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

It is in the group, but it is a more substantive one. There are a few other very minor amendments.

Amendment No. 708 clarifies for certainty that section 122(1)(b)(ii) refers to both the national maritime framework or the relevant maritime spatial plan.

Amendment No. 717 corrects the positioning of apostrophes when referencing the CRU.

Amendment No. 755 does the same with reference to the word "section".

Amendment No. 752 improves the language clarity of section 141 by replacing the word "further" with "longer" without changing the intent of the provision.

Amendment No. 765 clarifies that the development referred to in section 149 is State development rather than any other type of development.

Amendment No. 813 tidies the layout of the definition of "competent authority" without changing the wording. That is just a layout change.

Amendment No. 836 changes the phrase "is satisfied" to "considers" in the sentence "specify the reasons for which the competent authority is satisfied considers that there are no alternative solutions" as to be fully "satisfied" may be too absolute in nature.

Amendment No. 857 changes the word "assessment" to "screening" as a screening for the need for assessment must be carried out prior to an assessment itself.

Amendments Nos. 878 and 879 delete the phrase "in the context of" and replaces with "upon" to refer to the screenings required with certain planning applications.

Amendment No. 880 changes the term "within 90 days of" to "not later than 90 days after" for absolute clarity.

There are a couple more I can go through if the Cathaoirleach wishes. We are nearly done.

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