Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. That clarifies it for me.

Turning to amendment No. 160, to be clear, I have an amendment to the same sentence. My original concern with the review of the national planning framework and the two-year period the Government is amending is that it could be up to two years after a census has been conducted before the new census data could be worked into an NPF. What is the import of the Government's amendment? On the face of it, it looks like it will shorten the period but, in fact, if it is from the date of publication, it could be longer than two years, as originally set out in section 20 (3). Am I correct in reading it that way, whereby it could be longer than two years rather than shorter, depending on the date of publication?

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