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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Under the vacant site levy provisions contained in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (30 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I can confirm that the application for a Foreshore Licence for a pontoon in Ballyshannon, County Donegal was formally withdrawn from my Department on the 26 April 2024 by Donegal County Council. I have also been informed that Donegal County Council will now be pursing an application for a Maritime Area Consent (MAC) for this project with the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority or MARA.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (30 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 750. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE is releasing the home care packages; how long it will take to clear the backlog of home care packages for those in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19527/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (25 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: While Local authorities are empowered under a number of statutes to acquire land, by agreement or compulsorily, for the purposes of performing any of its functions, the number of derelict sites acquired within their functional area under the provisions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) are submitted to my Department as part of the annual return on the operation of the Act. The number...

Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Referral to Joint Committee (24 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 16th April, 2024, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 16th April, 2024, be referred to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local...

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

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356, 363, 375, 380 and 381 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for...

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

Alan Dillon: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16364/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Farm Safety (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the farm safety partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8377/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 to 214, inclusive, together. The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People, which are 80% funded by my...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Amendments Nos. 948, 949, 951 and 952 are of a technical and drafting nature and seek to bring clarity to sections 248 and 249 of the Bill, which empower planning authorities to enter private lands or maritime sites to lay cables, wires, ducts and pipelines and associated apparatus and set out procedures for confirming such power with the commission where the owner or occupier withholds...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Amendments Nos. 933 to 935, inclusive, seek to add a procedure for a new type of designation, “a site locally important for ecology order”. There are already significant environmental designations which are available and currently widely used. The introduction of such a new designation would add further complexity to the planning system. There is sufficient provision within...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: Section 48, on page 107, provides that as part of a development plan, a local authority "shall prepare a strategy for the conservation ... of the natural and built heritage". That includes landscapes, places of natural beauty and areas of natural heritage. It is covered within section 48. There are sufficient provisions in the current planning system to suitably protect the environment and...