Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Pat Fitzpatrick:
We will. We have already started working on that. Mr. Killian has been part of the forum here and our executive is working on submissions. They will be very detailed. We are getting down into it. Taking in charge is something we identified very early. There are a number of other issues relating to the draft Bill, including, as was mentioned, development contributions. They will all be part of our further submission and we will forward any papers to the committee. Members are welcome to have access to them and should feel free to come back to our members and executive for further clarification. We are pushing on the rural planning guidelines. As a rural councillor, I look forward to seeing them. They are too long in the making. Rural housing is part of the housing solution. We need to see them. We will make a further detailed submission and papers are being worked on.