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Written Answers — Vehicle Emissions: Vehicle Emissions (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Government's Smarter Travel policy set out the steps to create a more sustainable transport system which will reduce pollution levels. These include improving transport integration and connectivity; shifting considerable numbers to more sustainable travel modes such as public transport, cycling and walking; reducing congestion; adoption of alternative and cleaner technologies both for...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 234 of 24 June 2010.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Section 39 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that a condition may be attached to a grant of planning permission for a house, specifying that the house must be occupied by persons of a particular class or description, with provision to that effect to be incorporated in an agreement under section 47 of the Act. My Department's 2005 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (7 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: My Department has been in correspondence with Dublin City Council as regards the procedure used to decide not to add the Chapel at St. James's Hospital to its Record of Protected Structures. The Council's response is under consideration by my Department.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The European Commission has issued a reasoned opinion against Ireland alleging that Ireland's transposition of the SEA Directive through the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations, 2004 and the Planning and Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations, 2004, is deficient in certain respects. While Ireland has always...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 498 of 29 June 2010. In relation to the specific national secondary roads mentioned, it is a matter for the relevant planning authority to assess individual planning applications, having regard to the overall proper planning and sustainable development of the area, specific provisions of the development plan, any submissions or observations received,...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Under sections 34(4)(g) and 180(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, a planning authority may attach conditions to a planning permission requiring the giving of adequate security for the satisfactory completion of a proposed development and, if a development is not subsequently completed satisfactorily, apply such a security for the satisfactory completion of that development. The...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (30 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: My Department received a Letter of Formal Notice dated 27 June 2007 from the European Commission under Article 226 of the Treaty, seeking the observations of the Government on whether the "local needs" criteria contained in a number of County Development Plans for the granting of planning permission for one-off dwellings in rural areas are compatible with Articles 43 and 56 of the EC Treaty,...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (29 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: There are no provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, or in the Retail Planning Guidelines (2005) regarding the issue in question. I have no function in the matter.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (29 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The draft Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Spatial Planning and National Roads, which were published for public consultation yesterday, are aimed at ensuring that roads planning and policy, and development planning and management processes are appropriately and effectively aligned, in order to guide development to the most suitable locations to maximise the investment in the national...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (29 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that, on application, the duration of a planning permission (normally 5 years) shall be extended, subject to certain requirements being complied with, including that substantial works have been carried out before the expiration of the original permission. Section 23 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 amends...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (29 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I propose to take Question Nos. 515 and 516 together. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is generally precluded under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, from exercising any power or control in relation to any individual matter with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned. Under the Planning Acts, the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (24 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Developers and owners of sites are required to ensure that their sites are left in a safe and secure condition. Local authorities are prioritising action to ensure that these obligations are discharged and that sites within their areas are properly secured from public access and, where necessary, are made structurally sound. In this regard, existing legislation such as the Derelict Sites Act...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (23 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The production of the cycle manual and comments in relation to a draft published for public consultation is a matter for the National Transport Authority.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: As indicated in the reply to Question No. 51 of 27 May 2010, the Government intends to introduce a range of controls on the availability of psychotropic products which are sold in so-called head shops, and is bringing forward specific legislation in this regard. In support of these broad-ranging initiatives, my Department will keep under review the role the planning system might play in...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (15 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 4 of 27 May 2010. As part of its comprehensive response to the issue of unfinished or unoccupied estates, my Department is currently undertaking, 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...

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (10 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Designations under the Urban Renewal Scheme were based on Integrated Area Plans (IAPs) submitted by local authorities and were in line with recommendations made by an Expert Advisory Panel which was established by the Minister to assess all of the plans submitted. The Deputy is advised to contact the relevant local authority, i.e. Meath County Council, directly, with the complete address at...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 791 of 20 April 2010. I will shortly finalise the scope and terms of reference for the review.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Implementation of the cycle to work scheme for officers within the Department of Transport is a matter for my Department, whereas the broader implementation of the scheme is not. Within the Department, to date 16 staff members signed up for the cycle to work scheme since its introduction last year. The only cost to my Department is in terms of administration. It is estimated that total...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Planning Acts and associated Regulations provide for extensive consultation in relation to development at all stages of the planning process. It is a requirement that a valid application for planning permission must be advertised by site notice and newspaper notice. The site notice and newspaper notice must state that the planning application may be inspected or purchased at the offices...