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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (1 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...management considerations. In all cases, my Department examines any potential acquisition carefully, taking into account any works required, such as conservation works, and the short and long term cost of acquisition and maintenance to the Exchequer, and as such, my Department is only ever in a position to make a very limited number of acquisitions in any given year. I can confirm...

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

Malcolm Noonan: ..., and in the EPA Report on Urban Wastewater in Ireland which is published annually. The most recent report relates to the year 2022, and is available at www.epa.ie. Uisce Éireann continues to develop and implement a long-term investment perspective in order to strategically address the deficiencies in the public water and waste water system. Building water and waste water...

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...and the lack of policy coherence. As I said, the NBAP is on a statutory footing. In some cases, the targets may seem vague. . This is not to say they are open-ended, but they are to a point where they are long-range targets. I think that monitoring, evaluation and gathering data in terms of their effectiveness and impact is vitally important. Members mentioned financing and...

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...in protected areas and national parks. There has been a rapid uptake of the biodiversity officers programme. We are very close to having a biodiversity officer in every county and, by the end of the year, the set should be complete, along with a local biodiversity action plan. I am very grateful to the Heritage Council for its collaboration on this work. The National Biodiversity Data...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...Clifford-Lee for putting it so well regarding the challenges faced by a strong and growing community in Rush in north County Dublin and the challenges faced by the school. Seventeen years is a long time to wait for this school to be developed.Members of the board have had great patience and tenacity. The school is watching in on this Commencement matter today. For the principal, Mr....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...infrastructure of their communities. I agree wholeheartedly with the Senator. I will ask the Minister to have direct engagement between the school and Department officials, because 17 years is far too long to wait. Great credit is due to the principal, Mr. Morgan Doran, to his staff and the board for their tenacity. It is important that this project proceeds as soon as is practical...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...protection and international protection applicants. There are approximately 60 families there, so the Deputy can appreciate that existing uses of the site are adding to the complexity of its long-term development. Progression is happening. We will engage with the Deputy and the LDA to try to progress this. I appreciate that this is a hugely strategically important site for the town of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...pay. This system is known as the ‘differential rents’ system. It is a critical piece of State’s welfare apparatus, subsidising housing costs and supporting households who can’t meet their long-term accommodation needs from their own resources. Local discretion and flexibility are inherent in the devolved administration of rent schemes and different...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I understand the contractual commitments entered into by the person are under the maritime area consent and it is so long as the material alteration request is not at odds with this. The MAC is separate from the material alteration request.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Sorry, it has been a long day. In terms of transitional arrangements, permissions granted under the 2000 Act for up to two years will still be under that Act so anything granted after that will fall under the new Act. To go back to the point, "commenced" is clearer than "substantial works" in terms of the wording of what is required of the-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...that may be subject to conditions. This is not workable in practice. The local authority taking-in-charge process is set out in section 238 of the Bill and a number of matters can influence how long this process takes. The matter of taking in charge can be a complex undertaking. First, the developer has to offer the development for taking in charge. Then the local authority has to...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...for this, particularly the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, who has truly led from the front. Our colleagues in Europe - our MEPs and particularly our Fine Gael MEPs - were pivotal in bringing the nature restoration law to this point. Their decision to support it will be long remembered. I believe we can say that without Ireland and without the leadership of the Irish Government and Irish...

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...once again become vibrant places where people want to live, work and socialise. Significant progress is being made. The vacant homes action plan, launched in January 2023, outlines the progress, along with the actions being pursued to return vacant properties back into use as homes. As part of the plan, a new compulsory purchase order, CPO, activation programme was launched in April...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...a need to accelerate delivery of affordable housing, cost-rental accommodation and social housing, including via acquisitions. The most effective way to reduce and stabilise rents in the medium to long term is to increase supply and accelerate delivery of housing for the private and social rental sectors. Ensuring the successful implementation of Housing for All is a key priority of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...an aim to double Exchequer funding for sport by 2027. In this regard, it is my firm belief that money spent on sport should be viewed as an investment that will reap a variety of dividends over a long period for all communities. In the first half of the ten-year lifespan of the national sports policy, there has been clear progress in sports funding, and we are well on track to achieve...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...bringing of underused properties back into use, my Department announced funding of €150 million for local authorities under the urban regeneration development fund, URDF. This is specifically to acquire long-term vacant or derelict buildings, residential and commercial, in URDF eligible cities and towns for use or sale. This funding will also support the compulsory purchase order,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...acquisitions by AHBs. The time required to complete a social housing acquisition can vary, depending on the circumstances involved. In the case referred to by the Senator, the process has been unduly long for the family concerned. Individual property purchases can be delayed for various reasons, such as the owner not having full legal title, various planning issues, outstanding property...

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...of Deputy Durkan's questions, to deliver housing more effectively; funding the Land Development Agency, LDA, to assemble strategic land banks for housing on a mix of public and private lands to provide essential long-term stability to the housing market; and identifying State-owned lands that may be available and suitable for housing. Reflecting the importance of this issue, a record...

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...and valuing how biodiversity supports our society and our economy. Objective 4: Enhance the Evidence Base for Action on Biodiversity This objective focuses on biodiversity research needs, as well as the development and strengthening of long-term monitoring programmes that will underpin and strengthen future decision-making. Actions also focus on collaboration to advance ecosystem...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Housing Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...discussed it before and he has raised it on a number of occasions. As the Acting Chairperson has said, it is something that all of our constituency offices are dealing with. There is no doubt the grant is no longer fit for purpose. Given the rising costs of labour and materials, it would certainly not complete the works. It may have done in the past when it was introduced, but it is...