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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (13 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Waterways Ireland proposes to update the Shannon Bye-laws and Canal Bye-laws which are more than 30 years old and no longer fit for purpose. The needs of users have changed, environmental landscape and health and safety considerations have developed significantly and the waterways themselves have been transformed over the past thirty years. The purpose of updating the Bye-laws is to make the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (13 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The information requested is provided in the table below as of the 31 January 2024, the latest date for which the information is available. There has been a sustained increase in the number of Conservation Rangers employed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in recent years and I am committed to reaching the recommended number of 120 Rangers for the Service in the course of the current...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department currently offers capital funding spread over more than one year to support heritage structures through several programmes. The Historic Structures Fund (HSF) is administered by my Department in conjunction with the Local Authorities and aims to support owners of heritage buildings in maintaining the fabric of their protected structures. Stream 2 of the HSF is targeted at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hen Harriers (13 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The latest report on the status of breeding Hen Harrier in Ireland was published by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department last week. The conservation of Hen Harrier is now one of the most urgent bird conservation priorities in Ireland. A draft Hen Harrier Threat Response Plan has been developed over a number of years in consultation with the many stakeholders who too have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (13 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Wildlife crime is a serious issue seen across many jurisdictions that poses a threat to our biodiversity and the sustainable development of countless communities. Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity contribute to the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework through National Biodiversity Action Plans. Ireland's 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2023-...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens' Assembly (8 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together. The Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss (CABL) was convened as a commitment in the Programme for Government, in recognition of the vital role that biodiversity plays in the continued health of our society, economy, species and planet. The Assembly agreed 159 recommendations, including 73 high level and 86 sectoral specific...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Naval Service (8 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The future use of naval vessels currently in service or that have been decommissioned is a matter for the Department of Defence. My Department would of course consider any request by the Department of Defence to assist with undertaking a heritage feasibility study. It should be noted that the primary responsibility of my Department in relation to maritime heritage (under the National...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (8 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I have committed to the establishment of a stakeholder forum on the sustainable hunting of wild birds. All relevant stakeholders will be invited to take part such as hunting organisations (including the organisations referenced). , eNGOs, Government Departments and farming organisations.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the agency under the aegis of the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications with responsibility for fish species listed the Habitats Directive in Ireland, including Salmon (Salmo salar) and other species. The IFI have categorised pike as a non-native species influencing ecology in Ireland. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Culls (1 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department’s National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is responsible for the implementation of a suite of National and EU legislation in relation to invasive alien species in Ireland. There are currently 76 species listed on the Third Schedule to the 2011 Birds and Natural Habitats Regulations (Ireland's de facto national list of invasive alien species) and 88 species on the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Biodiversity Plan (1 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Ireland's 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2023-2030 was published last week and sets out Ireland’s vision for biodiversity, that by 2050 “Biodiversity in Ireland is valued, conserved, restored and sustainably used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people”. The Plan strives for a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (1 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278, 290 and 291 together. Wildlife crime is a serious issue seen across many jurisdictions that poses a threat to our biodiversity and the sustainable development of countless communities. Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity contribute to the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework through National Biodiversity Action...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (1 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department employs a range of administration, professional and technical and industrial staff across a number of grades. The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is responsible for conducting the recruitment process for both administration and professional and technical staff. My Department conduct the recruitment process for all industrial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: World Heritage Sites (1 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The process to inscribe a Tentative List site on the World Heritage List takes a number of years (minimum of five years) and is dependent on various factors. Each Tentative List site is different and, depending on its complexity, will progress through the nomination process at a different pace. As the Transatlantic Cable Ensemble Tentative List site is a "serial transnational" application...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (30 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In accordance with a key commitment in the Programme for Government, a new revised and strengthened River Basin Management Plan will outline the national policies and high-level goals that will protect and restore our natural waters and will advance Ireland’s implementation of the Water Framework Directive. My Department is currently finalising the third River Basin Management Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The Community Monuments Fund for 2024 was announced in November 2023. The closing date for applications to my Department is 14 February 2024 and it is expected that the awards will be announced around the second week in April.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (25 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Ireland's 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2023-2027 is published today and sets out Ireland’s vision for biodiversity, that by 2050 “biodiversity in Ireland is valued, conserved, restored and sustainably used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people”. The Plan strives for a “whole of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (24 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The function of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, under the National Monuments Acts, 1930-2014 is to ensure the long-term conservation of national monuments. Kilmainham Gaol is a national monument in their ownership and they are responsible for policy to ensure its long-term conservation and for the issue of Ministerial Consent under the Acts with respect to works at or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks & Wildlife Service in my Department are currently looking into the establishment of a stakeholder forum on the sustainable hunting of protected wild birds. Details of any such forum, including the scope and membership, will be communicated to the relevant stakeholders in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Waterways Ireland is a North/South Implementation Body established under the British Irish Agreement of 10 April 1998. It is funded by my Department and the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. The information requested in relation to the protocol for supply of electricity to boats on Lough Derg during the winter months is not held in my Department. Arrangements have been...