The primary purpose of the Scheme was to assist in the gradual unwinding of loans taken out by housing authorities to purchase land for the social and affordable housing investment programme. Applications to the value of some €163 million in loans...

Land Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 Apr 2005) See 1 other result from this debate

Finian McGrath: The debate on the Land Bill is an important one. Land is an intrinsic part of our history and culture. Before I go into the detail of the legislation I wish to remember the great Michael Davitt and the Land League, a movement which focused on rights for tenants and respect for people and their communities. Davitt's views are still relevant and we can learn lessons from him. He made a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...homes by 2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency. Under the Land Development Act 2021, the Land Development Agency is required to establish and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Creed: ...-based Direct Payment Schemes and Rural Development measures require my Department to carry out on-the-spot inspections annually to ensure compliance with the eligibility requirements, including land eligibility, of the various schemes. In the case of land eligibility inspections, the requirement is for 5% of beneficiaries to be inspected and such inspections involve examination of all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Land Development Agency (LDA) has developed the State Lands Database which provides a detailed and mapped representation of the extent and location of lands owned by public bodies including local authorities in Ireland. Its contents are informed by the LDA’s engagement with the Property Registration Authority, Ordnance Survey Ireland and other public bodies. The constraints...