Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is a rowing back of an entitlement by virtue of the fact that there is a single process rather than a dual process in respect of the planning authority and An Bord Pleanála. There is every chance that there could be a process to challenge this by virtue of the fact that it rows back on something to which we signed up. The Aarhus Convention includes the planning process. The planning process has been altered from the public's perspective. I support this amendment or group of amendments. Is the Chairman taking the group of amendments together? The list mentions amendments Nos. 16, 17, 114, 118 and 127, inclusive. Is that the way it is proceeding?

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