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

I move amendment No. 278:

In page 207, to delete lines 22 to 24 and substitute the following: “5. A condition specifying the date on or before which the application for the planning permission concerned shall be made.”.

Amendment No. 278 amends condition type 5 of Schedule 6 to allow the setting of a specific date by which the planning application has to be made. Amendment No. 280 is a minor technical change to improve syntax.

Amendment No. 281 inserts two new condition types. One has been discussed in earlier sessions and sets out a requirement for a public engagement plan. The second will allow conditions and procedures relating to change in control of a holder who is a commercial entity.

Amendment No. 279 proposes expiry of the MAC where a planning permission application has not been made within the allowed period. On reflection, the Bill may not be sufficiently explicit in that regard.

We cannot accept the amendment as proposed but we will examine it and come back with an amendment on Report Stage. The Deputies may wish to withdraw that amendment.