Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Good morning everybody and welcome to the meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Today we will be considering the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and the Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, and his officials. We look forward to scrutinising the exemptions to the planning regulations on solar installations.

Members are all aware of the requirements relating to privilege. I will act to ensure that those requirements are complied with. I invite the Minister of State to make his opening remarks.