Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Craig McLaren:

There was not a lot of logic to the timing of the planning advisory forum meetings. The notice one got was not particularly lengthy, which meant one had to work quite quickly to get back to the forum about some of the proposals that were put forward by the Government within a matter of days. As has been said, the debate and detail was very high level. Many matters in the Bill were not discussed at all. From our perspective, a much more collaborative approach to how the Government works on this would suit. As professional bodies, we bring much expertise. It would help the Government with the practicalities of delivering the Bill.

I think it would help the Government with that as well. It would be a much more collaborative, front-loaded approach to doing that. There is not an awful lot in terms of an evidence base, which we would like to see. There is not-----

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