Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister of State with special responsibility for housing and planning; if he will detail the title of the civil servants who are responsible for reporting directly to said Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Minister of State, Deputy Jan O’Sullivan, was assigned responsibility in 2012 for the implementation of the Government’s Housing Policy Statement - Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities and a range of associated housing and planning functions - including functions in relation to the foreshore. Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the Environment, Community and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2012 outline the powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government under specific primary and secondary legislation which were delegated to Minister of State O’Sullivan.

The Housing (Amendment) Act 2013 amended section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. The functions of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in regard to the Housing (Amendment) Act 2013 were delegated to Minister of State O’Sullivan under the Environment, Community and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2013.

The Statutory Instruments referred to above are available on my Department’s website at - and on A number of staff in senior management positions in the Housing, and Water & Planning Divisions of my Department work closely with Minister of State O’Sullivan while reporting through the normal Civil Service reporting structure up to Secretary General level. My Department’s current Organisation Chart is available on

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2011, other than Chapter 1 of Part VI of the

(No. 21 of 1966), other than Part V and the Third Schedule

(No. 27 of 1979)

of the (No. 10 of 1980)

(No. 6 of 1982)

(No. 22 of 1983), other than section 2

(No. 28 of 1988)

(No. 18 of 1992)

(No. 21 of 1997)

(No. 27 of 1998), other than sections 14 and 17

(No. 33 of 1998)

(No. 18 of 2000)

(No. 9 of 2002)

(No. 27 of 2004), other than sections 153, 154, 155 and 180

(No. 22 of 2009)

Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2011

PART 2

Housing (Floor Area Compliance Certificate Inspection) Regulations 2004 ()

European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 ()

Limerick Northside Regeneration Agency (Establishment) Order 2007 (), other than articles 6 and 11

Limerick Southside Regeneration Agency (Establishment) Order 2007 (), other than articles 6 and 11

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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402. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister for State with special responsibility for the NewEra project; if he will detail the title of the civil servants who are responsible for reporting directly to said Minister of State and that they are responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Minister for State O’Dowd has special responsibility for the New Era project. He is a Minister of State at my Department and at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources where his office is based. No statutory powers have been delegated to Minister for State O’Dowd in my Department. Work carried out by Minister of State O’Dowd for my Department is done on a non-legislative basis. New Era currently operates on a non-statutory basis as part of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA).