Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 February 2024

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot accept this amendment for a number of reasons. First, we are doing the prescribed documents to a regulation. Second, that is the structure. I take the point, "shall include at least", but by putting in "shall include at least information" we run the risk we are making these more important than other elements that should be included. On human health and well-being, just looking at that particular point as I was looking at the Deputy's amendment, with respect to the measure to support improved health and well-being, I believe that would be more practically done through guidance because health and well-being is spread across a lot of other areas. Coming back to the core principle, in terms of prescribed documents, we are doing that by way of regulation and it is covered off already in section 22(2). On that basis, I cannot accept this amendment.

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