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Written Answers — National Spatial Strategy: National Spatial Strategy (2 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Department of Finance report Infrastructure Investment Priorities 2010-2016: A Financial Framework, which was approved by Government in July 2010, makes provision for the re-establishment of the Gateways Innovation Fund with an indicative level of funding of €200 million from 2012. The objective of the Fund will be to stimulate and support innovative and locally co-funded projects that...

Written Answers — Housing Development Survey: Housing Development Survey (2 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The aim of the National Housing Development Survey was to establish overall numbers and categories of unfinished housing developments in order to facilitate the development of subsequent best practice management and resolution approaches in dealing with such developments by key stakeholders such as developers, financial institutions and local authorities. The survey did not include the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The procedure for applying for an extension of duration of planning permission is set out in Article 42 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended by Article 5 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2010. An application must be made in writing, be accompanied by the appropriate fee as prescribed by Article 170 of the Regulations and contain the information set out in...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Under the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (Schedule 2, Part 1, Class 7), the construction of a porch is an exempt development, subject to the following conditions and limitations: Any such structure shall be situated not less than 2 metres from any road; the floor area of any such structure shall not exceed 2 square metres, and; the height of any such structure shall not exceed, in...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (21 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 199 of 14 October 2010 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (19 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Together with my colleague, Minister of State Finneran, I will, as soon as possible, publish the results of a national inventory to quantify, classify and map the various types of unfinished or unoccupied estates so as to facilitate a better understanding of the scale and extent of the problem, and to inform the development of policy measures to address difficulties on specific sites in a...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (19 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The cost of Dublin City Council's Premium Canal Cycle Route, which includes a link to the S2S cycle route at Fairview, is a matter for the City Council. However, my Department agreed to provide funding of €8.3m to the project on the basis of the Council's estimated cost of €10 million. I am aware from the Council that works are already underway on certain portions of this 7 kilometre route.

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (19 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I would refer the Deputy to the Dail Adjournment Debate on this matter on 7 October 2010, and in particular the points that the Network outlines corridors and not routes, the identified corridors are seen as providing a skeleton around which the development of a National Cycle Network should occur, and the potential of cycle routes to increase mobility and accessibility whether within the...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (14 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: As indicated in the reply to Question No. 290 of 6 October 2010, my Department is currently reviewing the Retail Planning Guidelines which were originally published in 2001 and updated in 2005. Among the principles guiding the review are the following: · competition to the benefit of the consumer should be maintained and enhanced in accordance with proper planning and sustainable...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 445, 448, 459, 460, 461 and 463 together. While completion of the Heads of the Climate Change Bill has taken somewhat longer than anticipated, my priority is to ensure that we get the structure and proposed provisions right. I intend this Bill to be both ambitious and progressive, providing a robust basis for effective transition to a low-carbon future that...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The statutorily-based South West Regional Authority Regional Planning Guidelines 2010 to 2022 , which were adopted by the South West Regional Authority in July this year, replace the 2004 Regional Planning Guidelines and set a strategic planning framework for development plans within the area of the authority over the 12-year period. The Cork Area Strategic Plan, adopted jointly by Cork...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 and 462 together. I refer to the replies to Question Nos. 364, 365 and 372 of 5 October, 2010. Together with my colleague, Minister of State Finneran, I will, as soon as possible, publish the results of a national inventory to quantify, classify and map the various types of unfinished or unoccupied estates so as to facilitate a better understanding of the...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (12 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 164 of 16 June 2010. The position is unchanged. Cork County Council is awaiting the outcome of the planning application before proceeding further with the foreshore application.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (7 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Section 34(4)(k) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 provides that a planning authority may attach conditions to a planning permission requiring the provision of facilities for the collection or storage of recyclable materials for the purposes of the proposed development. It is a matter for the relevant planning authority, and An Bord Pleanála in the event of an appeal, to decide what...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (6 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: My Department has allocated funding to a number of projects relating to cycle routes, some of which are development projects relating for example to scoping studies, and others which are for the provision of cycle routes. The total amount allocated by my Department to these projects is about €22.5 million of which €13.5 million relates to 2010 and €3.3 million to 2011. In some cases,...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (6 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: My Department has agreed to provide funding of €8.3m to Dublin City Council's Premium Canal Cycle Route, which includes the River Tolka crossing, to link the Route to the S2S cycle route. The Route will cross the Liffey using the existing Samuel Beckett Bridge. International studies on cycling investment suggest that benefits significantly outweigh costs. For example, a 2007 examination...

Written Answers — National Spatial Strategy: National Spatial Strategy (5 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The National Spatial Strategy (2002) designated nine towns, including Mallow, as Hubs because of their capacity to develop and act as drivers for growth for their hinterlands. The need for co-ordinated investment in Hub towns was identified in the NSS and reinforced in the NSS Update and Outlook Report which I have now published. In June 2007, my Department published the NSS Hubs –...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (5 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I propose to take Question Nos. 364 and 365 together. As part of its comprehensive response to the issue of unfinished or unoccupied estates, my Department has undertaken, with the co-operation of local authorities and other key stakeholders, a national inventory on a county by county basis to quantify, classify and map the various types of unfinished or unoccupied estates so as to facilitate...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Planning and Development Regulations 2010 were signed by Minister Gormley on 30 July 2010 and came into effect from 19 August 2010. The Regulations were laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 24 August 2010. The 2010 Regulations updated the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 on foot of the sections 28 and 29 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 which was...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (5 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Section 59 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010, which amends section 180 of the Principal Act, includes a number of provisions related to unfinished estates. The reference to "owners or occupiers" is replaced with a reference to "owners". The effect of this is to provide that the planning authority must respond to a request for the taking-in-charge of an estate received...