Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 593 and 594, which I will discuss together, if that is okay, seek to amend the same line of the Bill, which is section 83(1). Amendment No. 593 seeks to provide that when making a decision on a planning application, the planning authority or the commission shall be restricted to considering the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, with regard being had to the various matters, whereas amendment No. 594 seeks to add a reference to the climate Act to the considerations. The need to have regard to proper planning and sustainable development and climate obligations is adequately covered in the remainder of the text in section 83(1)(a) and, therefore, I do not propose to accept amendments Nos. 593 and 594.