Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----because we are very willing to work with everyone.

With regard to the MPPS, as I said in response to Deputy Boyd Barrett, page 27 of the legislation sets out the various different priorities and areas that the MPPS must have regard to, such as the various directives, all the obligations on it, the NMPF and the planning framework. It is all set out there. It is not something made like in the wild west on the back of an envelope. It must comply with all those aspects.

Second, as regards its role, I would use the words "a shared vision", in terms of breathing life into the national marine planning framework, and to have a new plan-led system as opposed to it being developer-led. That is what we have with the national planning framework. There is the overarching, high-level statement and a shared vision from the national planning framework right down to the local area plans, the county development plans and the regional plans, with the spatial plans above that.

It is a shared vision and that is what a Cabinet should and would be trying to establish when it is doing its high-level statement, namely, having regard to all that other stuff. Section 6(1) sets out how the Government interacts with it through this Bill, so again, it is a high-level statement. It is up to the Government to set out a high-level statement and then it is up to the Houses of the Oireachtas to hold it to account for that statement and other legislation it enacts.

Deputy Boyd Barrett was talking about DMAPS, jurisdiction and that aspect. That is another section. In two days, we will be going on to the DMAPS and local area plan aspects, as well as who has jurisdiction over it. Whether or not it is in the local authority functional area it is about it being fully compliant with public participation at every single corner of it. That is most important, just as terrestrial planning laws when a county development plan is being done and put forward in terms of zoning, and various different local area plans attached to it.

In relation to a question, I think from Deputy Ó Broin, they are indeed subject to SEA and appropriative assessment. That is definite. There is no issue regarding that. I think the minimum is 30 days.