Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I will follow up on some of the points raised there. Yesterday, the Minister was telling us that if the infrastructure is not in place, planning permission can be refused if this passes. Deputy Matthews was making the point that infrastructure is not just water and wastewater infrastructure. It is also about what is needed to support communities to thrive, including things like school places, amenities, community facilities, public transport connections, active travel and all those different wider parts of infrastructure. With this amendment, the Minister says there can be refusals due to lack of infrastructure. Does that include that wider infrastructure and community infrastructure?
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