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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There are specific questions here particularly in regard to that timeframe. That is a valid question to ask and certainly we can ask the Department to look at that. In regard to the second question, I cannot give the answer to it here, so again I will ask the Department to look at that, about challenging those decisions, if that is okay. Fingal County Council has been quite progressive....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will read the script and then come back with the specifics. I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. Under Housing for All, there is provision for 200 social housing acquisitions each year. However, with increased pressures on housing and the exit of landlords from the market, the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, reinstated delegated sanction to local authorities in April 2022 to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The Community Heritage Grant Scheme is a programme of the Heritage Council, which is responsible for decisions on funding and timeframes. Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is my intention that an Ocean Environment Policy Statement will be included as part of the forthcoming Marine Protected Area Bill. The policy statement is intended to set out the policy objectives, priorities and targets of the Government in relation to protection and sustainable use of the marine environment including by designation of marine protected areas. The preparation of the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will not rehash the issue. I will address it briefly but amendment No. 895 was already discussed just before the break and we have moved on. Deputy Ó Broin referred to the planning system being blind to housing need. That is what the housing need demand assessment, HNDA, is about. It has been tested in many counties. The methodologies are also being adopted in other counties. It...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 897 from Deputy O’Callaghan seeks to delete lines 7 and 8 in page 404 and replace them with "the existing need and the likely future need, including houses, apartments and duplexes, for housing for purchase by intending owner-occupiers". However, I can confirm that the text as drafted includes all housing types, including apartments, so although not explicitly expressed,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I again go back to that definition.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In the definition, "house" means a building or part of a building that, in subsection (c), "in the case of a building or part of a building containing more than one apartment, flat or other dwelling, each such apartment, flat or dwelling".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. It is inserted into the 2000 Act.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The definition is clear.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That is a different matter. That is really to do with tenure. It is not, with regard to what the Deputy is seeking to achieve here-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: We would say that it is explicit with regard to the definition of a house. It is very clear in its definition.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is because the word "houses" refers to, as I said, a building or part of a building containing more than one apartment. It is not that it is hidden in there. It is something that is defined in the legislation. As it is defined in the legislation, we do not need to repeat it in the Bill. It is a standard approach of drafting and preparing the legislation. It is on advice from the OPC...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The OPC advised against repetition of it because it is already explicitly defined.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is already explicitly defined as a house.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The reason duplexes are referenced is because that is not repeated. Again I go back to the Bill where "house" is defined as "a building or part of a building containing more than one apartment, flat or other dwelling".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: At the risk of repeating myself, it is explicitly referenced in the definition of a house. The OPC advised us that there was no need to repeat that. It is a standard approach in the drafting of the Bill. I am giving an assurance here that it is already catered for. I appreciate the points made by Deputies O'Callaghan and Ó Broin but it is absolutely catered for and we do not see a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will respond on amendment No. 909.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 909 seeks to insert the following into section 219: (12) A housing strategy shall provide that as a general policy at least 50 per cent of any new apartment developments shall be reserved for the provision of housing for purchase by owner-occupiers. (13) Subsection 12 shall not operate to restrict any person (including a local authority) at its election from providing up...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will respond to amendment No. 907 in order to quickly address the points raised by Deputy Boyd Barrett.